Missing boost_tcp_driver Dependency in nebula_hw_interfaces Package

[cavadibrahimli1]

Description:
While trying to build the nebula_hw_interfaces package in the Nebula repository, I encountered a missing dependency error for the boost_tcp_driver. Specifically, the build process fails due to the following missing file:

/home/username/new_ros2_ws/src/nebula/nebula_hw_interfaces/include/nebula_hw_interfaces/nebula_hw_interfaces_hesai/hesai_hw_interface.hpp:13:10: fatal error: boost_tcp_driver/http_client_driver.hpp: No such file or directory
   13 | #include "boost_tcp_driver/http_client_driver.hpp"
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.

Steps I Tried:

1. Installed all dependencies using rosdep:

   rosdep install --from-paths src --ignore-src -r -y
   
   

However, rosdep was unable to resolve the dependency for boost_tcp_driver.

2. Cloned the transport_drivers repository: I followed the suggestion to include transport_drivers (https://github.com/ros-drivers/transport_drivers), which provides udp_driver and serial_driver. However, the boost_tcp_driver file is still missing.

3. Explored Tier IV repositories: I looked into several Tier IV-related repositories but could not locate a package that includes the missing boost_tcp_driver.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Clone the Nebula repository into a ROS 2 workspace.

2. Attempt to build the workspace:

   colcon build

   The build will fail with the above-mentioned error.

Additional Information:

• ROS Version: ROS 2 Humble
• Operating System: Ubuntu 22.04
• Nebula Branch: Main (latest as of the issue date)

Expected Behavior:

The nebula_hw_interfaces package should either have the boost_tcp_driver dependency properly defined or include instructions for obtaining it.

[mojomex]

Hi! I see, that note about transport_drivers in our readme is a bit misleading.
Following the instructions a few lines further down, especially vcs import src < src/build_depends.repos will install the correct version of transport_drivers.
Please let us know if that worked for you 🙏

[mojomex]

Hi @cavadibrahimli1!
I hope you had a chance to give this one more try. If there were any other problems, feel free to let us know!
Otherwise I'll be closing this issue in a couple of days to keep our backlog manageable 🙇

[cavadibrahimli1]

Hi @mojomex ,

Thank you for following up! I appreciate your support. I will take a closer look at the solution and try again. If any further issues arise, I’ll make sure to reach out.

Thanks again for your help!

Best regards,
Javad Ibrahimlu