ROS Kinetic - catkin_make install fails

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I am new to ROS Kinetic. To learn more, I have been going through the tutorials provided by the ROS website ( http://wiki.ros.org/ROS/Tutorials ) and have been doing fine up until creating a ROS msg and srv. At the final step where one needs to remake the catkin_ws package with the command catkin_make install, I am given the following output on the terminal:

allen@allen-VirtualBox:~/catkin_ws$ catkin_make install
Base path: /home/allen/catkin_ws
Source space: /home/allen/catkin_ws/src
Build space: /home/allen/catkin_ws/build
Devel space: /home/allen/catkin_ws/devel
Install space: /home/allen/catkin_ws/install
####
#### Running command: "make cmake_check_build_system" in "/home/allen/catkin_ws/build"
####
-- Using CATKIN_DEVEL_PREFIX: /home/allen/catkin_ws/src/devel
-- Using CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH: /home/allen/catkin_ws/devel;/opt/ros/kinetic
-- This workspace overlays: /home/allen/catkin_ws/devel;/opt/ros/kinetic
-- Using PYTHON_EXECUTABLE: /usr/bin/python
-- Using Debian Python package layout
-- Using empy: /usr/bin/empy
-- Using CATKIN_ENABLE_TESTING: ON
-- Call enable_testing()
-- Using CATKIN_TEST_RESULTS_DIR: /home/allen/catkin_ws/src/test_results
-- Found gtest sources under '/usr/src/gtest': gtests will be built
-- Using Python nosetests: /usr/bin/nosetests-2.7
-- catkin 0.7.6
-- BUILD_SHARED_LIBS is on
-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-- ~~  traversing 1 packages in topological order:
-- ~~  - beginner_tutorials
-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-- +++ processing catkin package: 'beginner_tutorials'
-- ==> add_subdirectory(beginner_tutorials)
-- Using these message generators: gencpp;geneus;genlisp;gennodejs;genpy
-- beginner_tutorials: 1 messages, 1 services
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /home/allen/catkin_ws/src
####
#### Running command: "make install -j1 -l1" in "/home/allen/catkin_ws/build"
####
-- Using CATKIN_DEVEL_PREFIX: /home/allen/catkin_ws/src/devel
-- Using CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH: /home/allen/catkin_ws/devel;/opt/ros/kinetic
-- This workspace overlays: /home/allen/catkin_ws/devel;/opt/ros/kinetic
-- Using PYTHON_EXECUTABLE: /usr/bin/python
-- Using Debian Python package layout
-- Using empy: /usr/bin/empy
-- Using CATKIN_ENABLE_TESTING: ON
-- Call enable_testing()
-- Using CATKIN_TEST_RESULTS_DIR: /home/allen/catkin_ws/src/test_results
-- Found gtest sources under '/usr/src/gtest': gtests will be built
-- Using Python nosetests: /usr/bin/nosetests-2.7
-- catkin 0.7.6
-- BUILD_SHARED_LIBS is on
-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-- ~~  traversing 1 packages in topological order:
-- ~~  - beginner_tutorials
-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-- +++ processing catkin package: 'beginner_tutorials'
-- ==> add_subdirectory(beginner_tutorials)
-- Using these message generators: gencpp;geneus;genlisp;gennodejs;genpy
-- beginner_tutorials: 1 messages, 1 services
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /home/allen/catkin_ws/src
Install the project...
-- Install configuration: ""
-- Installing: /usr/local/_setup_util.py
CMake Error at cmake_install.cmake:54 (file):
  file INSTALL cannot copy file
  "/home/allen/catkin_ws/src/catkin_generated/installspace/_setup_util.py" to
  "/usr/local/_setup_util.py".


Makefile:61: recipe for target 'install' failed
make: *** [install] Error 1
Invoking "make install -j1 -l1" failed

I don't understand why the ...installspace/_setup_util.py file can't be copied. I didn't do anything with the file. I have looked at the cmake_install.cmake lines of code that result in the error and see nothing wrong:

54  file(INSTALL DESTINATION "/usr/local" TYPE PROGRAM FILES                                      
      "/home/allen/catkin_ws/src/catkin_generated/installspace/_setup_util.py")
55   endif()
56
57   if(NOT CMAKE_INSTALL_COMPONENT OR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_COMPONENT}" STREQUAL "Unspecified")
58        list(APPEND CMAKE_ABSOLUTE_DESTINATION_FILES
59        "/usr/local/env.sh")
60        if(CMAKE_WARN_ON_ABSOLUTE_INSTALL_DESTINATION)
61             message(WARNING "ABSOLUTE path INSTALL DESTINATION : ${CMAKE_ABSOLUTE_DESTINATION_FILES}")
62 ...