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source your enironment - meaning , and version compatibility

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asked 2015-12-02 06:30:53 -0500

shai2go
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hello and thanks in advace, i read the tutorials for ros, and everything works, but i've got two questions. 1.what is the actual meaning of "source your enviornment"? 2.i find this page in the tutorial that is written for groovy distro, is it perfectly compatible for indigo with the change of groovy to indigo any place its written? here is the adress: wiki.rog.prg/catkin/tutorials/workspace_overlaying

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answered 2015-12-02 07:08:37 -0500

dornhege

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It basically means to setup your environment variables. This is usually done by sourcing a setup.sh file that is provided by ROS/catkin or other tools.
Workspace overlaying should work the same in all catkin systems, i.e., groovy and indigo.