This package is a wrapper around Erin Catto's Box2D. It contains a CMakeLists and package.xml so that Box2D can be built with catkin_make.
This repository contains Box2D as a submodule - that is as a repository within the repository. Therefore, when cloning this repository you either need to clone it using the command:
git clone --recursive https://github.com/JoshuaHaustein/box2d_catkin.git
Or, if you already cloned the repository, cd to it and run the commands:
git submodule init
git submodule update
In any case, once Box2D is checked out, cd into the subfolder box2d_catkin/Box2D and check out version 2.3.1:
git checkout v2.3.1
Once you did this, you should be able to build Box2D using catkin_make.