Unable to access 'stacks' folder [closed]

asked 2015-09-05 10:10:47 -0500

Asaad Irfan
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updated 2015-09-05 10:12:53 -0500

The output of my

echo $ROS_PACKAE_PATH is

/opt/ros/hydro/share:/opt/ros/hydro/stacks

But when i try to do this:

cd opt/ros/hydro/stacks

it gives the following error:

bash: cd: opt/ros/hydro/stacks: No such file or directory

Although i can access the 'share' folder using cd opt/ros/hydro/share

Why cant i access the 'stacks' folder? i have to clone a repository from git and i need to cd into this 'stacks' folder. I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 & ROS Hydro.

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answered 2015-09-05 10:35:01 -0500

gvdhoorn
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Why cant i access the 'stacks' folder?

Probably because it doesn't exist on your machine. It's a remnant from older ROS versions, so not always needed.

i have to clone a repository from git and i need to cd into this 'stacks' folder.

This sounds like outdated instructions: normal ROS packages (for anything recent) don't work that way anymore.

Can you tell us which package(s) you are trying to work with? Perhaps something needs to be changed.

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i'm trying to clone this repository: https://github.com/noumantahir/idris_...

Asaad Irfan ( 2015-09-05 10:46:39 -0500 )edit

Those all seem to be catkin pkgs. Why do you think it is necessary to "cd into this 'stacks' folder"? Just setup a normal catkin workspace, clone the repository into the src dir and build.

gvdhoorn ( 2015-09-05 11:05:36 -0500 )edit

I did exactly that once i couldnt find 'stacks'. i thought it necessary because the tutorials on internet were all referring to this 'stacks' folder.

Asaad Irfan ( 2015-09-05 11:18:59 -0500 )edit

"all tutorials on the internet"? Can't help you there, but for normal catkin pkgs you should not do anthing in the stacks directory.

gvdhoorn ( 2015-09-05 11:35:36 -0500 )edit

do not clone the repository in stacks folder...cd to your ros workspace and clone it there. Example:

cd catkin_ws/src
git clone <address>

Nouman Tahir ( 2015-09-06 00:28:37 -0500 )edit

Thats what i did. Now the error i'm getting is Invoking cmake failed when i try to catkin_make in the root of my directory.

Asaad Irfan ( 2015-09-06 02:35:56 -0500 )edit

@Asaad Irfan: please don't delete questions once they're answered.

As to your new problem: please open a new question if you need any more assistance. But be sure to first search ROS Answers to see whether it has been answered before.

gvdhoorn ( 2015-09-06 03:38:18 -0500 )edit

ok. I didnt meant to delete it. it was by mistake. The question is still visible so i guess everything's ok.

Asaad Irfan ( 2015-09-06 09:28:41 -0500 )edit

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