[ros-users] RViz on OS X

Wed Jun 22 11:10:19 UTC 2011

Ok i found the problem:
You have to prepend roinstall with LANG=en_US.utf-8 in order to avoid locale
problems.

I updated the wiki page with this information.

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Serge Stinckwich <
serge.stinckwich at gmail.com> wrote:

> ok, i made more progress.
>
> I can run rosinstall and then there is a failure with rosrecord (as
> described on the wiki page).
>
> When i try to relaunch rosinstall a second time, i have the following
> problem:
>
> =========================================================
>
> delirium-tremens:~ serge$ rosinstall ~/ros/ "
> http://packages.ros.org/cgi-bin/gen_rosinstall.py?rosdistro=diamondback&variant=desktop-full&overlay=no
> "
> rosinstall operating on /Users/serge/ros from specifications in rosinstall
> files  /Users/serge/ros/.rosinstall,
> http://packages.ros.org/cgi-bin/gen_rosinstall.py?rosdistro=diamondback&variant=desktop-full&overlay=no
> Installing https://code.ros.org/svn/ros/stacks/ros/tags/ros-1.4.8  to
> /Users/serge/ros/ros
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File
> "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/rosinstall",
> line 557, in <module>
>     sys.exit(not rosinstall_main(sys.argv))
>   File
> "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/rosinstall",
> line 535, in rosinstall_main
>     install_success = config.execute_install(options.backup_changed, mode,
> options.robust)
>   File
> "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/rosinstall",
> line 277, in execute_install
>     if not t.install(os.path.join(self.base_path, backup_path), mode):
>   File
> "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/rosinstall",
> line 117, in install
>     elif self.vcsc.get_url().rstrip('/') != self.uri.rstrip('/'):  #strip
> trailing slashes for #3269
> AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'rstrip'
>
> ===================================================================
>
> I have exactly the same problem with another mac os x machine.
>
> Regards,
>
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 4:47 AM, William Woodall <wjwwood at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> You might need to specify your python version:
>>
>> sudo port install python_select
>>
>>
>> sudo port select --set python python26
>>
>>
>> Additionally, you want to make sure you're using the macports python...
>>
>> export
>> PATH=/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin:$PATH
>> sudo easy_install pip
>> sudo pip install rosinstall
>> rosinstall ....
>>
>>
>> That export PATH... command will ensure that you are using binaries
>> installed for the macports python.  You can either set it once in the
>> command line to install/run rosinstall or you can put it in your .bashrc,
>> but either way you should be aware that it effecting what python executables
>> are being used.
>>
>> Hope that helps,
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> William Woodall
>> Graduate Software Engineering
>> Auburn University
>> w at auburn.edu
>> wjwwood at gmail.com
>> williamjwoodall.com
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Serge Stinckwich <
>> serge.stinckwich at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I try to do run rosinstall on my mac book pro:
>>>
>>> delirium-tremens:~ serge$ rosinstall ~/ros/ "
>>> http://packages.ros.org/cgi-bin/gen_rosinstall.py?rosdistro=diamondback&variant=desktop-full&overlay=no
>>> "
>>>
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>   File "/usr/local/bin/rosinstall", line 5, in <module>
>>>     pkg_resources.run_script('rosinstall==0.5.16', 'rosinstall')
>>>   File
>>> "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources.py",
>>> line 442, in run_script
>>>     self.require(requires)[0].run_script(script_name, ns)
>>>   File
>>> "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources.py",
>>> line 1167, in run_script
>>>     exec script_code in namespace, namespace
>>>   File
>>> "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/rosinstall-0.5.16-py2.6.egg/EGG-INFO/scripts/rosinstall",
>>> line 23, in <module>
>>>
>>> ImportError: No module named yaml
>>>
>>> =========================================
>>>
>>> I guess because rosintall do not use the right Python path.
>>> How did you install rosinstall ?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 6:00 AM, William Woodall <wjwwood at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> My friends, John and Michael, and I have compiled a
>>>> guide/troubleshooting list for getting RViz (and other tools) working on OS
>>>> X with the latest diamondback from SVN.  I don't think there is any new
>>>> information here, but rather a survey of the common problems encountered.
>>>>  The main idea is making ROS build as 32-bit only and using +universal
>>>> macports everywhere, this comes from Dave's comment on this ticket:
>>>> https://code.ros.org/trac/ros-pkg/ticket/4788#comment:8
>>>>
>>>> [image: RViz-on-OSX.png]
>>>>
>>>> Additionally there are other patches and tricks listed in the
>>>> troubleshooting sections, all of which are ticketed and/or fixed in later
>>>> SVN revisions, so hopefully this guide won't even be necessary in the near
>>>> future, but for now I hope will help some people.
>>>>
>>>> https://github.com/wjwwood/au-automow/wiki/Ros-osx-i386
>>>>
>>>> If this seems useful enough to put on the ros.org wiki, I would be glad
>>>> to move it if someone would just point to the place.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>> William Woodall
>>>> Graduate Software Engineering
>>>> Auburn University
>>>> w at auburn.edu
>>>> wjwwood at gmail.com
>>>> williamjwoodall.com
>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Serge Stinckwich
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>
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> Serge Stinckwich
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> Every DSL ends up being Smalltalk
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>

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Every DSL ends up being Smalltalk
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