CATKIN-PKG(1)

💖 CATKIN-PKG 💖

ok so bestie, you found the manual page for catkin-pkg in section 1 of the general commands manual — that's the one that ships with catkin_create_pkg, the little tool that spins up brand new catkin packages. this is the moment where you stop copy-pasting some random repo from 2014 and start ✨manifesting✨ your own package. periodt.

🌸 NAME 🌸

catkin_create_pkg — create a new catkin package

like literally, that's the whole job. it makes a new catkin package. that's the girl's entire purpose and she serves it flawlessly 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

catkin_create_pkg [OPTIONS] name [dependencies [dependencies ...]]

so you give her a name (mandatory, non-negotiable, main character) and then optionally a whole parade of dependencies — as many as you want, she's not gonna stop you. and yes, [OPTIONS] come first, bestie, we love a well-ordered queen.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Create a new catkin package. 🎀

that's it, that's the vibe. she creates a new catkin package. no cap, nothing else to say, she's an icon and she knows it.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

ok this is the part you actually came for. every single flag, no skips, no gatekeeping 🫶

• -h, --help — show this help message and exit. the "wait what am i doing" button. she's got you 💖
• -s [SYS_DEPS [SYS_DEPS ...]], --sys-deps [SYS_DEPS [SYS_DEPS ...]] — System Dependencies. tell her which system-level deps you're rolling with, and you can list a whole bunch of SYS_DEPS at once.
• -b [BOOST_COMPS [BOOST_COMPS ...]], --boost-comps [BOOST_COMPS [BOOST_COMPS ...]] — Boost Components. same energy as above but for Boost components — drop in as many BOOST_COMPS as your heart desires 🧚
• -V PKG_VERSION, --pkg_version PKG_VERSION — Initial Package version. set your starting PKG_VERSION right out the gate, like the girl who shows up on day one already knowing her worth 👑
• -D DESCRIPTION, --description DESCRIPTION — Description. give your package a DESCRIPTION so future-you (and everyone else) knows what this thing even does 😭
• -l LICENSE, --license LICENSE — Name for License, (e.g. BSD, MIT, GPLv3...). pick your LICENSE name, it's giving legal realness ⭐
• -a AUTHOR, --author AUTHOR — A single author, may be used multiple times. one AUTHOR per flag, but bestie you can run this flag over and over to stack up as many authors as you need 🔥
• -m MAINTAINER, --maintainer MAINTAINER — A single maintainer, may be used multiple times. same deal — one MAINTAINER each time, and yes, you can absolutely use it more than once 🙈

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

Willow Garage and the Open Source Robotics Foundation. 🫶 absolute legends, we stan.

ok so that's the whole page, bestie — <rainbow>CATKIN-PKG(1)</rainbow>, straight out of the general commands manual, with CATKIN-PKG(1) sitting pretty down at the bottom as the footer like a lil signature. go make a package, you're gonna slay 💖✨🎀