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To compile only one ROS package in a catkin workspace use

  catkin_make --pkg MY_PACKAGE_NAME

Please note, that this will still call CMake (and use CMakeLists.txt) to generate Makefile's for ALL the packages of your workspace, but compiling, i.e. calling the GNU compiler with Makefile's will be only performed on MY_PACKAGE_NAME