Undefined reference to ros::init

Most of the similar questions pointed to the package's CMakeList.txt . As far as I can tell, it's as it should be:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.3) project(random_walk) find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS roscpp geometry_msgs sensor_msgs ) message("catkin libraries" ${catkin_LIBRARIES}) catkin_package() include_directories(include ${catkin_INCLUDE_DIRS}) add_executable(random_walk src/random_walk.cpp) target_link_libraries(random_walk ${catkin_LIBRARIES}) add_dependencies(random_walk beginner_tutorials_generate_messages_cpp) 

Packages.xml has the dependencies

<buildtool_depend>catkin</buildtool_depend> <build_depend>roscpp</build_depend> <build_depend>geometry_msgs</build_depend> <build_depend>sensor_msgs</build_depend> <run_depend>roscpp</run_depend> <run_depend>geometry_msgs</run_depend> <run_depend>sensor_msgs</run_depend> 

Rosdep said all dependencies are installed. I performed a clean prior to trying to make, but I can't compile something as simple as:

#include "ros/ros.h" int main (int argc, char **argv ) { ros::init(argc, argv, "random_walk"); } 

Without seeing

In function main': random_walk.cpp:(.text+0x46): undefined reference to ros::init(int&, char**, std::string const&, unsigned int)'

This source says "If you see errors from catkin_make that the header ros/ros.h cannot be found, or “undefined reference” errors on ros::init or other ROS functions, the most likely reason is that your CMakeLists.txt does not correctly declare a dependency on roscpp." I can't figure out what I'm missing. Any ideas?

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Verbose Output of Make

 /usr/bin/cmake -H/home/gary/catkin_ws/src -B/home/gary/catkin_ws/build --check-build-system CMakeFiles/Makefile.cmake 0 make -f CMakeFiles/Makefile2 random_walk make[1]: Entering directory `/home/gary/catkin_ws/build' /usr/bin/cmake -H/home/gary/catkin_ws/src -B/home/gary/catkin_ws/build --check-build-system CMakeFiles/Makefile.cmake 0 /usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_progress_start /home/gary/catkin_ws/build/CMakeFiles 1 make -f CMakeFiles/Makefile2 random_walk/CMakeFiles/random_walk.dir/all make[2]: Entering directory `/home/gary/catkin_ws/build' make -f random_walk/CMakeFiles/random_walk.dir/build.make random_walk/CMakeFiles/random_walk.dir/depend make[3]: Entering directory `/home/gary/catkin_ws/build' cd /home/gary/catkin_ws/build && /usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_depends "Unix Makefiles" /home/gary/catkin_ws/src /home/gary/catkin_ws/src/random_walk /home/gary/catkin_ws/build /home/gary/catkin_ws/build/random_walk /home/gary/catkin_ws/build/random_walk/CMakeFiles/random_walk.dir/DependInfo.cmake --color= make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/gary/catkin_ws/build' make -f random_walk/CMakeFiles/random_walk.dir/build.make random_walk/CMakeFiles/random_walk.dir/build make[3]: Entering directory `/home/gary/catkin_ws/build' Linking CXX executable /home/gary/catkin_ws/devel/lib/random_walk/random_walk cd /home/gary/catkin_ws/build/random_walk && /usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_link_script CMakeFiles/random_walk.dir/link.txt --verbose=1 /usr/bin/c++ CMakeFiles/random_walk.dir/src/random_walk.cpp.o -o /home/gary/catkin_ws/devel/lib/random_walk/random_walk -rdynamic /opt/ros/indigo/lib/libroscpp_serialization.so /opt/ros/indigo/lib/librostime.so -lboost_date_time /opt/ros/indigo/lib/libcpp_common.so -lboost_system -lboost_thread -lpthread -lconsole_bridge -Wl,-rpath,/opt/ros/indigo/lib CMakeFiles/random_walk.dir/src/random_walk.cpp.o: In function `main': random_walk.cpp:(.text+0x46): undefined reference to `ros::init(int&, char**, std::string const&, unsigned int)' collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status make[3]: *** [/home/gary/catkin_ws/devel/lib/random_walk/random_walk] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/gary/catkin_ws/build' make[2]: *** [random_walk/CMakeFiles/random_walk.dir/all] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/gary/catkin_ws/build' make[1]: *** [random_walk/CMakeFiles/random_walk.dir/rule] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/gary/catkin_ws/build' make: *** [random_walk] Error 2 Base path: /home/gary/catkin_ws Source space: /home/gary/catkin_ws/src Build space: /home/gary/catkin_ws/build Devel space: /home/gary/catkin_ws/devel Install space: /home/gary/catkin_ws/install #### #### Running command: "make cmake_check_build_system" in "/home/gary/catkin_ws/build" #### #### #### Running command: "make -j1 random_walk VERBOSE=1" in "/home/gary/catkin_ws/build" #### Invoking "make -j1 random_walk VERBOSE=1" failed 

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Originally posted by fantabulum on ROS Answers with karma: 21 on 2016-02-15

Post score: 2

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Original comments

Comment by lucasw on 2016-02-15:
catkin_make -j1 your_package_name VERBOSE=1 &> temp.txt and inspect temp.txt to see if the libraries are in it. Also you could add a message("catkin libraries " ${catkin_LIBRARIES}) to your CMakeLists.txt and inspect that (it is less messy than looking at the /usr/bin/c++ line.

Comment by spmaniato on 2016-02-15:
I would also use #include <ros/ros.h> (note the <> instead of "") Edit: Nvm, that shouldn't matter.

Comment by fantabulum on 2016-02-16:
@lucasw I added the verbose output, not exactly sure what I'm looking for. Interesting note, this project was in a new workspace I created; I tried again in the workspace I created in the tutorials and it worked. I went back through the tutorials and have yet to find anything missing.

Comment by fantabulum on 2016-02-16:
I built a new workspace from scratch (again). I can't think of anything I did differently this time than last, but I can no longer reproduce the issue. Should this question be closed or deleted?

Comment by gvdhoorn on 2016-02-17:
Post your last comment as an answer, then tick the checkmark next to it.

Comment by gvdhoorn on 2016-02-17:
As to your issue: this could've been an issue with CMake caching certain variables in CMakeCache.txt.

Comment by fantabulum on 2016-02-17:
Maybe so. I originally had the CMakeList lines in the wrong order. I had hoped catkin_make clean would have fixed that.