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Command Line: Colcon
Build
colcon is used to build ROS2 packages in a workspace.
Build all packages:
colcon build
To avoid having to rebuild when tweaking Python scripts, config files, and launch files:
colcon build --symlink-install
To fix most build issues, especially if you have added or removed packages to your workspace or installed new RMW implementations, clean the CMake cache. See this ROS Answers post for more details.
colcon build --cmake-clean-cache
CMake Arguments
colcon build --cmake-args -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
Test
To test and get results to screen:
colcon test
colcon test-result --verbose
Build/test a single package:
colcon <verb> --packages-select <package-name>
Formatting
Get the output to the screen:
colcon <verb> --event-handlers console_direct+