Trouble installing ROS2 alongside ROS1

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I've removed the .bashrc autocompletion and it still keeps on telling me that the distro was set to eloquent, I've even deleted eloquent from my computer and the same keeps occurring.

I've removed the .bashrc autocompletion [..]

Bash auto-completion is an integral part of the Ubuntu UX in the shell. I would not remove it.

If you've actually removed the source /opt/ros/melodic/setup.bash line, that should have helped.

To make sourcing the right distro process easier for me, I've added

function sr1 {                                                                  
        source /opt/ros/melodic/setup.bash                                      
}                                                                               

function sr2 {                                                                  
        source /opt/ros/eloquent/local_setup.bash
}

to my .bashrc file. Now I just need to sr1 to source melodic, and sr2 to source eloquent.

Hi @ChuiV, how do you set the default call? Because, bashrc would be sourced every time I open a terminal right, so there needs to be a default option unless otherwise specified...

I don't actually set a "default" ros distro in my bashrc. I'm typically switching between them frequently that it makes sense for me to not source anything by default. When I need a terminal to use ros1, I just have to run sr1 or if I need ros2, I just need to do sr2. My goal with those bash functions was to make it as easy as possible to source the ros version I need.