Hi Tully, Thanks for the reply.The cmake file i used is the following.Could you please let me know my error. cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.4.6) #include($ENV{ROS_ROOT}/core/rosbuild/rosbuild.cmake) # Set the build type. Options are: # Coverage : w/ debug symbols, w/o optimization, w/ code-coverage # Debug : w/ debug symbols, w/o optimization # Release : w/o debug symbols, w/ optimization # RelWithDebInfo : w/ debug symbols, w/ optimization # MinSizeRel : w/o debug symbols, w/ optimization, stripped binaries #set(ROS_BUILD_TYPE RelWithDebInfo) rosbuild_init() #set the default path for built executables to the "bin" directory set(EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/bin) #set the default path for built libraries to the "lib" directory set(LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib) #uncomment if you have defined messages rosbuild_genmsg() #uncomment if you have defined services #rosbuild_gensrv() rosbuild_add_executable(talker src/talker.cpp) rosbuild_add_executable(listener src/listener.cpp) rosbuild_add_executable(add_two_ints_server src/add_two_ints_server.cpp) rosbuild_add_executable(add_two_ints_client src/add_two_ints_client.cpp) #common commands for building c++ executables and libraries #rosbuild_add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} src/example.cpp) #target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} another_library) #rosbuild_add_boost_directories() #rosbuild_link_boost(${PROJECT_NAME} thread) #rosbuild_add_executable(example examples/example.cpp) #target_link_libraries(example ${PROJECT_NAME}) Hi, This is the Cmake file I edited. cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.4.6) #include($ENV{ROS_ROOT}/core/rosbuild/rosbuild.cmake) # Set the build type. Options are: # Coverage : w/ debug symbols, w/o optimization, w/ code-coverage # Debug : w/ debug symbols, w/o optimization # Release : w/o debug symbols, w/ optimization # RelWithDebInfo : w/ debug symbols, w/ optimization # MinSizeRel : w/o debug symbols, w/ optimization, stripped binaries #set(ROS_BUILD_TYPE RelWithDebInfo) rosbuild_init() #set the default path for built executables to the "bin" directory set(EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/bin) #set the default path for built libraries to the "lib" directory set(LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib) #uncomment if you have defined messages rosbuild_genmsg() #uncomment if you have defined services #rosbuild_gensrv() rosbuild_add_executable(talker src/talker.cpp) rosbuild_add_executable(listener src/listener.cpp) rosbuild_add_executable(add_two_ints_server src/add_two_ints_server.cpp) rosbuild_add_executable(add_two_ints_client src/add_two_ints_client.cpp) #common commands for building c++ executables and libraries #rosbuild_add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} src/example.cpp) #target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} another_library) #rosbuild_add_boost_directories() #rosbuild_link_boost(${PROJECT_NAME} thread) #rosbuild_add_executable(example examples/example.cpp) #target_link_libraries(example ${PROJECT_NAME}) On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Tully Foote wrote: > Hi Avinash, > It looks like you have a syntax error in your CMakeLists.txt If you could > post it to the list we might be able to help you. > > Tully > > > On 12/27/2010 02:34 PM, Avinash Thiruvayipati wrote: > > HI, > I am a newbie to ros.While going through the tutorials of subscribing and > publishing a message we add set up executables to the cmake file.when trying > to rebuild the package using make it is giving the following error.Could you > please give a solution to this problem > > mkdir -p bin > cd build && cmake -Wdev -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=`rospack find > rosbuild`/rostoolchain.cmake .. > CMake Error: Error in cmake code at > /home/avinash/ros/beginner_tutorials/CMakeLists.txt:1: > Parse error. Expected a command name, got unquoted argument with text > "cmake_minimum_required". > -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! > make: *** [all] Error 1 > > > -- > Regards > Avinash Thiruvayipati > Graduate Student > Electrical Engineering > Arizona State University > 734-985-1155 > > > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing listros-users@code.ros.orghttps://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users > > > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@code.ros.org > https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users > > -- Regards Avinash Thiruvayipati Graduate Student Electrical Engineering Arizona State University 734-985-1155