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@@ -43,3 +43,9 @@ conan remote add tuebel-gl3w https://api.bintray.com/conan/tuebel/gl3w
 conan remote add bincrafters https://api.bintray.com/conan/bincrafters/public-conan
 ```
 
+# Using conan packages across catkin packages
+Since catkin heavily modifies the cmake paths, it will not find conan packages
+referenced in catkin dependencies.
+A simple solution is to use a conanfile.txt in every package and pull in the same
+dependencies.
+Keep in mind that different versions might lead to incompatible libs.