catkin_package_creator

create an empty catkin package

Overview

This tool will create a ros package with specified nodes, libraries, messages, services and dependencies.

This code depends on Qt4.

Usage

$ git clone git@github.com:fmina/catkin_package_creator.git
$ cd catkin_package_creator
$ python create_package.py

The GUI will open. In the upper part please specify the package author's name, email, provide a short package description and specify the namespace and package name.

The tabs below allow you to define nodes, libraries, messages ..etc. click Add Node button to add a new node.

Finally, press Create Package to select the directory where the package should be created, typically this will be a Catkin Workspace.

The created package relies on catkin_simple https://github.com/catkin/catkin_simple to solve dependencies.