Ok, I put it in the FAQ:
http://www.ros.org/wiki/FAQ#How_do_I_install_ROS_packages_from_.deb_files.3F
Good point, you probably can skip right to looking for the package's
wiki page. It's good to be aware of the indexer's details page as well
though.
Cheers,
Pat
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Tully Foote <
tfoote@willowgarage.com> wrote:
> Hi Patrick,
>
> Unfortunately there's not much of a better way right now. I might suggest
> skipping directly to a wki search. In most cases if you plug in a package
> name the package itself is usually at the top.
>
> This might be good on the FAQ http://www.ros.org/wiki/FAQ
>
> Tully
>
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Patrick Bouffard
> <bouffard@eecs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>>
>> I just wrote a brief step-by-step for this (at least, this is what I
>> do, maybe there's a better way) as part of the install tutorial for
>> starmac-ros-pkg [1] but it occurs to me that this is generally
>> applicable. Can someone suggest where this should go on the wiki?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Pat
>>
>> [1]
>> http://www.ros.org/wiki/starmac_flyer/Tutorials/Installation#System_Dependencies
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