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How to get the line "source devel/setup.bash" to run after every time you catkin_make? [closed]

asked 2014-01-14 07:45:56 -0600

mysteriousmonkey29
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I have "source devel/setup.bash" added to my bashrc file, but sometimes, if I create a new package and then compile it for the first time with "catkin_make", then I find I need to open a new terminal in order to run the package because the terminal I already have open needs to source devel/setup.bash again.

Does anyone know how to get "source devel/setup.bash" to run every time I do catkin_make? Or otherwise how to solve this problem?

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answered 2014-01-30 22:32:28 -0600

urthkakao
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updated 2014-01-30 22:34:21 -0600

1) Either you must run the above source command each time you open a new terminal window

2) or add it to your .bashrc file as follows.

echo "source ~/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash" >> ~/.bashrc

I found the above instruction from this website: https://github.com/MST-Robotics/MST_R...

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catkin_make  &  source devel/setup.sh

or even set up an alias for that e.g. in your ~/.bashrc

alias catkin_make_and_source='catkin_make & source devel/setup.sh'

Will Chamberlain ( 2016-11-06 03:18:36 -0600 )edit

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How to get the line "source devel/setup.bash" to run after every time you catkin_make? [closed] edit

Closed for the following reason the question is answered, right answer was accepted by mysteriousmonkey29 close date 2014-07-02 11:17:22.575422