MacOS:Installation from sources

The page contains instructions for compiling YARP and the iCub software.

Getting all dependencies

To install the system dependencies, it is possible to use Homebrew. If you have Homebrew installed in your machine, you can install the required dependencies with the following command:

 brew install ace cmake eigen gsl ipopt jpeg libedit opencv pkg-config qt5 sqlite swig tinyxml

Setting up revision control systems

To download sources from our repositories you need to set up a revision control system client. If you already installed Xcode, the git command should be installed on your machne.

To get sources you don't need to understand git in detail (just follow our instructions). However, you can follow this link if you are willing to learn more Learning more about git.

Compile YCM

YCM is a library of CMake modules, that is a dependency of YARP and icub-main libraries. To use this library, clone and build the tag associated with the distro at hand as specified in Software Versioning Table.

 git clone https://github.com/robotology/ycm.git -b vxx.yy.zz
 cd ycm && mkdir -p build && cd build
 ccmake ../
 sudo make install

Compile YARP

Follow instructions here: http://www.yarp.it/install_yarp_mac.html#install_mac_from_source.

Importantly, for use with the iCub robot when compiling YARP make sure that:

• you check out the correct tag of YARP according to the Software Versioning Table.
• you select the following CMake options:

 CREATE_OPTIONAL_CARRIERS, set to ON 
 ENABLE_yarpcar_bayer, set to ON

Compile iCub

Download iCub source code

In the rest of the tutorial, it will be assumed that you will downloaded the code in the /home/user.

To download the icub-main source code, just use git:

 cd /home/user
 git clone https://github.com/robotology/icub-main.git

This command will create the /home/user/icub-main directory, containing the icub-main source code.

Checkout the correct tag

Pick up the correct tag vxx.yy.zz from Software Versioning Table that is compatible with the compiled version of YARP and do:

 cd icub-main
 git checkout vxx.yy.zz

Create iCub makefiles

Pick a build directory to store makefiles and binaries, e.g. /home/user/icub-main/build

Run CMake to generate makefiles:

 cd  /home/user/icub-main
 mkdir build
 cd build
 ccmake ../

Hit 'c' to configure the project.

Select options:

 CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE to "Release"
 ENABLE_icubmod_cartesiancontrollerclient ON
 ENABLE_icubmod_cartesiancontrollerserver ON
 ENABLE_icubmod_gazecontrollerclient      ON
 

Leave all other options to default (unless you know what you are doing).

Note 1: You can optionally change CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX, this is the directory where you would like to install iCub (default is /usr/local). If you set it to a different prefix than YARP's, you will then need to set up the environment accordingly (see Configure your environment below).

Compile iCub

 cd  /home/user/icub-main/build
 make
 sudo make install

Setup ICUBcontrib (optional)

First, you need to download the sources.

 cd /home/user/
 git clone https://github.com/robotology/icub-contrib-common.git

Second, make sure you have the correct release according to Software Versioning Table.

 cd /home/user/icub-contrib-common/
 git checkout <tag>

Set up the ICUBcontrib meta-package, which allows to properly configure your modules/libraries so that they share the same installation prefix.

 cd /home/user/icub-contrib-common/
 mkdir build && cd build
 ccmake ../

At this stage you must change CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX entry here to the path of your liking, preferably in your home; hit 'g' to generate the project. If you do not change the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX you will need to constantly use sudo for any subsequent action, eg: run module with administrative rights.

Finally,

 make install

Once you have installed the ICUBcontrib package you can compile the other modules individually.

Configure your environment

If you installed YARP and/or iCub or ICUBcontrib to non-default directories, you need to set your environment.

• Set the ICUBcontrib_DIR env var to point to the installation directory.
• Append $ICUBcontrib_DIR/bin to your PATH.
• Set the CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH env var to point to the installation directory $ICUBcontrib_DIR.
• Modify the variable YARP_DATA_DIRS accordingly, i.e.:

 YARP_DATA_DIRS=<YARP_INSTALL_PREFIX>/share/yarp:<ICUB_INSTALL_PREFIX>/share/iCub:<ICUBCONTRIB_INSTALL_PREFIX>/share/ICUBcontrib

Check your installation

Now you are ready to check your installation.