"fatal error: plugin_base.h" when compiling the MAVSDK c++ examples

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Hi. I have been trying to setup the MAVSDK examples following the instructions here: QuickStart · MAVSDK Guide
When I do

cmake --build build -j4

I get the following error:

In file included from /home/aerial/MAVSDK/examples/takeoff_and_land/takeoff_and_land.cpp:8:
/usr/include/mavsdk/plugins/action/action.h:16:10: fatal error: plugin_base.h: No such file or directory
   16 | #include "plugin_base.h"
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/takeoff_and_land.dir/build.make:63: CMakeFiles/takeoff_and_land.dir/takeoff_and_land.cpp.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:76: CMakeFiles/takeoff_and_land.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:84: all] Error 2

I have seen some discussions here regarding this error, however the proposed solutions did not work for me.
Has anyone encountered this error?

2

Hello,

We have encountered same error. Did you solve it? If you solve it, please help me?

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Yes, I recommend not following the quick guide because it leads to that error.
Instead follow this: Building library from Source · MAVSDK Guide

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We tried however we have still same error. When we write “cmake --build build/default -j8” command line, we have encountered error. Do you have any idea to solve this error?

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Try and do the ‘system-wide install’:

System-wide Install

By default (when CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX is not set, cmake tries to install system-wide. For Linux/macOS that’s /usr/local, for Windows it is somewhere in C:\Program Files.

To install system-wide the command needs to be run with sudo on Linux/macOS:

sudo cmake --build build/default --target install
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I update cmake version to lastest and it works

7

Hello,

have you been able to solve the Problem? I encounter the same issue.

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hello,like iam facing same problem i update cmake its not get updated

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i implement this process at final step its showing same problem as fatal error:piugin_base.h how can i over come with the problem

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Hello @Sai_rajesh_Mandaloju did you solve this problem, I am also facing the same problem, I even updated cmake version to latest and tried to build mavsdk library from source, nothing works for me.