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Sourcing setup.bash in ROS2 foxy

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asked 2020-06-12 18:06:48 -0500

hazevedosa
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Hi all. After installing ROS2 foxy in Ubuntu 20.04 from "fat' archive (binaries), when I try to source /opt/ros/foxy/setup.bash, ros2 is not recognized:

$ source /opt/ros/foxy/setup.bash

$ ros2

ros2: command not found

However, I can source /ros2_foxy/ros2-linux/setup.bash:

$ source ~/ros2_foxy/ros2-linux/setup.bash

$ ros2

usage: ros2 [-h] Call `ros2 <command> -h` for more detailed usage. ...

Is there any issues with my configuration? Or is foxy intended to be sourced only from ~/ros2_foxy/ros2-linux/setup.bash?

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answered 2020-06-15 12:32:41 -0500

jacobperron

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The directory /opt/ros/foxy comes from installing Foxy from Debian packages. If, instead, you installed Foxy from the fat archive, then sourcing the setup.bash file from the extracted location is all you should have to do. I.e. you don't have to source /opt/ros/foxy/setup.bash, instead source ~/ros2_foxy/ros2-linux/setup.bash is equivalent.