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I fixed the problem. Instead of downloading stacks into a restricted folder, downloaded to my own folder and made sure the ROS_PACKAGE_PATH included this new directory. When I ran the rosmake command, it worked.

Another (hacked) solution I found was changing the read/write/exec permissions on the folders within the /opt/ros/.../rgbdslam folders.

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