not able to find tclap repo , how to install further to fix cmake issues for tclap while building ecal from source

[ajayjadhav900]

I am building ecal repo on ubuntu 22.0 over windows 10 from source.
while building, cmake facing below error

-- Setting GNU/Clang flags
CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-3.22/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:230 (message):
Could NOT find tclap (missing: tclap_INCLUDE_DIR)
Call Stack (most recent call first):
/usr/share/cmake-3.22/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:594 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
cmake/Modules/Findtclap.cmake:14 (find_package_handle_standard_args)
ecal/core/CMakeLists.txt:54 (find_package)

I am not able to find tclap repository.
Initially I was facing issue for ecaludp but after installing it , its resolved.

[ajayjadhav900]

Please someone suggest on this as I facing issues while building repo.
@KerstinKeller @FlorianReimold @hannemn @aaroon-5
@rex-schilasky

[rex-schilasky]

@ajayjadhav900 did you checkout the repository recursively?

[ajayjadhav900]

Yes, I have done git clone twice but I have deleted previous folders in Ubuntu and again re clone and repeated the process ,

[rex-schilasky]

Did you follow the documentation?

https://eclipse-ecal.github.io/ecal/stable/development/building_ecal_from_source.html

Doing this checkout:

git clone https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal.git
cd ecal
git submodule init
git submodule update

[FlorianReimold]

@ajayjadhav900
Sorry you are facing issue with the compilation.

• Which version of eCAL are you using? (e.g. latest master commit, head of a support branch, specific tag etc.)
• Could you please check if the tclap directory is actually populated? you can find it in thirdparty/tclap/tclap. Sometimes, git screws it up, especially when cloning from a poor network.
• Can you please post your entire cmake command line?

[ajayjadhav900]

i am using the latest master commit.
tclap directory is populated.

i am using the below cmake command as per the documentation.

cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_PROTOBUF=OFF -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CURL=OFF -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_HDF5=OFF -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_QWT=OFF

[rex-schilasky]

You need to follow the build instructions for master / 6.0 release.

mkdir _build
cd _build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_PROJECT_TOP_LEVEL_INCLUDES=cmake/submodule_dependencies.cmake -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_PROTOBUF=OFF -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CURL=OFF -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_HDF5=OFF -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_QWT=OFF
make -j4

This option is important: CMAKE_PROJECT_TOP_LEVEL_INCLUDES.

[ajayjadhav900]

