mkdir -p /catkin_ws/src is not working

asked 2021-02-10 06:25:28 -0500

andreatesta
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updated 2021-02-10 06:53:23 -0500

gvdhoorn
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Hi everyone, I have just installed ROS noetic on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS using multimass (so I am in a virtual enviroment in windows).

I am folowing the ROS tutorial step by step and after the installation there is the creation of a Workspace using catkin, but the first command to do that ("mkdir -p /catkin_ws/src") doesn't work.

The response is:

mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/catkin_ws’: Permission denied

How can I fix that?

answered 2021-02-10 06:52:58 -0500

gvdhoorn
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mkdir -p /catkin_ws/src

you're missing the ~ (or tilde), which refers to your home directory on Linux.

Right now you're trying to create a directory in the root of your filesystem, which is typically not something you can do as an ordinary user.

You'll want to run something like this:

mkdir -p ~/catkin_ws/src

or (equivalent):

mkdir -p $HOME/catkin_ws/src

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Thanks a lot! Actually in the tutorial the ~ was present but I cannot write it in Windows powershell (even copying and pasting it doesn't appear). With $HOME instead it works!!!

andreatesta ( 2021-02-10 09:02:09 -0500 )edit

The tutorials will assume you're using Bash, so I'm not surprised the commands don't work for you in PowerShell.

I'm also slightly confused how you're using PowerShell on Ubuntu.

gvdhoorn ( 2021-02-10 10:27:49 -0500 )edit

I am not on Ubuntu, but on Windows 10. To create the virtual machine needed to generate an Ubuntu enviroment I used Multipass. So Windows Powershell is available.

andreatesta ( 2021-02-10 12:22:44 -0500 )edit

Multipass creates VMs afaict. So it's still Ubuntu that's eventually running.

You state so yourself as well.

gvdhoorn ( 2021-02-10 12:58:50 -0500 )edit

Yes but the terminal where I am writing remains the same, the tops rows are still:

    Windows PowerShell
    Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. Tutti i diritti riservati.

    Prova la nuova PowerShell multipiattaforma https://aka.ms/pscore6

    PS C:\Users\Utente>

andreatesta ( 2021-02-11 03:23:35 -0500 )edit

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