How to build the workspace

To build the code in a workspace, we can follow the following steps:

  • Go to the root directory of the workspace

  • Install missing dependencies: rosdep install -i --from-path src --rosdistro humble -y

  • Build the code

    • If you want to build all packages in the workspace: colcon build --symlink-install

    • If you want to build a specific package: colcon build --packages-select

  • Open a new terminal, go to the root directory of the workspace, and execute the following command: . install/setup.bash (or soruce install/setup.sh)

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