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Subject: Re: [ros-users] [Ros-developers] How do I add an additional package management system for an OS?
Hi William,

On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 7:39 PM, Brian Gerkey <> wrote:
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> Hi William,
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> The new rosdep spec restricts each rule to specify one package manager:
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> http://www.ros.org/reps/rep-0111.html#single-package-manager-per-rule
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> As I understand that restriction, you'd have to switch the appropriate rosdep.yaml to pull graphviz via brew instead of macports.  I think that the rationale is that we want to minimize sources of variation in the underlying system.
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>     brian.


>From REP 111 [1] With the new format I would suggest as follows,

assuming "graphviz" is a package brew knows how to install.

osx:
  lion:
    brew: graphviz


Where rosdep selects the Brew installer based on the keyword 'brew'
instead of the defaut 'macports'

Tully

[1] http://www.ros.org/reps/rep-0111.html

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> On Aug 7, 2011 4:24 PM, "William Woodall" <> wrote:
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