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how do i make source devel/setup.bash permanent

setup.bash

asked 2014-11-01 14:09:40 -0500

Nouman Tahir
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Every time i open a new terminal i have to type the following to set directories

 $ ~/catkin_ws/ source 
 $  source devel/setup.bash

and for once i forget to set it takes me a while to detect.

I wanna make this change permanent so i could skip this step

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answered 2014-11-01 14:56:34 -0500

bvbdort

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you need to source in .bashrc file.

open .bashrc file by gedit .bashrc
add line source /FULL...PATH../devel/setup.bash at the end

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