colcon build fails due to protobuf compiler

[CagriCatik]

I am trying to install and build the workspace according to the instructions or source installation. Unfortunately, I keep getting the following error message I have already purged and reinstalled protobuf-compiler. Does anyone know another workaround or solution?

Finished <<< web_controller [0.59s]
--- stderr: simulation_interface                                                                             
In file included from /home/cc/autoware/build/simulation_interface/autoware_auto_vehicle_msgs.pb.cc:4:
/home/cc/autoware/build/simulation_interface/autoware_auto_vehicle_msgs.pb.h:10:10: fatal error: google/protobuf/port_def.inc: No such file or directory
   10 | #include <google/protobuf/port_def.inc>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
In file included from /home/cc/autoware/build/simulation_interface/builtin_interfaces.pb.cc:4:
/home/cc/autoware/build/simulation_interface/builtin_interfaces.pb.h:10:10: fatal error: google/protobuf/port_def.inc: No such file or directory
   10 | #include <google/protobuf/port_def.inc>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
In file included from /home/cc/autoware/build/simulation_interface/autoware_auto_control_msgs.pb.cc:4:
/home/cc/autoware/build/simulation_interface/autoware_auto_control_msgs.pb.h:10:10: fatal error: google/protobuf/port_def.inc: No such file or directory
   10 | #include <google/protobuf/port_def.inc>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/simulation_interface.dir/build.make:179: CMakeFiles/simulation_interface.dir/autoware_auto_control_msgs.pb.cc.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/simulation_interface.dir/build.make:192: CMakeFiles/simulation_interface.dir/autoware_auto_vehicle_msgs.pb.cc.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/simulation_interface.dir/build.make:205: CMakeFiles/simulation_interface.dir/builtin_interfaces.pb.cc.o] Error 1
In file included from /home/cc/autoware/src/simulator/scenario_simulator/simulation/simulation_interface/include/simulation_interface/conversions.hpp:18,
                 from /home/cc/autoware/src/simulator/scenario_simulator/simulation/simulation_interface/src/zmq_multi_server.cpp:15:
/home/cc/autoware/build/simulation_interface/builtin_interfaces.pb.h:10:10: fatal error: google/protobuf/port_def.inc: No such file or directory
   10 | #include <google/protobuf/port_def.inc>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/simulation_interface.dir/build.make:127: CMakeFiles/simulation_interface.dir/src/zmq_multi_server.cpp.o] Error 1
In file included from /home/cc/autoware/src/simulator/scenario_simulator/simulation/simulation_interface/include/simulation_interface/conversions.hpp:18,
                 from /home/cc/autoware/src/simulator/scenario_simulator/simulation/simulation_interface/src/conversions.cpp:16:
/home/cc/autoware/build/simulation_interface/builtin_interfaces.pb.h:10:10: fatal error: google/protobuf/port_def.inc: No such file or directory
   10 | #include <google/protobuf/port_def.inc>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/simulation_interface.dir/build.make:153: CMakeFiles/simulation_interface.dir/src/conversions.cpp.o] Error 1
In file included from /home/cc/autoware/build/simulation_interface/simulation_api_schema.pb.cc:4:
/home/cc/autoware/build/simulation_interface/simulation_api_schema.pb.h:10:10: fatal error: google/protobuf/port_def.inc: No such file or directory
   10 | #include <google/protobuf/port_def.inc>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
In file included from /home/cc/autoware/build/simulation_interface/geometry_msgs.pb.cc:4:
/home/cc/autoware/build/simulation_interface/geometry_msgs.pb.h:10:10: fatal error: google/protobuf/port_def.inc: No such file or directory
   10 | #include <google/protobuf/port_def.inc>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/simulation_interface.dir/build.make:244: CMakeFiles/simulation_interface.dir/simulation_api_schema.pb.cc.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/simulation_interface.dir/build.make:218: CMakeFiles/simulation_interface.dir/geometry_msgs.pb.cc.o] Error 1
In file included from /home/cc/autoware/src/simulator/scenario_simulator/simulation/simulation_interface/include/simulation_interface/conversions.hpp:18,
                 from /home/cc/autoware/src/simulator/scenario_simulator/simulation/simulation_interface/src/zmq_multi_client.cpp:16:
/home/cc/autoware/build/simulation_interface/builtin_interfaces.pb.h:10:10: fatal error: google/protobuf/port_def.inc: No such file or directory
   10 | #include <google/protobuf/port_def.inc>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/simulation_interface.dir/build.make:140: CMakeFiles/simulation_interface.dir/src/zmq_multi_client.cpp.o] Error 1
In file included from /home/cc/autoware/build/simulation_interface/rosgraph_msgs.pb.cc:4:
/home/cc/autoware/build/simulation_interface/rosgraph_msgs.pb.h:10:10: fatal error: google/protobuf/port_def.inc: No such file or directory
   10 | #include <google/protobuf/port_def.inc>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/simulation_interface.dir/build.make:231: CMakeFiles/simulation_interface.dir/rosgraph_msgs.pb.cc.o] Error 1
In file included from /home/cc/autoware/build/simulation_interface/traffic_simulator_msgs.pb.cc:4:
/home/cc/autoware/build/simulation_interface/traffic_simulator_msgs.pb.h:10:10: fatal error: google/protobuf/port_def.inc: No such file or directory
   10 | #include <google/protobuf/port_def.inc>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/simulation_interface.dir/build.make:270: CMakeFiles/simulation_interface.dir/traffic_simulator_msgs.pb.cc.o] Error 1
In file included from /home/cc/autoware/build/simulation_interface/std_msgs.pb.cc:4:
/home/cc/autoware/build/simulation_interface/std_msgs.pb.h:10:10: fatal error: google/protobuf/port_def.inc: No such file or directory
   10 | #include <google/protobuf/port_def.inc>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[mitsudome-r]

