libv_repExtRos.so missing in 3.2.3 linux 64-bit zip

[ahundt]

Has the way the ROS plugin is set up on linux changed? When I unzip the 64 bit linux v-rep 3.2.3 the file libv_repExtRos.so doesn't seem to be present. Just trying to figure out how to set it up. Thanks!

[ahundt]

I now see that we just build it with catkin and drop it in the .so folder. This is probably because people had trouble loading it in the past when using the pre-built versions. I just built it and dropped it in the folder which made things seem to be happy.

[coppelia]

Hello,

yes, many people that weren't using the ROS plugin were complaining that it would bring the application to crash without ROS installed, and others would anyway have to recompile the plugin to make things work. So we decided to keep that compilation step for the user, if needed.

Cheers

[minisch]

Hi,

I was not using the plugin before and now I don't have the libv_repExtRos.so file anywhere but just in :
/home/fschiano/V-REP_PRO_EDU_V3_2_0_rev6_64_Linux/libv_repExtRos.so
/home/fschiano/V-REP_PRO_EDU_V3_2_1_64_Linux/libv_repExtRos.so

while I would like to have it in the V3_2_3 folder.

What should I do?

Thanks for your time.

[minisch]

Ok. I found the answer, basically I need to compile the ros_packages by myself.

First you go in your catkin workspace.

Then you go in the src folder
Once you are there you do:

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ln -s ~/V-REP_PRO_EDU_V3_2_3_rev4_64_Linux/programming/ros_packages

In this way you are creating a symbolic link to the ros_packages which are in V-REP 3.2.3.

Then you compile everything again by going back in the catkin workspace folder (not in the src) and doing:

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catkin_make

Then you go in the folder lib:

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cd ~/catkin_ws/devel/lib/

and you do:

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cp libv_repExtRos.so ~/V-REP_PRO_EDU_V3_2_3_rev4_64_Linux/

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cp libv_repExtRosSkeleton.so ~/V-REP_PRO_EDU_V3_2_3_rev4_64_Linux/

Then you can follow this guide:
http://www.coppeliarobotics.com/helpFil ... Indigo.htm

[coppelia]

Thanks for the step-by-step explanation! And yes, for version 3.2.3, there is a small bug as described here.

Cheers