rosdep <command> [options] [args]
The rosdep command helps you install external dependencies in an OS-independent manner. For example, what Debian packages do you need in order to get the OpenGL headers on Ubuntu? How about OS X? Fedora? rosdep can answer this question for your platform and install the necessary package(s).
Run rosdep -h or rosdep <command> -h to access the built-in tool documentation.
check <stacks-and-packages>...
Check if the dependencies of ROS package(s) have been met.
db
Display the local rosdep database.
init
Initialize /etc/ros/rosdep/sources.list.d/ configuration. May require sudo.
install <stacks-and-packages>...
Install dependencies for specified ROS packages.
keys <stacks-and-packages>...
List the rosdep keys that the ROS packages depend on.
resolve <rosdeps>...
Resolve <rosdeps> to system dependencies
update
Update the local rosdep database based on the rosdep sources.
what-needs <rosdeps>...
Print a list of packages that declare a rosdep on (at least one of) <rosdeps>
where-defined <rosdeps>...
Print a list of YAML files that declare a rosdep on (at least one of) <rosdeps>
–os=OS_NAME:OS_VERSION
Override OS name and version (colon-separated), e.g. ubuntu:lucid
-c SOURCES_CACHE_DIR, –sources-cache-dir=SOURCES_CACHE_DIR
Override default sources cache directory (local rosdep database).
-a, –all
Select all ROS packages. Only valid for commands that take <stacks-and-packages> as arguments.
-h, –help
Show usage information
-v, –verbose
Enable verbose output
–version
Print version and exit.
-q
Suppress output except for errors
-n
Do not consider implicit/recursive dependencies. Only valid with keys, check, and install commands.
-i, –ignore-packages-from-source, –ignore-src
Affects the check and install verbs. If specified then rosdep will not install keys that are found to be catkin packages anywhere in the ROS_PACKAGE_PATH or in any of the directories given by the --from-paths option.
–skip-keys=SKIP_KEYS
Affects the check and install verbs. The specified rosdep keys will be ignored, i.e. not resolved and not installed. The option can be supplied multiple times. A space separated list of rosdep keys can also be passed as a string. A more permanent solution to locally ignore a rosdep key is creating a local rosdep rule with an empty list of packages (include it in /etc/ros/rosdep/sources.list.d/ before the defaults).
–from-paths
Affects the check, keys, and install verbs. If specified the arugments to those verbs will be considered paths to be searched, acting on all catkin packages found there in.
–rosdistro=ROS_DISTRO
Explicitly sets the ROS distro to use, overriding the normal method of detecting the ROS distro using the ROS_DISTRO environment variable.
–as-root=INSTALLER_KEY:<bool>
Override whether sudo is used for a specific installer, e.g. --as-root pip:false or --as-root "pip:no homebrew:yes". Can be specified multiple times.
–reinstall
(re)install all dependencies, even if already installed
-y, –default-yes
Tell the package manager to default to y or fail when installing
-s, –simulate
Simulate install
-r
Continue installing despite errors.
-R
Install implicit/recursive dependencies.
