Unfortunately this tutorial is outdated and misleading. I followed it but it is inaccurate, namely in what concerns the (hardcoded) OS list in http://www.ros.org/doc/api/roslib/html/python/roslib.os_detect-pysrc.html#OSDetect.__init__ that is not used at all since, it is called by ros/ros/tools/rosdep/src/rosdep/core.py (line 296) with (another) hardcoded OS list in this file, but with nice separate py files for each OS. I'll continue to try to add slackware as a supported OS, and will contribute with the necessary patches and if time allows an updated tutorial. Best, Rodrigo On 2011/06/11, at 14:12, Jack O'Quin wrote: > On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 7:05 AM, Rodrigo Ventura wrote: > >> The crux of the problem seems to originate on the fact that slackware is not explicitly supported (although I read somewhere that it'd be appropriate for ROS deployments). Is there a way I could add it? Where are the involved files? > > Follow the tutorials Tully posted: > >> If you would like to contribute support for a new OS please see >> the instructions on the wiki at http://www.ros.org/wiki/rosdep#Adding_support_for_another_Operating_System_to_rosdep >> >> If you submit patches in trac they can be merged into upcoming releases. > > Contributions are appreciated. > -- > joq > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@code.ros.org > https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users Rodrigo Ventura Institute for Systems and Robotics Instituto Superior Técnico Lisbon, Portugal http://users.isr.ist.utl.pt/~yoda