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.
usage: rosdep [options] <command> <args> Commands: rosdep check <stacks-and-packages>... check if the dependencies of package(s) have been met. rosdep install <stacks-and-packages>... download and install the dependencies of a given package or packages. rosdep db generate the dependency database and print it to the console. rosdep init initialize rosdep sources in /etc/ros/rosdep. May require sudo. rosdep keys <stacks-and-packages>... list the rosdep keys that the packages depend on. rosdep resolve <rosdeps> resolve <rosdeps> to system dependencies rosdep update update the local rosdep database based on the rosdep sources. rosdep what-needs <rosdeps>... print a list of packages that declare a rosdep on (at least one of) <rosdeps> rosdep where-defined <rosdeps>... print a list of yaml files that declare a rosdep on (at least one of) <rosdeps> rosdep fix-permissions Recursively change the permissions of the user's ros home directory. May require sudo. Can be useful to fix permissions after calling "rosdep update" with sudo accidentally.
Options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--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 /builddir/.ros/rosdep/sources.cache
-v, --verbose verbose display
--version print just the rosdep version, then exit
--all-versions print rosdep version and version of installers, then
exit
--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.
-q Quiet. Suppress output except for errors.
-a, --all select all packages
-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', 'install', and 'keys' verbs. If
specified then rosdep will ignore keys that are found
to be catkin or ament packages anywhere in the
ROS_PACKAGE_PATH, AMENT_PREFIX_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).
--filter-for-installers=FILTER_FOR_INSTALLERS
Affects the 'db' verb. If supplied, the output of the
'db' command is filtered to only list packages whose
installer is in the provided list. The option can be
supplied multiple times. A space separated list of
installers can also be passed as a string. Example:
`--filter-for-installers "apt pip"`
--from-paths Affects the 'check', 'keys', and 'install' verbs. If
specified the arguments 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. When used with the
'update' verb, only the specified distro will be
updated.
--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.
--include-eol-distros
Affects the 'update' verb. If specified end-of-life
distros are being fetched too.
Options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--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 /builddir/.ros/rosdep/sources.cache
-v, --verbose verbose display
--version print just the rosdep version, then exit
--all-versions print rosdep version and version of installers, then
exit
--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.
-q Quiet. Suppress output except for errors.
-a, --all select all packages
-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', 'install', and 'keys' verbs. If
specified then rosdep will ignore keys that are found
to be catkin or ament packages anywhere in the
ROS_PACKAGE_PATH, AMENT_PREFIX_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).
--filter-for-installers=FILTER_FOR_INSTALLERS
Affects the 'db' verb. If supplied, the output of the
'db' command is filtered to only list packages whose
installer is in the provided list. The option can be
supplied multiple times. A space separated list of
installers can also be passed as a string. Example:
`--filter-for-installers "apt pip"`
--from-paths Affects the 'check', 'keys', and 'install' verbs. If
specified the arguments 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. When used with the
'update' verb, only the specified distro will be
updated.
--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.
--include-eol-distros
Affects the 'update' verb. If specified end-of-life
distros are being fetched too.