Px4-autopilot: make px4_sitl gazebo_standard_vtol Error

Created on 7 Dec 2018 · 2Comments · Source: PX4/PX4-Autopilot

I am using ubuntu 16.04 and gazebo 7. I have finished the jmavsim simulation， now i want to try the vtol with gazebo， i used the command `as follows and failed

make px4_sitl gazebo_standard_vtol

FAILED: cd /home/lyh/src/Firmware/build/px4_sitl_default/build_gazebo && /usr/bin/cmake --build . && /usr/bin/cmake -E touch /home/lyh/src/Firmware/build/px4_sitl_default/external/Stamp/sitl_gazebo/sitl_gazebo-build
ninja: error: '/home/lyh/src/Firmware/Tools/sitl_gazebo/PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE-NOTFOUND', needed by 'Imu.pb.cc', missing and no known rule to make it
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
Makefile:182: recipe for target 'px4_sitl' failed
make: * [px4_sitl] Error 1

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lyhbuaa

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You do not have protobuf installed. Issue:

sudo apt-get install libprotobuf-dev libprotoc-dev protobuf-compiler

TSC21 on 8 Dec 2018

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You do not have protobuf installed. Issue:

sudo apt-get install libprotobuf-dev libprotoc-dev protobuf-compiler

TSC21 on 8 Dec 2018

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Have a similar issue but the soln provided by @TSC21 did not work. Please help, i have also finished the jmavsim simulation but this is what i get with the gazebo one.

shubham@haha:~/src/Firmware$ make px4_sitl gazebo_plane
[1/4] Performing build step for 'sitl_gazebo'
ninja: error: '/home/shubham/src/Firmware/Tools/sitl_gazebo/PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE-NOTFOUND', needed by 'Airspeed.pb.cc', missing and no known rule to make it
FAILED: cd /home/shubham/src/Firmware/build/px4_sitl_default/build_gazebo && /usr/bin/cmake --build /home/shubham/src/Firmware/build/px4_sitl_default/build_gazebo
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
Makefile:224: recipe for target 'px4_sitl' failed
make: *** [px4_sitl] Error 1

any help will be highly appreciated.