colcon-package-information

import os import shutil # Ensure colcon-core and colcon-package-information are installed os.system("pip install colcon-core colcon-package-information") workspace_path = "my_colcon_workspace" package_path = os.path.join(workspace_path, "src", "my_package") # Create a dummy colcon workspace and a simple package os.makedirs(package_path, exist_ok=True) package_xml_content = """ <package format='3'> <name>my_package</name> <version>0.1.0</version> <description>A dummy package for colcon info demonstration.</description> <maintainer email='dev@example.com'>Developer</maintainer> <license>Apache-2.0</license> </package> """ with open(os.path.join(package_path, "package.xml"), "w") as f: f.write(package_xml_content) print(f"\nCreated dummy workspace at: {workspace_path}") print(f"Created dummy package 'my_package' at: {package_path}") # Navigate into the workspace for colcon to find it original_cwd = os.getcwd() os.chdir(workspace_path) # Run the colcon info command print("\n--- Running colcon info for 'my_package' ---") os.system("colcon info --packages-select my_package") print("\n--- Running colcon info for all packages (if more existed) ---") os.system("colcon info") # Clean up os.chdir(original_cwd) shutil.rmtree(workspace_path) print(f"\nCleaned up dummy workspace: {workspace_path}")