Shahmi, You need to add the package which you have checked out into your ROS_PACKAGE_PATH environment variable so that rospack can find it. http://www.ros.org/wiki/ROS/EnvironmentVariables I suggest that you try working through the ROS Tutorials at http://www.ros.org/wiki/ROS/Tutorials which explains how to use the core tools. After you have worked through the tutorials downloading an arbitrary package will be much easier. Tully On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 2:08 PM, shahmi wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks a lot Tinne for the guide. However, I am having the installation > problem. Below is the output after doing what you have suggested. BTW, I am > currently running cturtle. Do you have any idea regarding this? I also have > tried to "cmake" first prior to "rosmake", but still with no luck. > > Thanks in advance. > > THE OUTPUT: > > > shah@shah-laptop:~/Downloads$ svn co > http://svn.mech.kuleuven.be/repos/orocos/trunk/kul-ros-pkg/srl_people_tracker_0.2/ > A srl_people_tracker_0.2/manifest.xml > A srl_people_tracker_0.2/CMakeLists.patch > A srl_people_tracker_0.2/CMakeLists.txt > A srl_people_tracker_0.2/Makefile > Checked out revision 32542. > shah@shah-laptop:~/Downloads$ rosmake srl_people_tracker_0.2 > [ rosmake ] Packages requested are: > ['srl_people_tracker_0.2'] > [ rosmake ] Logging to > directory/home/shah/.ros/rosmake/rosmake_output-20100824-230049 > [ rosmake ] Expanded args ['srl_people_tracker_0.2'] to: > [] > [ rosmake ] WARNING: The following args could not be parsed as stacks or > packages: ['srl_people_tracker_0.2'] > [ rosmake ] ERROR: No arguments could be parsed into valid package or stack > names. > > > --- On *Tue, 8/24/10, Tinne De Laet *wrote: > > > From: Tinne De Laet > Subject: Re: [ros-users] Problem with a Package Installation > To: "ros-users" > Date: Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 3:33 PM > > > > > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 10:17, shahmi > > wrote: > > Hi, > > I've been trying to install the package "srl_people_tracker_0.2" found from > "http://www.ros.org/browse/details.php?name=srl_people_tracker_0.2" for > several days. Unfortunately, I have not yet got got it installed in my local > machine. > > These are my tweaks and their corresponding output: > > shah@shah-laptop:~/Downloads$ svn co > http://svn.mech.kuleuven.be/repos/orocos/trunk/kul-ros-pkg/srl_people_tracker_0.2/ > A srl_people_tracker_0.2/manifest.xml > A srl_people_tracker_0.2/CMakeLists.patch > A srl_people_tracker_0.2/CMakeLists.txt > A srl_people_tracker_0.2/Makefile > Checked out revision 32522. > shah@shah-laptop:~/Downloads$ cd srl_people_tracker_0.2/ > shah@shah-laptop:~/Downloads/srl_people_tracker_0.2$ ls > CMakeLists.patch CMakeLists.txt Makefile manifest.xml > shah@shah-laptop:~/Downloads/srl_people_tracker_0.2$ cmake . > -- The C compiler identification is GNU > -- The CXX compiler identification is GNU > -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc > -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc -- works > -- Detecting C compiler ABI info > -- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done > -- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ > -- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- works > -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info > -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done > CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:4 (add_subdirectory): > add_subdirectory given source "srl_source" which is not an existing > directory. > > > -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! > > It seems that it was complaining about "srl_source" but I've given so many > tries by replacing the term "srl_source" with my "srl_people_tracker_0.2" > directory which is /home/shah/Downloads/srl_people_tracker_0.2. > > Any help is highly appreciated.. > > > Do not run just cmake, the code is not downloaded yet! > Just use the rosmake command: > rosmake srl_people_tracker_0.2 > This will download the code and build and install everything. > > > Tinne > > PS: if you are using cturtle you will likely get a problem: just let me > know > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@code.ros.org > https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@code.ros.org > https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@code.ros.org > https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users > > -- Tully Foote Systems Engineer Willow Garage, Inc. tfoote@willowgarage.com (650) 475-2827