rospkg_package_path_lookup_and_manifest_info_quickstart.py

1import rospkg
2
3# Initialize the RosPack object
4rospack = rospkg.RosPack()
5
6# Get the path to a specific package
7# Replace 'roscpp' with the name of any package on your system
8package_path = rospack.get_path('roscpp')
9print(f"Path to roscpp: {package_path}")
10
11# List all packages available on the system
12packages = rospack.list_pkgs()
13print(f"Total packages found: {len(packages)}")
14
15# Get the manifest object for a package to access metadata
16manifest = rospack.get_manifest('roscpp')
17print(f"Description: {manifest.description}")
18print(f"Author: {manifest.author}")
19
20# Check for dependencies
21depends = rospack.get_depends('roscpp', implicit=False)
22print(f"Direct dependencies: {depends}")