Document required apt dependencies in machine readable format with apt.txt file

.ci/install_debian.sh

@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 # CI specific packages
 apt-get install -y clang valgrind ccache ninja-build
 
-# Core dependencies
-apt-get install -y bash-completion build-essential cmake cmake-curses-gui coinor-libipopt-dev freeglut3-dev git libace-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-thread-dev libdc1394-22-dev libedit-dev libeigen3-dev libgsl0-dev libjpeg-dev liblua5.1-dev libode-dev libopencv-dev libsdl1.2-dev libtinyxml-dev libv4l-dev libxml2-dev lua5.1 portaudio19-dev qml-module-qt-labs-folderlistmodel qml-module-qt-labs-settings qml-module-qtmultimedia qml-module-qtquick-controls qml-module-qtquick-dialogs qml-module-qtquick-window2 qml-module-qtquick2 qtbase5-dev qtdeclarative5-dev qtmultimedia5-dev swig libspdlog-dev libblas-dev liblapack-dev
+# Dependencies
+# Get location of the script
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$BASH_SOURCE")"; cd -P "$(dirname "$(readlink "$BASH_SOURCE" || echo .)")"; pwd)
 
-# Dynamics dependencies
-apt-get install -y libmatio-dev libirrlicht-dev
+source ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../scripts/install_apt_dependencies.sh
 
 # Python
 apt-get install -y python3-dev python3-numpy python3-pybind11 pybind11-dev

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Dependencies [Docker]
       run: |
         chmod +x ./.ci/install_debian.sh
-        ./.ci/install_debian.sh
+        bash ./.ci/install_debian.sh
 
     - name: Install CMake 3.16 [Docker/Debian Buster]
       if: matrix.docker_image == 'debian:buster-backports'
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         cd $ROBOTOLOGY_SUPERBUILD_SOURCE_DIR
         chmod +x ./.ci/install_debian.sh
-        sudo ./.ci/install_debian.sh
+        sudo bash ./.ci/install_debian.sh
 
     - name: Dependencies [macOS]
       if: contains(matrix.os, 'macos')

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ The format of this document is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelo
 - In `YARP`, all the `fake***` YARP devices are now enabled (https://github.com/robotology/robotology-superbuild/pull/797).
 - `pybind11` has been added as dependency for the `ROBOTOLOGY_USES_PYTHON` option (https://github.com/robotology/robotology-superbuild/pull/800), to enable compilation of Python bindings of `manif` and `bipedal-locomotion-framework`.
 - The `idyntree-yarp-tools` was added to the Dynamics component of the superbuild (https://github.com/robotology/robotology-superbuild/pull/818).
+- An `apt.txt` file and a `scripts/install_apt_dependencies.sh` script have been added to the superbuild to report the required apt packages in a machine readable form. People that mantain either Docker recipes or documentation on how to instal the robotology-superbuild are suggest to switch to use these files instead of hardcoding the dependencies manually (https://github.com/robotology/robotology-superbuild/pull/825). 
 
 ## [2021.05] - 2021-05-31
 

README.md

@@ -116,10 +116,11 @@ All the software packages are installed using the `install` directory of the bui
 
 ## Linux from source
 ### System Dependencies
-On Debian based systems (as Ubuntu) you can install the C++ toolchain, Git, CMake and Eigen (and other dependencies necessary for the software include in `robotology-superbuild`) using `apt-get`:
-```
-sudo apt-get install bash-completion build-essential cmake cmake-curses-gui coinor-libipopt-dev freeglut3-dev git libace-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-thread-dev libdc1394-22-dev libedit-dev libeigen3-dev libgsl0-dev libjpeg-dev liblua5.1-dev libode-dev libopencv-dev libsdl1.2-dev libtinyxml-dev libv4l-dev libxml2-dev lua5.1 portaudio19-dev qml-module-qt-labs-folderlistmodel qml-module-qt-labs-settings qml-module-qtmultimedia qml-module-qtquick-controls qml-module-qtquick-dialogs qml-module-qtquick-window2 qml-module-qtquick2 qtbase5-dev qtdeclarative5-dev qtmultimedia5-dev swig libmatio-dev libirrlicht-dev libspdlog-dev libblas-dev liblapack-dev
-```
+On Debian based systems (as Ubuntu) you can install the C++ toolchain, Git, CMake and Eigen (and other dependencies necessary for the software include in `robotology-superbuild`) using `apt-get`. This can be done by installing the packages listed in the `apt.txt` file using the following script:
+~~~
+cd robotology-superbuild
+sudo bash ./scripts/install_apt_dependencies.sh
+~~~
 
 If you are **not** using Ubuntu 18.04, you also need to install:
 ~~~
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ More details can be found at https://github.com/robotology/QA/issues/364 .
 If you enabled any [profile](doc/cmake-options.md#profile-cmake-options) or [dependency](doc/cmake-options.md#dependencies-cmake-options) specific CMake option you may need to install additional system dependencies, following the dependency-specific documentation (in particular, the `ROBOTOLOGY_USES_GAZEBO` option is enabled by default, so you should install Gazebo unless you plan to disable this option):
 * [`ROBOTOLOGY_USES_GAZEBO`](doc/cmake-options.md#gazebo)
 
-### Superbuild
+### Compile the superbuild
 
 Finally it is possible to install robotology software using the YCM superbuild:
 ```bash

apt.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+bash-completion
+build-essential
+cmake
+cmake-curses-gui
+coinor-libipopt-dev
+freeglut3-dev
+git
+libace-dev
+libboost-filesystem-dev
+libboost-system-dev
+libboost-thread-dev
+libdc1394-22-dev
+libedit-dev
+libeigen3-dev
+libgsl0-dev
+libjpeg-dev
+liblua5.1-dev
+libode-dev
+libopencv-dev
+libsdl1.2-dev
+libtinyxml-dev
+libv4l-dev
+libxml2-dev
+portaudio19-dev
+qml-module-qt-labs-folderlistmodel
+qml-module-qt-labs-settings
+qml-module-qtmultimedia
+qml-module-qtquick-controls
+qml-module-qtquick-dialogs
+qml-module-qtquick-window2
+qml-module-qtquick2
+qtbase5-dev
+qtdeclarative5-dev
+qtmultimedia5-dev
+swig
+libmatio-dev
+libirrlicht-dev
+libspdlog-dev
+libblas-dev
+liblapack-dev

scripts/install_apt_dependencies.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Install dependencies of robotology-superbuild 
+# using apt on Ubuntu or Debian 
+
+# Get location of the script
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$BASH_SOURCE")"; cd -P "$(dirname "$(readlink "$BASH_SOURCE" || echo .)")"; pwd)
+
+xargs -a ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../apt.txt apt-get install -y