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add script to find connext installations and add instruction to install dependencies when building from source
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source/Installation/RMW-Implementations/DDS-Implementations/Working-with-RTI-Connext-DDS.rst

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$ cd ros2_ws
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$ git clone -b {DISTRO} https://github.com/ros2/rmw_connextdds src/rmw_connextdds
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Then, install necessary packages for RTI Connext DDS.
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.. code-block:: console
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$ cd ..
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$ rosdep install --from src -i
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Set up the environment to help colcon discover where RTI Connext is installed.
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This can be done by manually setting the environment variable ``NDDSHOME`` to the location of the RTI Connext installation, or by using a script that comes with the RTI Connext installation:
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.. code-block:: console
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$ source ${RTI_CONNEXT_INSTALL_LOCATION}/resource/scripts/rtisetenv_x64Linux4gcc7.3.0.bash
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If you can't find the location of the RTI Connext installation, run this to find all Connext installations in your system:
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.. code-block:: console
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$ find /opt -name rtisetenv*.bash
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Make sure you have the ROS 2 environment set up:
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.. code-block:: console

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