Embedding Python in C++ Test

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.3)
project(pycpp_test)

find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS
  roscpp
)

find_package(PythonLibs 3.4 EXACT)

catkin_package()

add_executable(fault_detector fault_detector.cpp)
target_link_libraries(fault_detector ${catkin_LIBRARIES} ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})

fault_detector.cpp

#include "ros/ros.h"
#include "std_msgs/String.h"
#include <python3.4/Python.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
   ros::init(argc, argv, "fault_detector");
   Py_Initialize();
   PyRun_SimpleString("from time import time,ctime\n"
                 "print('Today is', ctime(time()))\n");
   Py_Finalize();
return 0;
}

package.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<package>
  <name>pycpp_test</name>
  <version>0.0.0</version>
  <description>The pycpp_test package</description>
  <maintainer email="todo@todo.todo">jarvis</maintainer>
  <license>TODO</license>
  <buildtool_depend>catkin</buildtool_depend>
  <build_depend>roscpp</build_depend>
  <run_depend>roscpp</run_depend>
</package>