Changed the build type to ament_python and Fixed package to run with ros2 run

package.xml

@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 
   <author>Dorian Scholz</author>
 
-  <buildtool_depend>ament_cmake</buildtool_depend>
-
   <exec_depend version_gte="0.2.19">python_qt_binding</exec_depend>
   <exec_depend>python3-catkin-pkg-modules</exec_depend>
   <exec_depend>qt_gui_py_common</exec_depend>
@@ -24,6 +22,6 @@
 
   <export>
     <rqt_gui plugin="${prefix}/plugin.xml"/>
-    <build_type>ament_cmake</build_type>
+    <build_type>ament_python</build_type>
   </export>
 </package>

setup.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[develop]
+script-dir=$base/lib/rqt_publisher
+[install]
+install-scripts=$base/lib/rqt_publisher

setup.py

@@ -1,11 +1,39 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+from setuptools import setup
 
-from distutils.core import setup
-from catkin_pkg.python_setup import generate_distutils_setup
+package_name = 'rqt_publisher'
 
-d = generate_distutils_setup(
-    packages=['rqt_publisher'],
-    package_dir={'': 'src'}
+setup(
+    name=package_name,
+    version='1.0.5',
+    packages=[package_name],
+    package_dir={'': 'src'},
+    data_files=[
+        ('share/ament_index/resource_index/packages',
+            ['resource/' + package_name]),
+        ('share/' + package_name + '/resource',
+            ['resource/Publisher.ui']),
+        ('share/' + package_name, ['package.xml']),
+        ('share/' + package_name, ['plugin.xml']),
+    ],
+    install_requires=['setuptools'],
+    zip_safe=True,
+    author='Dorian Scholz',
+    maintainer='Dirk Thomas, Dorian Scholz',
+    maintainer_email='[email protected]',
+    keywords=['ROS'],
+    classifiers=[
+        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License',
+        'Programming Language :: Python',
+        'Topic :: Software Development',
+    ],
+    description=(
+        'A Python GUI plugin publishing ROS messages.'
+    ),
+    license='BSD',
+    entry_points={
+        'console_scripts': [
+            'rqt_publisher = ' + package_name + '.main:main',
+        ],
+    },
 )
-
-setup(**d)

src/rqt_publisher/main.py

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import sys
+
+from rqt_gui.main import Main
+
+
+def main():
+    main = Main()
+    sys.exit(main.main(sys.argv, standalone='rqt_publisher.publisher.Publisher'))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()