GSCAM Installation Guide

This guide will walk you through the process of setting up the gscam package in a ROS2 workspace. If you encounter errors related to missing dependencies, follow the steps below to resolve them.

Prerequisites

Ensure that you have ROS2 installed on your system. Replace humble with your respective ROS2 distribution (e.g., foxy, galactic, etc.) in the following commands.

1. Update your package lists:

   sudo apt update

2. Source your ROS2 environment:

   source /opt/ros/humble/setup.bash

Step-by-step Setup

1. Create a ROS2 Workspace

If you don't have a workspace already, create one:

mkdir -p ~/bittle_ws/src
cd ~/bittle_ws
colcon build
source install/setup.bash

cd ~/bittle_ws/src
git clone https://github.com/ros-drivers/gscam.git

3. Install Dependencies If you encounter errors related to missing packages, follow these instructions:

a. Install GStreamer Development Libraries

sudo apt install libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev gstreamer1.0-plugins-good

b. Install ament_cmake Make sure the ament_cmake package is installed:

sudo apt install ros-humble-ament-cmake

c. Install camera_calibration_parsers If you encounter errors related to camera_calibration_parsers , install it as follows:

sudo apt install ros-humble-camera-calibration-parsers

d. Install camera_info_manager If you encounter errors related to camera_info_manager, install it as follows:

sudo apt install ros-humble-camera-info-manager

4. Build the Workspace After installing the required dependencies, you can build your workspace:

cd ~/bittle_ws
colcon build

5. Source the Setup File After a successful build, source the workspace:

source install/setup.bash