turtle_teleop_key works well on osx. 

Try
>> rosed turtle_teleop CMakeLists.txt

and then comment out the line 
#rosbuild_add_executable(turtle_teleop_joy src/teleop_turtle_joy.cpp)

This will refrain from compiling the teleop version that requires linux bluetooth libraries.

--Nick

On Oct 7, 2010, at 6:29 AM, Patrick Doyle wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Tadele Shiferaw Tadele
> <t.s.tadele@student.utwente.nl> wrote:
>>  I installed ROS on OS X 10.6.4 and when i was going through the tutorial i faced a problem on installation of the turtle_teleop.
>> The command output is shown below...Any help will be appreciated greatly!!
>> 
>>  :~ Tadele$ rosdep install turtle_teleop rxtools
>> Failed to find rosdep bluez for package turtle_teleop on OS:macports version:macports
>> Failed to find rosdep libbluetooth-dev for package turtle_teleop on OS:macports version:macports
>> Failed to find rosdep python-bluez for package turtle_teleop on OS:macports version:macports
>> Failed to find rosdep libx11-dev for package turtle_teleop on OS:macports version:macports
>> Failed to find rosdep flex for package turtle_teleop on OS:macports version:macports
>> Failed to find rosdep libusb for package turtle_teleop on OS:macports version:macports
>> Failed to find rosdep bison for package turtle_teleop on OS:macports version:macports
>> Failed to find rosdep joystick for package turtle_teleop on OS:macports version:macports
>> ERROR: ABORTING: Rosdeps [u'bluez', u'libbluetooth-dev', u'python-bluez', u'libx11-dev', u'flex', u'libusb', u'bison', u'joystick'] could not be resolved
>> 
> I had the same problem, and the answer I've concluded/received, is
> that ROS support on the Mac is still very experimental and not all
> stacks & packages are supported.
> 
> In this particular case (which I dug into a little because I wanted to
> understand what was going on), the turtle_teleop package includes 2
> different programs, one for interacting with the turtle via the
> keyboard, and one for interacting with the turtle via a bluetooth
> connected joystick.  In order to use the bluetooth connected joystick,
> you have to have a number of system libraries, such as bluez,
> libbluetooth-dev, etc...
> 
> If you want to play with ROS on a Mac, I have found that the path of
> least resistance is to install Ubuntu in a VMWare box.
> 
> --wpd
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