Error in building during installation

[Petson91]

Hello all. I am following the Build Instructions in a fresh Ubuntu 20.04 with ROS installed but I get the errors shown in attached when I try to build. I get similar errors while building referring to different packages in other attempts.

Build_attempt.txt

Details

user@ros:~/catkin_ws$ cd
user@ros:~$ sudo rm -rf catkin_ws/
user@ros:~$ mkdir -p ~/catkin_ws/src
user@ros:~$ cd catkin_ws/
user@ros:~/catkin_ws$ catkin build
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Profile:                     default
Extending:             [env] /opt/ros/noetic
Workspace:                   /home/user/catkin_ws
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Build Space:        [exists] /home/user/catkin_ws/build
Devel Space:        [exists] /home/user/catkin_ws/devel
Install Space:      [unused] /home/user/catkin_ws/install
Log Space:         [missing] /home/user/catkin_ws/logs
Source Space:       [exists] /home/user/catkin_ws/src
DESTDIR:            [unused] None
--------------------------------------------------------
Devel Space Layout:          linked
Install Space Layout:        None
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Additional CMake Args:       None
Additional Make Args:        None
Additional catkin Make Args: None
Internal Make Job Server:    True
Cache Job Environments:      False
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Buildlisted Packages:        None
Skiplisted Packages:         None
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Workspace configuration appears valid.

NOTE: Forcing CMake to run for each package.
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[build] No packages were found in the source space '/home/user/catkin_ws/src'
[build] No packages to be built.
[build] Package table is up to date.
Starting  >>> catkin_tools_prebuild
Finished  <<< catkin_tools_prebuild                [ 1.1 seconds ]
[build] Summary: All 1 packages succeeded!
[build]   Ignored:   None.
[build]   Warnings:  None.
[build]   Abandoned: None.
[build]   Failed:    None.
[build] Runtime: 1.1 seconds total.
user@ros:~/catkin_ws$ catkin build
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Profile:                     default
Extending:             [env] /opt/ros/noetic
Workspace:                   /home/user/catkin_ws
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Build Space:        [exists] /home/user/catkin_ws/build
Devel Space:        [exists] /home/user/catkin_ws/devel
Install Space:      [unused] /home/user/catkin_ws/install
Log Space:          [exists] /home/user/catkin_ws/logs
Source Space:       [exists] /home/user/catkin_ws/src
DESTDIR:            [unused] None
--------------------------------------------------------
Devel Space Layout:          linked
Install Space Layout:        None
--------------------------------------------------------
Additional CMake Args:       None
Additional Make Args:        None
Additional catkin Make Args: None
Internal Make Job Server:    True
Cache Job Environments:      False
--------------------------------------------------------
Buildlisted Packages:        None
Skiplisted Packages:         None
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Workspace configuration appears valid.
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[build] No packages were found in the source space '/home/user/catkin_ws/src'
[build] No packages to be built.
[build] Package table is up to date.
[build] Summary: All 0 packages succeeded!
[build]   Ignored:   None.
[build]   Warnings:  None.
[build]   Abandoned: None.
[build]   Failed:    None.
[build] Runtime: 0.0 seconds total.
user@ros:~/catkin_ws$ vcs import src --input https://github.com/ros-industrial/abb_robot_driver/raw/master/pkgs.repos
....
=== src/abb_egm_rws_managers (git) ===
Cloning into '.'...
Note: switching to '7d69d3dd'.

You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can look around, make experimental
changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in this
state without impacting any branches by switching back to a branch.

If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may
do so (now or later) by using -c with the switch command. Example:

  git switch -c <new-branch-name>

Or undo this operation with:

  git switch -

Turn off this advice by setting config variable advice.detachedHead to false

HEAD is now at 7d69d3d Merge pull request #5 from gavanderhoorn/fix_ci_caching
=== src/abb_libegm (git) ===
Cloning into '.'...
Note: switching to 'e0b8c3b0'.

You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can look around, make experimental
changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in this
state without impacting any branches by switching back to a branch.

If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may
do so (now or later) by using -c with the switch command. Example:

  git switch -c <new-branch-name>

Or undo this operation with:

  git switch -

Turn off this advice by setting config variable advice.detachedHead to false

HEAD is now at e0b8c3b Merge pull request #116 from jontje/add_new_message_condition_variable
=== src/abb_librws (git) ===
Cloning into '.'...
Note: switching to '3a5914ef'.

You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can look around, make experimental
changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in this
state without impacting any branches by switching back to a branch.

