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11 changes: 7 additions & 4 deletions docs/source/cmake/cmake_packages_without_sudo.rst
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Expand Up @@ -22,20 +22,23 @@ Run the following commands,
mkdir -p include
mkdir -p lib

Then, we update the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, LIBRARY_PATH, and CPATH in :code:`~/.bashrc`.
Then, we update the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, LIBRARY_PATH, CPATH, and CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH in :code:`~/.bashrc`.

Do the following just once, so that all terminal windows automatically source this new workspace for you.

.. code-block:: console

echo "# Update the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH to include ~/opt/lib, as instructed in https://ros2-tutorial.readthedocs.io" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:~/opt/lib" >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:~/opt/lib' >> ~/.bashrc

echo "# Update the environment variable LIBRARY_PATH to include ~/opt/lib, as instructed in https://ros2-tutorial.readthedocs.io" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "export LIBRARY_PATH=$LIBRARY_PATH:~/opt/lib" >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'export LIBRARY_PATH=$LIBRARY_PATH:~/opt/lib' >> ~/.bashrc

echo "# Update the environment variable CPATH to include ~/opt/include, as instructed in https://ros2-tutorial.readthedocs.io" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "export CPATH=$CPATH:~/opt/include" >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'export CPATH=$CPATH:~/opt/include' >> ~/.bashrc

echo "# Update the environment variable CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH to include ~/opt, so that find_package() can locate packages installed there" >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH:~/opt' >> ~/.bashrc

source ~/.bashrc

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