Catkin what?
A catkin workspace is where you’ll be able to modify existing or create new catkin packages. The catkin structure simplifies the build and install process for your ROS packages.
Create it
Naming our folder catkin_ws, Just type in the following into terminal to create the workspace.
mkdir –p ~/catkin_ws/src cd ~/catkin_ws/src$ catkin_init_workspace
Next, build it by following up with:
cd ~/catkin_ws/ catkin_make
Overaly the workspace atop your ROS environment by sourcing setup.bash
source ~/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash echo "source ~/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash" >> ~/.bashrc
All that’s left is to validate that everything has been set up correctly. When you type the following into terminal:
echo $ROS_PACKAGE_PATH
The output of the command should be:
/home/<username>/catkin_ws/src:/opt/ros/indigo/share:/opt/ros/indigo/stacks
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