Some build issues in ubuntu-20.04 with ros-noetic

[TwooSix]

When I try to use make deps to install dependencies, it prompts that the script only supports Ubuntu 22.04. However, I noticed that your repository was built in Ubuntu 20.04 initially. I attempted to modify the variable in deps/scripts/config.bash to make it work, but I am unsure if it is compatible.

After installing the dependencies, I typed catkin build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release yac yac_ros, which resulted in the following error:

[build] Error: Given package 'yac' is not in the workspace and pattern does not match any package

Furthermore, I tried to build yac alone using cmake:

cd yac
mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
make -j

However, I encountered another error:

In file included from /home/ls/catkin_ws/src/yac/yac_ros/src/ros_utils.cpp:1:
/home/ls/catkin_ws/src/yac/yac_ros/src/ros_utils.hpp:39:10: fatal error: yac/yac.hpp: No such file or directory
   39 | #include "yac/yac.hpp"

Is there any better solution? Thanks!

[chutsu]

Apologies for the late reply, by default don't subscribe to github issues...

Let me get back to you, I just realized it is indeed a mess to install. But the general gist is that I have some make targets which installs yac to /opt/yac for yac_ros to find. Namely sudo make lib

[chutsu]

Hey @TwooSix, may I ask what you would like to test?

[TwooSix]

Hey @TwooSix, may I ask what you would like to test?

Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't get around to testing the code build based on your reply right away because I got tied up with other stuff. I just wanna check if YAC works as described in your paper, like if it really can help the students who are beginners calibrate the camera more easily and conveniently as you've mentioned

[chutsu]

I would claim yes, it does help, I do not make the claim it is more convient but it does help collect better calibration data for calibration. However, this project was completed a long time ago, and I have since somewhat lost interest in maintaining the interactive part alive for the general to use. Because:

1. It is very hardware specific (I used the Intel D435i RealSense)
2. Target size dictates the size of the motions you have to achieve
3. I'm just a PhD trying to finish up and lack the time

I understand the I should make this reproducible, but my current priority is to finish up. I will try to fix this, but I cannot give any guarantees, I hope you understand.

On a side note, the offline versions of this tool compares quite competitively to Kalibr so ...