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The error explains itself reasonably well:

catkin_add_executable_with_gtest() must be called after catkin_package()

In your CMakeLists.txt, you need to call catkin_package() before you call catkin_add_executable_with_gtest().

It looks like the tutorial you're following is missing this step (but it's included in the author's sample repository)

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