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How to fix ROS colcon build error: Could not find a package configuration file provided by "hardware_interface"

Problem

While building a ROS2 workspace using colcon build, you see the following error log:

example.txt
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:11 (find_package):
  By not providing "Findhardware_interface.cmake" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this
  project has asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by
  "hardware_interface", but CMake did not find one.

  Could not find a package configuration file provided by
  "hardware_interface" with any of the following names:

    hardware_interfaceConfig.cmake
    hardware_interface-config.cmake

  Add the installation prefix of "hardware_interface" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or
  set "hardware_interface_DIR" to a directory containing one of the above
  files.  If "hardware_interface" provides a separate development package or
  SDK, be sure it has been installed.

Solution

In order to install it, use:

example.sh
sudo apt -y install ros-jazzy-hardware-interface

or similar, for your distribution.

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