[ros-users] [Discourse.ros.org] [Next Generation ROS] ROS2 package RPM building without the top CMakeLists.txt for CMake

[Ethan Gao]

ok. thanks. what needs to contain in binary package installation of debian/RPM is the content under the `install` folder of the corresponding package, am I right ? If it's right, does it work with the following process for RPM creation for quick prototype/verification? as follow:

-  For RPM `%build` part: invoke the `colcon` to build a package normally as the way to build with source code
-  For RPM `%install` and `%files` part: manually add the content of the corresponding package underneath the `install` folder of the workspace (that's to say you have already know the details of the `install` folder with the way of source building)
- finally, rpmbuild with the above rules of spec file to create the RPM package

I know that it's not feasible to manually create spec and RPM for many package in this way, and it also requires a great deal of effort to maintain, just try to verify one project before further code development. :sweat_smile:





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