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Unit 06 · lesson

Read `build`, `install`, and `log`

Read build, install, and log

After a successful colcon build, inspect:

cd ~/ros2_ws
ls

The official tutorial shows:

build  install  log  src

Each directory has a different responsibility.

src

Editable package source.

build

Intermediate build files created while packages are compiled/configured.

install

Installed workspace output and setup files used to expose built packages to a shell.

log

Build event/output records that can help diagnose failures.

Source versus generated evidence

This separation matters:

EDIT
src/

GENERATE
build/ install/ log/

If a generated file is wrong, ask which source/build step produced it instead of editing the generated artifact as the primary fix.

Checkpoint

Create a four-row table explaining what belongs in each directory and which one you would inspect first for:

  1. Python source code;
  2. a build failure log;
  3. workspace setup scripts.