ajayj@DESKTOP-CHBNTMG:~/SDV$ git clone https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal.git
Cloning into 'ecal'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 131821, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (3903/3903), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (1520/1520), done.
remote: Total 131821 (delta 3129), reused 2596 (delta 2307), pack-reused 127918 (from 4)
Receiving objects: 100% (131821/131821), 118.46 MiB | 1004.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (110464/110464), done.
Updating files: 100% (2687/2687), done.
ajayj@DESKTOP-CHBNTMG:/SDV$ ls
ecal
**ajayj@DESKTOP-CHBNTMG:/SDV$ cd ecal/
ajayj@DESKTOP-CHBNTMG:/SDV/ecal$ ls**
CMakeLists.txt CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md NOTICE.md README.md cmake contrib ecal lib package.xml scan-dependencies-with-dash.py thirdparty
CMakePresets.json CONTRIBUTING.md NOTICE.txt app colcon.pkg cpack gfx licenses pyproject.toml serialization
CMakeSettings.json LICENSE.txt PVSSettings.xml build_win conanfile.py doc lang logo samples tests
ajayj@DESKTOP-CHBNTMG:/SDV/ecal$ cd thirdparty/
ajayj@DESKTOP-CHBNTMG:/SDV/ecal/thirdparty$ ls
asio curl fineftp gtest nanobind qwt spdlog tcp_pubsub tinyxml2 udpcap
cmakefunctions ecaludp ftxui hdf5 protobuf recycle tclap termcolor tsl-robin-map yaml-cpp
ajayj@DESKTOP-CHBNTMG:/SDV/ecal/thirdparty$ cd ..
ajayj@DESKTOP-CHBNTMG:/SDV/ecal$ ls
CMakeLists.txt CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md NOTICE.md README.md cmake contrib ecal lib package.xml scan-dependencies-with-dash.py thirdparty
CMakePresets.json CONTRIBUTING.md NOTICE.txt app colcon.pkg cpack gfx licenses pyproject.toml serialization
CMakeSettings.json LICENSE.txt PVSSettings.xml build_win conanfile.py doc lang logo samples tests
**ajayj@DESKTOP-CHBNTMG:/SDV/ecal$ git submodule init**
Submodule 'thirdparty/asio' (https://github.com/chriskohlhoff/asio.git) registered for path 'thirdparty/asio/asio'
Submodule 'thirdparty/curl' (https://github.com/curl/curl.git) registered for path 'thirdparty/curl/curl'
Submodule 'thirdparty/ecaludp/ecaludp' (https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecaludp.git) registered for path 'thirdparty/ecaludp/ecaludp'
Submodule 'thirdparty/fineftp-server' (https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/fineftp-server.git) registered for path 'thirdparty/fineftp/fineftp-server'
Submodule 'thirdparty/ftxui' (https://github.com/ArthurSonzogni/FTXUI.git) registered for path 'thirdparty/ftxui/ftxui'
Submodule 'thirdparty/googletest' (https://github.com/google/googletest.git) registered for path 'thirdparty/gtest/googletest'
Submodule 'thirdparty/hdf5' (https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5.git) registered for path 'thirdparty/hdf5/hdf5'
Submodule 'thirdparty/nanobind/nanobind' (https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind.git) registered for path 'thirdparty/nanobind/nanobind'
Submodule 'thirdparty/protobuf' (https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf.git) registered for path 'thirdparty/protobuf/protobuf'
Submodule 'thirdparty/qwt/qwt' (https://git.code.sf.net/p/qwt/git) registered for path 'thirdparty/qwt/qwt'
Submodule 'thirdparty/recycle' (https://github.com/steinwurf/recycle.git) registered for path 'thirdparty/recycle/recycle'
Submodule 'thirdparty/spdlog' (https://github.com/gabime/spdlog.git) registered for path 'thirdparty/spdlog/spdlog'
Submodule 'thirdparty/tclap' (https://github.com/xguerin/tclap.git) registered for path 'thirdparty/tclap/tclap'
Submodule 'thirdparty/tcp_pubsub' (https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/tcp_pubsub.git) registered for path 'thirdparty/tcp_pubsub/tcp_pubsub'
Submodule 'thirdparty/termcolor' (https://github.com/ikalnytskyi/termcolor.git) registered for path 'thirdparty/termcolor/termcolor'
Submodule 'thirdparty/tinyxml2' (https://github.com/leethomason/tinyxml2) registered for path 'thirdparty/tinyxml2/tinyxml2'
Submodule 'thirdparty/tsl-robin-map/tsl-robin-map' (https://github.com/Tessil/robin-map.git) registered for path 'thirdparty/tsl-robin-map/tsl-robin-map'
Submodule 'thirdparty/udpcap' (https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/udpcap.git) registered for path 'thirdparty/udpcap/udpcap'
Submodule 'thirdparty/yaml-cpp' (https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp.git) registered for path 'thirdparty/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp'
ajayj@DESKTOP-CHBNTMG:~/SDV/ecal$ git submodule update
Cloning into '/home/ajayj/SDV/ecal/thirdparty/asio/asio'...
Cloning into '/home/ajayj/SDV/ecal/thirdparty/curl/curl'...
Cloning into '/home/ajayj/SDV/ecal/thirdparty/ecaludp/ecaludp'...
Cloning into '/home/ajayj/SDV/ecal/thirdparty/fineftp/fineftp-server'...
Cloning into '/home/ajayj/SDV/ecal/thirdparty/ftxui/ftxui'...
Cloning into '/home/ajayj/SDV/ecal/thirdparty/gtest/googletest'...
Cloning into '/home/ajayj/SDV/ecal/thirdparty/hdf5/hdf5'...

