Kevin,
You missed the directions:
"""Now in the ~/ros_tutorials directory please run the following commands:
"""

you need to cd ~/ros_tutorials before continuing.

Tully

On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 5:32 PM, maitri982 <kcramer@sapiosciences.com>wrote:

>
> Thanks Adam,
>
> this seems to get me closer...it doesn't like that the beginner_tutorials
> folder is already in my home path...I am not sure what put it there.
>  should
> I just delete it and then run teh command?
>
> FYI...below is the terminal print showing the steps:
>
> kevin@kevin-robot:~$ echo $HOME
> /home/kevin
> kevin@kevin-robot:~$ echo $PATH
>
> /opt/ros/cturtle/ros/bin:/opt/ros/cturtle/ros/bin:/opt/ros/cturtle/ros/bin:/opt/ros/cturtle/ros/bin:/opt/ros/cturtle/ros/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
> kevin@kevin-robot:~$ cd ~/
> kevin@kevin-robot:~$ mkdir ros_tutorials
> kevin@kevin-robot:~$ ls
> beginner_tutorials  Downloads         Pictures       Templates
> Desktop             examples.desktop  Public         Videos
> Documents           Music             ros_tutorials
> kevin@kevin-robot:~$ export
> ROS_PACKAGE_PATH=~/ros_tutorials:$ROS_PACKAGE_PATH
> kevin@kevin-robot:~$ roscreate-pkg beginner_tutorials std_msgs rospy
> roscpp
>
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> WARNING: current working directory is not on ROS_PACKAGE_PATH!
> Please update your ROS_PACKAGE_PATH environment variable.
>
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> /home/kevin/beginner_tutorials already exists, aborting
>
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