FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions:

• Why can’t my system find catkin_make? Make sure ROS is installed, and you’ve sourced /opt/ros/${VERSION}/setup.bash where ${VERSION} is the version of ROS you’re using (We’re currently using kinetic). If you just installed everything, you might need to log out and back in again.
• Why are certain messages missing or not getting built in time? If they’re from gazebo or uuv, make sure you’ve installed uuv-sim using the install script. Otherwise, it probably means there’s something wrong with the CMakeLists.txt file that specifies how to build the module that’s not building. Make sure it includes add_dependencies(${your_module} ${msg_package}_generate_messages_cpp) for the module that isn’t building.
• What editor/IDE should I use? We don’t require anyone to use a specific editor, but our members have had success using these:
  • Emacs
  • Spacemacs
  • Vim
  • Sublime Text
  • Atom
  • VSCode