loam Livox

[leobetancor]

Hi guys,

Im tying to compile loam Livox with catkin and im getting the following error. I installed Eigen and OpenCV btw.

-- Using CATKIN_DEVEL_PREFIX: /home/leo/catkin_ws/devel
-- Using CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH: /home/leo/catkin_ws/devel;/opt/ros/noetic
-- This workspace overlays: /home/leo/catkin_ws/devel;/opt/ros/noetic
-- Found PythonInterp: /usr/bin/python3 (found suitable version "3.8.10", minimum required is "3")
-- Using PYTHON_EXECUTABLE: /usr/bin/python3
-- Using Debian Python package layout
-- Using empy: /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/em.py
-- Using CATKIN_ENABLE_TESTING: ON
-- Call enable_testing()
-- Using CATKIN_TEST_RESULTS_DIR: /home/leo/catkin_ws/build/test_results
-- Forcing gtest/gmock from source, though one was otherwise available.
-- Found gtest sources under '/usr/src/googletest': gtests will be built
-- Found gmock sources under '/usr/src/googletest': gmock will be built
-- Found PythonInterp: /usr/bin/python3 (found version "3.8.10")
-- Using Python nosetests: /usr/bin/nosetests3
-- catkin 0.8.10
-- BUILD_SHARED_LIBS is on
-- BUILD_SHARED_LIBS is on
-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-- ~~ traversing 2 packages in topological order:
-- ~~ - loam_livox
-- ~~ - livox_ros_driver
-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-- +++ processing catkin package: 'loam_livox'
-- ==> add_subdirectory(loam_livox)
-- Using these message generators: gencpp;geneus;genlisp;gennodejs;genpy
CMake Error at loam_livox/CMakeLists.txt:23 (find_package):
By not providing "FindCeres.cmake" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this project has
asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by "Ceres", but
CMake did not find one.

Could not find a package configuration file provided by "Ceres" with any of
the following names:

CeresConfig.cmake
ceres-config.cmake

Add the installation prefix of "Ceres" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set
"Ceres_DIR" to a directory containing one of the above files. If "Ceres"
provides a separate development package or SDK, be sure it has been
installed.

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "/home/leo/catkin_ws/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
See also "/home/leo/catkin_ws/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".
make: *** [Makefile:1608: cmake_check_build_system] Error 1
Invoking "make cmake_check_build_system" failed

-- Using CATKIN_DEVEL_PREFIX: /home/leo/catkin_ws/devel
-- Using CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH: /home/leo/catkin_ws/devel;/opt/ros/noetic
-- This workspace overlays: /home/leo/catkin_ws/devel;/opt/ros/noetic
-- Found PythonInterp: /usr/bin/python3 (found suitable version "3.8.10", minimum required is "3")
-- Using PYTHON_EXECUTABLE: /usr/bin/python3
-- Using Debian Python package layout
-- Using empy: /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/em.py
-- Using CATKIN_ENABLE_TESTING: ON
-- Call enable_testing()
-- Using CATKIN_TEST_RESULTS_DIR: /home/leo/catkin_ws/build/test_results
-- Forcing gtest/gmock from source, though one was otherwise available.
-- Found gtest sources under '/usr/src/googletest': gtests will be built
-- Found gmock sources under '/usr/src/googletest': gmock will be built
-- Found PythonInterp: /usr/bin/python3 (found version "3.8.10")
-- Using Python nosetests: /usr/bin/nosetests3
-- catkin 0.8.10
-- BUILD_SHARED_LIBS is on
-- BUILD_SHARED_LIBS is on
-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-- ~~ traversing 2 packages in topological order:
-- ~~ - loam_livox
-- ~~ - livox_ros_driver
-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-- +++ processing catkin package: 'loam_livox'
-- ==> add_subdirectory(loam_livox)
-- Using these message generators: gencpp;geneus;genlisp;gennodejs;genpy
CMake Error at loam_livox/CMakeLists.txt:23 (find_package):
By not providing "FindCeres.cmake" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this project has
asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by "Ceres", but
CMake did not find one.

Could not find a package configuration file provided by "Ceres" with any of
the following names:

CeresConfig.cmake
ceres-config.cmake

Add the installation prefix of "Ceres" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set
"Ceres_DIR" to a directory containing one of the above files. If "Ceres"
provides a separate development package or SDK, be sure it has been
installed.

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "/home/leo/catkin_ws/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
See also "/home/leo/catkin_ws/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".
make: *** [Makefile:1608: cmake_check_build_system] Error 1
Invoking "make cmake_check_build_system" failed

[xchwu]

this project has asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by "Ceres", but CMake did not find one.

[ManChrys]

hello @leobetancor ,

you didnt install ceres solver.

Follow the steps

http://ceres-solver.org/installation.html