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Tf roslaunch issue, Package Path not set up properly?

asked 2013-04-30 10:04:44 -0500

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I've been trying to launch the learning_tf package from the tf tutorials, and seem unable to find it, no matter how much I change my env variables. The command is "roslaunch learning_tf start_demo.launch" but it's also failing on other commands.

The workspace I'm using is ~/catkin_ws/src I'm operating on groovy.

I'm convinced that the problem has to do with what I should set my ROS_PACKAGE_PATH to, but I don't know what it should be. I've tried several different options, and can normally locate things in /opt/ros/groovy/stacks, but not packages in catkin_ws.

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answered 2013-04-30 11:03:54 -0500

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You should not set your ROS_PACKAGE_PATH. Source the setup.bash/setup.sh within the catkin workspace, usually at devel/setup.bash.

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Thank You, this appears to have solved the issue

mlpayne1 gravatar image mlpayne1  ( 2013-05-01 08:36:08 -0500 )edit

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