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Why do we need to source setup.bash once in each terminal while running rosnode? [closed]

asked 2020-05-08 11:51:48 -0500

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What is its purpose?

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Closed for the following reason duplicate question by gvdhoorn
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This is a duplicate of at least #q251292, #q188309, #q250823, #q241528, #q269784, #q124131, #q292566 and #q229365. And #q286466 contains even more links to other Q&As which explain this.

It's really nice that @stevemacenski wrote yet another answer, but @Bobby: please try to search for existing Q&As before posting new ones.

Use Google: add site:answers.ros.org to your search query. It should turn up many relevant results.

gvdhoorn gravatar image gvdhoorn  ( 2020-05-08 14:29:17 -0500 )edit

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answered 2020-05-08 12:30:25 -0500

To put it simply: your computer needs to know where to find the programs to run and where ROS is. This is setting up your terminal’s environment to know where to find the ROS commands and your software packages in the workspace.

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Thank you!

anonymous userAnonymous ( 2020-05-10 07:14:08 -0500 )edit

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