If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may
do so (now or later) by using -c with the switch command. Example:

  git switch -c <new-branch-name>

Or undo this operation with:

  git switch -

Turn off this advice by setting config variable advice.detachedHead to false

HEAD is now at 3a5914e Merge pull request #130 from Unibap/master
=== src/abb_robot_driver (git) ===
Cloning into '.'...
user@ros:~/catkin_ws$ rosdep update
reading in sources list data from /etc/ros/rosdep/sources.list.d
Hit https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ros/rosdistro/master/rosdep/osx-homebrew.yaml
Hit https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ros/rosdistro/master/rosdep/base.yaml
Hit https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ros/rosdistro/master/rosdep/python.yaml
Hit https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ros/rosdistro/master/rosdep/ruby.yaml
Hit https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ros/rosdistro/master/releases/fuerte.yaml
Query rosdistro index https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ros/rosdistro/master/index-v4.yaml
Skip end-of-life distro "ardent"
Skip end-of-life distro "bouncy"
Skip end-of-life distro "crystal"
Skip end-of-life distro "dashing"
Skip end-of-life distro "eloquent"
Skip end-of-life distro "foxy"
Skip end-of-life distro "galactic"
Skip end-of-life distro "groovy"
Add distro "humble"
Skip end-of-life distro "hydro"
Skip end-of-life distro "indigo"
Add distro "iron"
Skip end-of-life distro "jade"
Add distro "jazzy"
Skip end-of-life distro "kinetic"
Skip end-of-life distro "lunar"
Skip end-of-life distro "melodic"
Add distro "noetic"
Add distro "rolling"
updated cache in /home/user/.ros/rosdep/sources.cache
user@ros:~/catkin_ws$ rosdep install --from-paths src --ignore-src --rosdistro noetic
#All required rosdeps installed successfully
user@ros:~/catkin_ws$ catkin build
--------------------------------------------------------
Profile:                     default
Extending:             [env] /opt/ros/noetic
Workspace:                   /home/user/catkin_ws
--------------------------------------------------------
Build Space:        [exists] /home/user/catkin_ws/build
Devel Space:        [exists] /home/user/catkin_ws/devel
Install Space:      [unused] /home/user/catkin_ws/install
Log Space:          [exists] /home/user/catkin_ws/logs
Source Space:       [exists] /home/user/catkin_ws/src
DESTDIR:            [unused] None
--------------------------------------------------------
Devel Space Layout:          linked
Install Space Layout:        None
--------------------------------------------------------
Additional CMake Args:       None
Additional Make Args:        None
Additional catkin Make Args: None
Internal Make Job Server:    True
Cache Job Environments:      False
--------------------------------------------------------
Buildlisted Packages:        None
Skiplisted Packages:         None
--------------------------------------------------------
Workspace configuration appears valid.
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[build] Found 9 packages in 0.0 seconds.
[build] Updating package table.
Starting  >>> abb_libegm
Starting  >>> abb_librws
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Errors     << abb_libegm:cmake /home/user/catkin_ws/logs/abb_libegm/build.cmake.000.log
CMake Error in CMakeLists.txt:
  Imported target "Boost::regex" includes non-existent path

    "/include"

  in its INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES.  Possible reasons include:

  * The path was deleted, renamed, or moved to another location.

  * An install or uninstall procedure did not complete successfully.

  * The installation package was faulty and references files it does not
  provide.



CMake Error in CMakeLists.txt:
  Imported target "Boost::regex" includes non-existent path

    "/include"

  in its INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES.  Possible reasons include:

  * The path was deleted, renamed, or moved to another location.

  * An install or uninstall procedure did not complete successfully.

  * The installation package was faulty and references files it does not
  provide.



CMake Generate step failed.  Build files cannot be regenerated correctly.
cd /home/user/catkin_ws/build/abb_libegm; catkin build --get-env abb_libegm | catkin env -si  /bin/cmake /home/user/catkin_ws/src/abb_libegm --no-warn-unused-cli -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/user/catkin_ws/devel; cd -

.................................................................................................................................................
Failed     << abb_libegm:cmake                          [ Exited with code 1 ]
Failed    <<< abb_libegm                                [ 0.8 seconds ]
Abandoned <<< abb_egm_rws_managers                      [ Unrelated job failed ]
Abandoned <<< abb_robot_bringup_examples                [ Unrelated job failed ]
Abandoned <<< abb_robot_cpp_utilities                   [ Unrelated job failed ]
Abandoned <<< abb_egm_hardware_interface                [ Unrelated job failed ]
Abandoned <<< abb_egm_state_controller                  [ Unrelated job failed ]
Abandoned <<< abb_rws_service_provider                  [ Unrelated job failed ]
Abandoned <<< abb_rws_state_publisher                   [ Unrelated job failed ]
Finished  <<< abb_librws                                [ 1.8 seconds ]
[build] Summary: 1 of 9 packages succeeded.
[build]   Ignored:   None.
[build]   Warnings:  None.
[build]   Abandoned: 7 packages were abandoned.
[build]   Failed:    1 packages failed.
[build] Runtime: 1.9 seconds total.
[build] Note: Workspace packages have changed, please re-source setup files to use them.

[gavanderhoorn]

Do you have a 'custom' installed CMake (ie: using pip), or perhaps one in /usr/local? See this for a thread discussing potentially the same issue. Be sure to also check your PATH.

Regardless of the cause: I'm fairly confident this isn't caused by anything in this repository, as I happen to have built the packages in this repository (and all their dependencies) on a fresh Ubuntu install myself just this week, and it all worked (tm).

[gavanderhoorn]

And ros2/rclpy#1197 and VowpalWabbit/vowpal_wabbit#3003 also seem like similar (if not identical) issues.

(note: I'm not necessarily suggesting you follow whatever advice they give in those issues. Just pointing out it isn't something local to the packages in this repository)