Cloning into '/home/ajayj/SDV/ecal/thirdparty/nanobind/nanobind'...
Cloning into '/home/ajayj/SDV/ecal/thirdparty/protobuf/protobuf'...
Cloning into '/home/ajayj/SDV/ecal/thirdparty/qwt/qwt'...
Cloning into '/home/ajayj/SDV/ecal/thirdparty/recycle/recycle'...
Cloning into '/home/ajayj/SDV/ecal/thirdparty/spdlog/spdlog'...
Cloning into '/home/ajayj/SDV/ecal/thirdparty/tclap/tclap'...
Cloning into '/home/ajayj/SDV/ecal/thirdparty/tcp_pubsub/tcp_pubsub'...
Cloning into '/home/ajayj/SDV/ecal/thirdparty/termcolor/termcolor'...
Cloning into '/home/ajayj/SDV/ecal/thirdparty/tinyxml2/tinyxml2'...
Cloning into '/home/ajayj/SDV/ecal/thirdparty/tsl-robin-map/tsl-robin-map'...
Cloning into '/home/ajayj/SDV/ecal/thirdparty/udpcap/udpcap'...
Cloning into '/home/ajayj/SDV/ecal/thirdparty/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp'...
Submodule path 'thirdparty/asio/asio': checked out 'ed6aa8a13d51dfc6c00ae453fc9fb7df5d6ea963'
Submodule path 'thirdparty/curl/curl': checked out 'b1ef0e1a01c0bb6ee5367bd9c186a603bde3615a'
Submodule path 'thirdparty/ecaludp/ecaludp': checked out '96e29b8cecfc56a627f7920d972930ebc62d1e79'
Submodule path 'thirdparty/fineftp/fineftp-server': checked out '08675d80918c9f84bd0292832dfe53f098c7f233'
Submodule path 'thirdparty/ftxui/ftxui': checked out 'cdf28903a7781f97ba94d30b79c3a4b0c97ccce7'
Submodule path 'thirdparty/gtest/googletest': checked out '35d0c365609296fa4730d62057c487e3cfa030ff'
Submodule path 'thirdparty/hdf5/hdf5': checked out '8b5cac6bc498546efa5639f99bb7dbbc1a2d5d90'
Submodule path 'thirdparty/nanobind/nanobind': checked out '9b3afa9dbdc23641daf26fadef7743e7127ff92f'
Submodule path 'thirdparty/protobuf/protobuf': checked out 'd0bfd5221182da1a7cc280f3337b5e41a89539cf'
Submodule path 'thirdparty/qwt/qwt': checked out 'd11d9f8c72ce2e2fccb3af386f7a42dc45381357'
Submodule path 'thirdparty/recycle/recycle': checked out '3f3d27ecdee87af9167adf1d2c2345ca2cbe1c94'
Submodule path 'thirdparty/spdlog/spdlog': checked out '8e5613379f5140fefb0b60412fbf1f5406e7c7f8'
Submodule path 'thirdparty/tclap/tclap': checked out '349170aef10dc30d692616b525e8f05cb41df048'
Submodule path 'thirdparty/tcp_pubsub/tcp_pubsub': checked out '352e711b9ef10fec42ba7536bda244f43bf092cc'
Submodule path 'thirdparty/termcolor/termcolor': checked out 'b3cb0f365f8435588df7a6b12a82b2ac5fc1fe95'
Submodule path 'thirdparty/tinyxml2/tinyxml2': checked out '321ea883b7190d4e85cae5512a12e5eaa8f8731f'
Submodule path 'thirdparty/tsl-robin-map/tsl-robin-map': checked out '4ec1bf19c6a96125ea22062f38c2cf5b958e448e'
Submodule path 'thirdparty/udpcap/udpcap': checked out '5dbd4505317b1eab9c5bde1e251860329f8c7641'
Submodule path 'thirdparty/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp': checked out '3d2888cc8a45da2f420454ad728cdfad01a3d54f'
ajayj@DESKTOP-CHBNTMG:/SDV/ecal$
ajayj@DESKTOP-CHBNTMG:/SDV/ecal$ cd mkdir _build\complete
-bash: cd: too many arguments
ajayj@DESKTOP-CHBNTMG:/SDV/ecal$ mkdir _build
ajayj@DESKTOP-CHBNTMG:/SDV/ecal$ cd _build/
ajayj@DESKTOP-CHBNTMG:/SDV/ecal/_build$ ls
ajayj@DESKTOP-CHBNTMG:/SDV/ecal/_build$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_PROTOBUF=OFF -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CURL=OFF -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_HDF5=OFF -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_QWT=OFF
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 11.4.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 11.4.0
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc - skipped
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ - skipped
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
-- GCC detected - Adding flags
-- Performing Test ATOMIC_IS_BUILTIN
-- Performing Test ATOMIC_IS_BUILTIN - Success
-- Module Path: /home/ajayj/SDV/ecal/cmake;/home/ajayj/SDV/ecal/cmake/Modules
-- Prefix Path:
-- Found Git: /usr/bin/git (found version "2.34.1")
-- Content of the message:
-- Version of this git repo: 6.0.0-rc.2-96-g763dbc379
-- eCAL version: 6.0.0
-- Setting GNU/Clang flags
-- Found Protobuf: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libprotobuf.so (found version "3.12.4")
-- Found asio: /usr/include
-- Found Threads: TRUE
**CMake Error at ecal/core/CMakeLists.txt:43 (find_package):
By not providing "Findecaludp.cmake" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this project has
asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by "ecaludp", but
CMake did not find one.

