ROS newbie and questions about adding to ROS_PACKAGE_PATH

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You shouldnt post an anwer to ask question - it is not a forum, use comments. Where do you create this ne package? In this directory added to ROS path? It should work then, without need to edit manifest.

How do I know where the new package is created? Like I said, I'm very new to ROS and the tutorials I've read so far are vague at best and assume I know things I don't... How do I know if the directory is added to the ROS path? Is there a file that this is written to?

I see you are new to Linux too. echo $ROS_PACKAGE_PATH lists you all paths. Try cd /home/turtlebot/ros/ros-pkg and then create your package.

That's also something that's weird... the ros folder is empty. There is no ros-pkg in that folder. It's like the ros-pkg was never created. Or am I thinking of this incorrectly?

When running the echo command, I get /opt/ros/fuerte/stacks:/home/turtlebot/ros/ros-pkg

So, it looks like /home/turtle

/home/turtlebot/ros/ros-pkg was, in fact added to the path. Why would I be getting the above error then?

Your path needs to include all the directories with ROS packages on your system. So every time you create a new package, you'll need to add it to the ROS_PACKAGE_PATH unless the enclosing folder is in the path already. See here

Run pwd in directory you created package in and add it to ROS_PACKAGE_PATH. I strongly advise you to learn more about software development under Linux. Since you have problems at the very begining, I cant imagine what will happen later.

@joe.sanford I agree with what the other people are saying here. I think its less of a ROS issue and more of a lack of linux experience (It is hard when starting out. That is not a negative towards you). Keep with it though (its worth it).