From f9aee8ad50df8c9a595452b1beec9a9f37c54f37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Friedman <25047695+Ryanf55@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2025 23:20:30 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Simplify deps install and build

* Use rosdep for deps
* Use CMake for build workflow

Signed-off-by: Ryan Friedman <25047695+Ryanf55@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 README.md   | 13 ++++++-------
 package.xml |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2c4a20d..a392038 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ This repository contains the [ArduPilot Dataflash](https://ardupilot.org/copter/
 To build any plugin for PlotJuggler, PlotJuggler must be installed on your system.
 For detailed instructions on how to install PlotJuggler please have a look at the [Installation](https://github.com/facontidavide/PlotJuggler#installation) section of the PlotJuggler repository.
 
-If you have ROS installed, you can install PlotJuggler using:
+If you have ROS installed and use rosdep, you can install dependencies automatically:
 
-    sudo apt install ros-$ROS_DISTRO-plotjuggler-ros
+    rosdep install --from-paths . --ignore-src
 
 ## (Optional) Build plotjuggler-apbin-plugin
 
@@ -59,13 +59,12 @@ Once compilation is finished, you will find your `.so` plugin in the `artifacts`
 
 2. If you want the units to be displayed in PlotJuggler (read at the end), you need to edit `dataload_apbin.cpp` and activate `#define LABEL_WITH_UNIT`.  
 
-3. Compile using cmake:
+3. Compile and install using CMake:
 
     ```
-    mkdir build; cd build
-    cmake ..
-    make
-    sudo make install
+    cmake -B build
+    cmake --build build
+    sudo cmake --install build
     ```
 
 ## Install plotjuggler-apbin-plugin
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index b559f2a..97a27bd 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
     <buildtool_depend condition="$ROS_VERSION == 1">catkin</buildtool_depend>
     <buildtool_depend condition="$ROS_VERSION == 2">ament_cmake</buildtool_depend>
-
+    <depend>plotjuggler_ros</depend>
     <depend>plotjuggler</depend>
 
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