Changed the build type to ament_python and fixed package to run with ros2 run

package.xml

@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
   <author>Dorian Scholz</author>
   <author email="dthomas@osrfoundation.org">Dirk Thomas</author>
 
-  <buildtool_depend>ament_cmake</buildtool_depend>
-
   <exec_depend version_gte="0.2.19">python_qt_binding</exec_depend>
   <exec_depend>python3-matplotlib</exec_depend>
   <exec_depend>python3-numpy</exec_depend>
@@ -30,7 +28,8 @@
   <exec_depend>std_msgs</exec_depend>
 
   <export>
-    <build_type>ament_cmake</build_type>
+    <architecture_independent/>
+    <build_type>ament_python</build_type>
     <rqt_gui plugin="${prefix}/plugin.xml"/>
   </export>
 </package>

setup.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[develop]
+script-dir=$base/lib/rqt_plot
+[install]
+install-scripts=$base/lib/rqt_plot

setup.py

@@ -1,12 +1,40 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+from setuptools import setup
 
-from distutils.core import setup
-from catkin_pkg.python_setup import generate_distutils_setup
+package_name = 'rqt_plot'
 
-d = generate_distutils_setup(
-    packages=['rqt_plot', 'rqt_plot.data_plot'],
+setup(
+    name=package_name,
+    version='1.0.7',
+    packages=[package_name, package_name + '/data_plot'],
     package_dir={'': 'src'},
-    scripts=['scripts/rqt_plot']
+    data_files=[
+        ('share/ament_index/resource_index/packages',
+            ['resource/' + package_name]),
+        ('share/' + package_name + '/resource',
+            ['resource/plot.ui']),
+        ('share/' + package_name, ['package.xml']),
+        ('share/' + package_name, ['plugin.xml']),
+    ],
+    install_requires=['setuptools'],
+    zip_safe=True,
+    author='Dorian Scholz',
+    maintainer='Dirk Thomas, Dorian Scholz, Austin Hendrix',
+    maintainer_email='dthomas@osrfoundation.org',
+    keywords=['ROS'],
+    classifiers=[
+        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License',
+        'Programming Language :: Python',
+        'Topic :: Software Development',
+    ],
+    description=(
+        'rqt_plot provides a GUI plugin visualizing numeric values in a 2D plot ' +
+        'using different plotting backends.'
+    ),
+    license='BSD',
+    entry_points={
+        'console_scripts': [
+            'rqt_plot = ' + package_name + '.main:main',
+        ],
+    },
 )
-
-setup(**d)

src/rqt_plot/main.py

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import sys
+
+from rqt_gui.main import Main
+from rqt_plot.plot import Plot
+
+
+def main():
+    plugin = 'rqt_plot.plot.Plot'
+    main = Main(filename=plugin)
+    sys.exit(main.main(standalone=plugin, plugin_argument_provider=Plot.add_arguments))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()