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when does catkin know about a package?

hi, when i do: catkincreatepkg in the catkinws/src folder and then try to auto-complete on console the package name after "catkinmake pack..." it does not find it? But other packages are found, what is the requirement to auto-complete the package name after catkin_make ?

running "rospack find pkg_name" it shows me the path to the package. i also run "rospack profile".

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Asked by inflo on 2015-04-03 13:06:28 UTC

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Did you source **devel/setup.bash** from the root of your ros workspace (e.g., ~/ros_ws)?

Asked by atp on 2015-04-03 16:35:18 UTC

yes, i do that always.

i do not need to source the /opt/ros/... setup.bash before i make "catkin_make" and then after building source the devel/setup.bash ?

i always source first the devel/setup.bash, then do building and running with that env vars, this is not wrong , or?

Asked by inflo on 2015-04-04 02:04:10 UTC

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