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

ecaludpConfig.cmake
ecaludp-config.cmake

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

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "/home/ajayj/SDV/ecal/_build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".

[ajayjadhav900]

*ignore strickthrough formatting - got set automatically in above comment **

**tried with PROJECT_TOP_LEVEL_INCLUDES=cmake/submodule_dependencies.cmake

looks like module dependencies are not installed**

ajayj@DESKTOP-CHBNTMG:~/SDV/ecal/_build$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_PROJECT_TOP_LEVEL_INCLUDES=cmake/submodule_dependencies.cmake -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_PROTOBUF=OFF -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CURL=OFF -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_HDF5=OFF -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_QWT=OFF
-- GCC detected - Adding flags
-- Module Path: /home/ajayj/SDV/ecal/cmake;/home/ajayj/SDV/ecal/cmake/Modules
-- Prefix Path:
-- Content of the message:
-- Version of this git repo: 6.0.0-rc.2-96-g763dbc379
-- eCAL version: 6.0.0
-- Setting GNU/Clang flags
CMake Error at ecal/core/CMakeLists.txt:43 (find_package):
By not providing "Findecaludp.cmake" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this project has
asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by "ecaludp", but
CMake did not find one.

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

ecaludpConfig.cmake
ecaludp-config.cmake
Add the installation prefix of "ecaludp" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set
"ecaludp_DIR" to a directory containing one of the above files. If
"ecaludp" provides a separate development package or SDK, be sure it has
been installed.

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "/home/ajayj/SDV/ecal/_build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".

[DownerCase]

Which version of CMake are you using? CMAKE_PROJECT_TOP_LEVEL_INCLUDES was added in 3.24 so CMake would be ignoring that if it is older.

Just noticed it says CMake 3.22 on your initial post. Yeah, that will be the problem.

https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CMAKE_PROJECT_TOP_LEVEL_INCLUDES.html