Fast RTPS installation

    eprosima Fast RTPS is a C++ implementation of the RTPS (Real Time Publish Subscribe) protocol, which provides publisher-subscriber communications over unreliable transports such as UDP, as defined and maintained by the Object Management Group (OMG) consortium. RTPS is also the wire interoperability protocol defined for the Data Distribution Service (DDS) standard, again by the OMG.

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    eProsima Fast RTPS requires the following packages to work.

    Java

    Java is required to make use of our built-in code generation tool fastrtpsgen. It’s recommended install .

    Visual C++ 2013 or 2015 Redistributable Package

    eProsima Fast RTPS requires the Visual C++ Redistributable packages for the Visual Studio version you choose during the installation or compilation. The installer gives you the option of downloading and installing them.

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    If you are on Linux, execute:

    If you are on Windows, choose your version of Visual Studio:

    If you want to compile the examples, you will need to add the argmuent -DCOMPILE_EXAMPLES=ON when calling CMake.

    If you want to compile the performance tests, you will need to add the argument when calling CMake.

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    Environmental Variables

    eProsima Fast RTPS requires the following environmental variable setup in order to function properly

    • FASTRTPSHOME: Root folder where eProsima Fast RTPS is installed.
    • Additions to the PATH: the /bin folder and the subfolder for your Visual Studio version of choice should be appended to the PATH.

    These variables are set automatically by checking the corresponding box during the installation process.

    Extract the contents of the package. It will containt both eProsima Fast RTPS and its required package eProsima Fast CDR. You will have follow the same procedure for both packages, starting with Fast CDR.

    Configure the compilation:

    1. $ ./configure --libdir=/usr/lib

    If you want to compile with debug symbols (which also enables verbose mode):

    After configuring the project compile and install the library: