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No packages installed in ros/fuerte

asked 2017-04-13 19:29:05 -0500

Jadiker gravatar image

updated 2017-04-15 14:27:18 -0500

I am completely new to ROS and am just trying to get up and running.

I am on a Mac computer running a VirtualBox VM with Ubuntu 16.04.

I followed the instructions to install ROS and everything went fine.

Then, I moved on to the tutorial, and everything went fine until I tried to create a new workspace.

When I ran the command rosws init ~/fuerte_workspace /opt/ros/fuerte I got the error message

Using ROS_ROOT: /opt/ros/fuerte

ERROR in config: Is not a local file, nor a valid URL [/opt/ros/fuerte] : unknown url type: /opt/ros/fuerte

I just checked the folder /opt/ros/ and the only folder in it is kinetic. There is no fuerte folder in /opt/ros/.

What can I do to solve this issue?

EDIT:

I discovered why I was confused.

I was using the new "Reader View" mode on Firefox, which displays both versions of creating a workspace without differentiating between the two.

Tip to self: Don't use "Reader View" when trying to follow important instructions.

(I'm new to Firefox, so I had no idea it would change how the page looked that much.)

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answered 2017-04-13 20:00:54 -0500

If you are new to ROS you might not be familiar with its history. The version that you installed in your virtual machine is ROS Kinetic (The current recommended version).

In this distribution the build system is called "catkin", in older ROS versions (like Fuerte) the build system was called "rosbuild" and it is not used any more, but the documentation is still available.

If you pay attention, in certain sections of the tutorials, you can chose between "caktin" and "rosbuild" instructions. Make sure that you follow "catkin" instructions. From the command that you posted it seems that you are following the instructions for "rosbuild".

I hope this helps. Welcome to ROS

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