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"No rule to make target" which already exists

I'm trying to build ROS from source, in an environment where I have NO root access, so no sudo apt-get.

rospack needs libtinyxml-dev, but I cannot just install that package. Therefore, I built TinyXML from source, installing it into ~/usr/local/{lib, include}. Some targets (e.g. xmlrpcpp, rosbuild) build fine, but rospack throws a

make[2]: *** No rule to make target '/home/USERNAME/usr/local/lib/libtinyxml.so', needed by 
'/home/USERNAME/ros_desktop/catkin_ws/devel/.private/rospack/lib/librospack.so'.  Stop.

The file libtinyxml.so, however, already exists and is a symlink to libtinyxml.so.2.6.2, which also exists. I have absolutely no idea what to do. I tried add_library(... SHARED IMPORTED), generally fiddling with CMakeLists.txt, but no dice. How can I just tell CMake "hey, this library exists, just link against it!" or, if the error actually means something else, get a more informative error? Why should it make the library if it's already there? Thanks to whoever can help me!

Content of CMakeLists.txt:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.3)
project(rospack)

find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS cmake_modules)
find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS filesystem program_options system)
set(Python_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS "${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR}")
find_package(PythonLibs "${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR}" REQUIRED)
find_package(TinyXML REQUIRED)

catkin_package(
  INCLUDE_DIRS include
  LIBRARIES rospack ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES}
  DEPENDS Boost TinyXML
)

#add_definitions(-Wall)

set(API_BACKCOMPAT_V1 "YES" CACHE BOOL "Whether to enable backwards compatibility with old C++ API")
if(API_BACKCOMPAT_V1)
  add_definitions(-DROSPACK_API_BACKCOMPAT_V1)
  set(backcompat_source src/rospack_backcompat.cpp)
endif()

include_directories(include ${TinyXML_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS})

add_library(rospack
  src/rospack.cpp
  ${backcompat_source}
  src/rospack_cmdline.cpp
  src/utils.cpp
)
target_link_libraries(rospack ${TinyXML_LIBRARIES} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})

add_executable(rospackexe src/rospack_main.cpp)
# Set the name, and make it a "global" executable
set_target_properties(rospackexe PROPERTIES
  OUTPUT_NAME rospack
  RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CATKIN_DEVEL_PREFIX}/bin)
target_link_libraries(rospackexe rospack ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
add_executable(rosstackexe src/rosstack_main.cpp)
target_link_libraries(rosstackexe rospack ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
# Set the name, and make it a "global" executable
set_target_properties(rosstackexe PROPERTIES
  OUTPUT_NAME rosstack
  RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CATKIN_DEVEL_PREFIX}/bin)

install(TARGETS rospack rospackexe rosstackexe
  ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_LIB_DESTINATION}
  LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_LIB_DESTINATION}
  RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CATKIN_GLOBAL_BIN_DESTINATION})
install(DIRECTORY include/${PROJECT_NAME}/
  DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_INCLUDE_DESTINATION}
  FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.h")

# uninstall target
configure_file(
  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_uninstall.cmake.in"
  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_uninstall.cmake"
  IMMEDIATE @ONLY)
add_custom_target(uninstall COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_uninstall.cmake)

if(CATKIN_ENABLE_TESTING)
  add_subdirectory(test)
endif()

if(DOXYGEN_FOUND)
  add_custom_target(rospack-docs
    COMMAND doxygen Doxyfile
    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR})
endif()
Solution

  • Solved.

    1. Clone everything from git repos, branch kinetic-devel
    2. Clone TinyXML2 from https://github.com/leethomason/tinyxml2.git
    3. Build TinyXML2
    cd [TinyXML2 DIR]
mkdir build
cd !$
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/.local ..
cmake --build .
cmake --build . --target install
    1. Symlink TinyXML2's CMake config so that rospack can find using the correct package name
    cd $HOME/.local/lib64/cmake/tinyxml2
ln -s tinyxml2Config.cmake TinyXML2Config.cmake
    1. Patch rospack's CMakeLists.txt like this
    @@ -4 +4 @@
-find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS cmake_modules)
+find_package(catkin REQUIRED)
@@ -32 +32 @@
-target_link_libraries(rospack ${TinyXML2_LIBRARIES} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(rospack tinyxml2::tinyxml2 ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})
    1. Apply these changes as the kinetic-devel branch does not build against TinyXML2.
    2. catkin build --cmake-args -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$HOME/.local -- rospack
    3. source [Catkin_Workspace]/devel/setup.bash && catkin build