sudo apt install catkin not working.

asked 2017-04-02 15:08:30 -0500

JGHunter
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Hi, I'm a newbie, so sorry if this is really obvious. I'm following the Tutorials instructions having just installed ROS on Ubuntu Mate. The current step says

$ cd ~/catkin_ws/
$ catkin_make

but when I enter "catkin_make" terminal returns

The program 'catkin_make' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt install catkin

So I do that, and get

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 catkin : Depends: python-catkin-pkg but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

It then ends at that. How can I fix this and continue with the tutorials?

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what ROS distro are you using????

ΦXocę 웃 Пepeúpa ツ ( 2017-04-03 03:51:59 -0500 )edit

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answered 2017-06-20 17:16:18 -0500

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updated 2017-06-20 17:17:09 -0500

Basically, going through the basic tutoril again making sure to run through all the steps as @bonzi suggests is good.

The program 'catkin_make' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt install catkin

Unintuitive though, this error can also happen when your terminal can't find the command in directories in ROS_PACKAGE_PATH. So make sure ROS_PACKAGE_PATH is set appropriately (e.g. by source /opt/ros/indigo/setup.bash etc.)

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answered 2017-08-30 12:13:12 -0500

Ferrera
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Hi,

I also had this issue. The problem was that I forgot to source my ros environment. Execute the following command in your terminal:

source /opt/ros/kinetic/setup.bash

Try to use catkin as if where already installed. E.g: catkin_make in your workspace.

If works, remember to add this line to your bash echo "source /opt/ros/kinetic/setup.bash" >> ~/.bashrc

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good, it works. :)

lobby ( 2019-09-08 21:40:12 -0500 )edit

i did what you recommended, i first sourced the environment : source /opt/ros/foxy/setup.bash then tried installing catkin using this command : sudo apt install catkin but the terminal responded with issues

Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies: catkin : Depends: python3-catkin-pkg (>= 0.4.14-2) but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

kindly put up your valuable suggestion

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answered 2017-04-03 03:53:19 -0500

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updated 2017-04-03 03:55:06 -0500

How you install the catkin is depending on what ROS distro you have.... for example by indigo, normally as:

$sudo apt-get install ros-<distro_name>-catkin

where distro name are Hydro, Indigo, Kinetic etc, so assuming you have installed indigo then do:

$sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-catkin

instead of

$sudo apt install catkin

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This solved the problem for me

fferri ( 2019-05-21 08:12:13 -0500 )edit

I am trying it for neotic, does not works !! Any idea ?

virgincoder ( 2021-07-17 02:00:52 -0500 )edit

The correct name of the ROS distribution is noetic, not neotic.

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answered 2017-04-03 03:46:34 -0500

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updated 2017-04-03 03:48:31 -0500

Hello. Did you follows the tutorial properly, because you have to source your environment. Follow this tutorial here, catkin. Once you have installed the workspace, you need to install ROS dependencies, its up to you to choose.

I installed ROS indigo so you can follow this tutorial ros indigo. Make sure to correctly follow all the instructions mentioned.