[ros-users] Build ROS from source without using default ffmpeg in Ubuntu 12.10

[William Woodall]

Sorry it took me so long, but I answered you question.

I was on vacation.

Hope that answer helps!


On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 11:27 AM, JIA Pei <jp4work at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, William Woodall:
>
> Thank you very much for your help. My question is now posted at
>
> http://answers.ros.org/question/63615/build-ros-from-source-without-using-default-ffmpeg-in-ubuntu-1210/
> I'm looking forward to your answer at your earliest convenience. Thanks
> again.
>
>
>
> Best Regards
> Pei
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 1:12 AM, William Woodall <
> william at osrfoundation.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Pei,
>>
>> This sort of question belongs on answers.ros.org.
>>
>> I would be happy to help you over there. For future reference please see
>> our Support policies: http://www.ros.org/wiki/Support
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> P.S. make sure to tag your question on answers.ros.org and send me a
>> link to your question at my personal email <william at osrfoundation.org>
>> and I'll try to answer it.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 4:29 AM, JIA Pei <jp4work at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi, all:
>>>
>>>
>>> My environment:
>>> OS: Ubuntu 12.10
>>> OpenCV: 2.4.5 release
>>> PCL: 1.6.0 release (built from source)
>>> ffmpeg: 1.2 release (built from source)
>>> VTK: 5.10.1 release (built from source)
>>> boost: 1.50.0 (installed from the repository)
>>>
>>>
>>> There are some reasons that I really don't want to use the default
>>> ffmpeg -- libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev
>>> VTK 5.8.0
>>> boost 1.49
>>> from the default repository.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Now here comes my question:
>>>
>>> I did have my ffmpeg 1.2 installed:
>>> please refer to http://visionopen.com/questions/ffmpeg.png
>>> and vtk 5.10.1 installed
>>> http://visionopen.com/questions/vtk.png
>>>
>>> but, when I tried to install ROS from source (refer to
>>> http://www.ros.org/wiki/groovy/Installation/Source),
>>>  the following command
>>> :*~/ros_catkin_ws$ rosdep install --from-paths src --ignore-src
>>> --rosdistro groovy -y*
>>> still requires the following packages:
>>> *libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev
>>> libvtk5-dev libvtk5.8*
>>>
>>> I'm thinking at least, there is something like in CMake which lets me to
>>> select my own path/directory, rather than setup by *ROS* itself. There
>>> should be existing such a freedom to let me specify which version and which
>>> directory of ffmpeg, which version and which directory of vtk.
>>> But, according to http://www.ros.org/wiki/groovy/Installation/Source, I
>>> can't find such a freedom. Can anybody help to let me know how to build
>>> *ROS from source* based on the dependencies that I myself am able to
>>> specify?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you very much.
>>>
>>>
>>> Best Regards
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Pei JIA
>>>
>>> Email: jp4work at gmail.com
>>> cell:    +1 604-362-5816
>>>
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>>
>>
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> Pei JIA
>
> Email: jp4work at gmail.com
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>
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William Woodall
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