Could you provide more environment information?

• OS
• ROS Distribution (Galactic, Humble)
• CPU Architecture (arm64, amd64)
• protobuf package version

[CagriCatik]

Here is the detailed information according to my environment:

cc@cc-mega:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
Release:	20.04
Codename:	focal

---

cc@cc-mega:~$ echo $ROS_DISTRO
galactic

---

cc@cc-mega:~$ lscpu
Architecture:                    x86_64
CPU op-mode(s):                  32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order:                      Little Endian
Address sizes:                   39 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
CPU(s):                          16
On-line CPU(s) list:             0-15
Thread(s) per core:              2
Core(s) per socket:              8
Socket(s):                       1
NUMA node(s):                    1
Vendor ID:                       GenuineIntel
CPU family:                      6
Model:                           167
Model name:                      11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-11900K @ 3.50GHz
Stepping:                        1
CPU MHz:                         3500.000
CPU max MHz:                     5300.0000
CPU min MHz:                     800.0000
BogoMIPS:                        7008.00
Virtualization:                  VT-x
L1d cache:                       384 KiB
L1i cache:                       256 KiB
L2 cache:                        4 MiB
L3 cache:                        16 MiB
NUMA node0 CPU(s):               0-15

---

cc@cc-mega:~$ pip show protobuf
Name: protobuf
Version: 3.16.0
Summary: Protocol Buffers
Home-page: https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/
Author: 
Author-email: 
License: 3-Clause BSD License
Location: /home/cc/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages
Requires: six
Required-by:

[zulfaqar-azmi-t4]

Have you tried uninstall your protobuf, and in the autoware folder, run rosdep install -y --from-paths src --ignore-src --rosdistro $ROS_DISTRO? Chances are, either your .local/lib folder is not visible by cmake, or the version your using is incompatible.
For your reference, this is how pip show protobuf results looks like for me

Name: protobuf
Version: 3.6.1
Summary: Protocol Buffers
Home-page: https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/
Author: None
Author-email: None
License: 3-Clause BSD License
Location: /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages
Requires: 
Required-by:

[CagriCatik]

Thank you @zulfaqar-azmi-t4. I already had the galactic installed, which in this case was a mistake.
After I deleted the galactic and protobuf it went according to the instructions.