I just updated the wiki installation instructions. They were a little
out of date - apologies for that!

Remove anything previous that you downloaded from our repo, and try
following the new instructions.

If you are still getting the same error, let me know.

On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 3:08 AM, Cui Jinqiang <jinqiangcui@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear Ivan,
> many thanks for  your reply.
> I am actually trying to install the 'scan_tools' stack, which contains the
> package 'csm_install'. I tried two ways to install 'scan_tools' stack:
>
> 1.  sudo apt-get install ros-diamondback-scan_tools
>     This will return 'Coundn't find package ros-diamondback-scan_tools'
> 2. I follow the install instruction http://www.ros.org/wiki/scan_tools
>
>     cd ~/ros/stacks
>     git clone http://robotics.ccny.cuny.edu/git/ccny-ros-pkg.git
>
>     cd ~/ros/stacks/ccny-ros-pkg
>     rosmake scan_tools --rosdep-install
>
>  This is where the 'csm_install fatal error' occurs.
>
> Besides, my stacks is under '/opt/ros/diamondback/stacks' instead of
> '~/ros/stacks'. It seems I do not have '~/ros' directory. Does this clarify
> my problem?
>
> Best regards. Thanks a lot.
>
> Jinqiang
>
> ________________________________
> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 07:53:40 -0400
> From: Ivan Dryanovski <ivan.dryanovski@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ros-users] csm_install fatal error
> To: User discussions <ros-users@code.ros.org>
> Message-ID: <BANLkTimsrcjyrCMQgDrKd9+bPcO7BqDORg@mail.gmail.com>
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>
> Hm I just tested installing on my machine and it works.
>
> What terminal command causes the error that you're getting?
>
> My guess is that you're trying to install it somewhere where you need
> root permissions, like /opt/ros. If this is the case, you should
> install it in ~/ros instead.
>
> Let me know if that doesn't fix it.
>
> Ivan
>
> On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 5:14 AM, Cui Jinqiang <jinqiangcui@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>> I was trying to install "scan_tools" when I always encounter the following
>> problem:
>>
>> git clone http://github.com/AndreaCensi/csm build/csm-git
>> fatal: could not create leading directories of 'build/csm-git': Permission
>> denied
>>
>> Could any one kindly help?
>>
>> Best regards. Thanks a lot.
>>
>> Jinqiang
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