Kevin, <br>You missed the directions:<br>"""Now in the ~/ros_tutorials directory please run the following commands: """<br><br>you need to cd ~/ros_tutorials before continuing.  <br><br>Tully<br>

<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 5:32 PM, maitri982 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kcramer@sapiosciences.com">kcramer@sapiosciences.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">

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