rosdep initialization error

asked 2013-02-03 19:11:24 -0600

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I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 a day back. And I'm trying to install ROS. I have installed ros-groovy-destop-full. When I try to initialise rosdep, I get error.

sudo rosdep init

ERROR: cannot download default sources list from: ... Website may be down.

But when I copy the address and paste into web browser, the links works. I am running behind proxy (with username/password), so it may be problem of proxy. But I have put proxy details in /etc/apt/apt.conf and apt-get is working fine behind proxy. How do I resolve this issue?

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$ sudo rosdep init

ERROR: cannot download default sources list from: https://raw.github.com/ros/rosdistro/master/rosdep/sources.list.d/20-default.list Website may be down.

nehchal ( 2013-02-03 19:24:25 -0600 )edit

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As of today, it seems to work with proxies just fine. The key hint is that you need to use `sudo -E rosdep init` to propagate the environmental variables.

cmansley ( 2014-04-25 06:32:14 -0600 )edit

@cmansley : I get the same error even with the ' sudo -E rosdep init ' Just did a clean install of ROS Indigo, but still can't rosdep init. Same error: ERROR: cannot download default sources list from: ... Website may be down. Any other ideas?

Sergio MP ( 2014-09-10 10:36:22 -0600 )edit

I still get this error in 2016 (ubuntu 14.04.2 + ROS indigo). Has anyone been able to find a definitive a solution for this? Proxies didn't solved the problem for me, I still get this error when I try any "rosdep init", "sudo rosdep init" or "sudo -E rosdep init".

marcobecerrap ( 2016-05-15 04:28:43 -0600 )edit

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answered 2013-02-04 00:26:14 -0600

sebastian
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Have you tried to configure a system wide proxy in /etc/environment? Add something similar to this to /etc/environment

http_proxy=http://[user:password@]proxy_server:port/
https_proxy=https://[user:password@]proxy_server:port/

I guess rosdep init directly downloads the file from the link and does not use apt to get the file. So your proxy config for apt will not be used...

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Hi, I have followed your instructions ; but still the error exists... Follow the link http://answers.ros.org/question/54924/groovy-error-installation/ Which told us to TRY AGAIN ?

RB ( 2013-09-10 02:21:20 -0600 )edit

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I opened a ticket https://github.com/ros-infrastructure/rosdep/issues/271 to add support for being behind a proxy.

tfoote ( 2013-09-14 11:57:18 -0600 )edit

Can 'rosdep init / update' be done without connecting to net?

prince ( 2014-02-24 22:10:06 -0600 )edit

They both need network resources so no they can not be done offline.

tfoote ( 2014-05-22 07:23:52 -0600 )edit

For example, if my rasp has: - Username: pi - Password: raspberry - Proxy_server: 192.168.1.100 - Port: 808

I will add:

http_proxy=http://pi:raspberry@192.169.1.100:808/
https_proxy=https://pi:raspberry@192.169.1.100:808/

Is it correct format?

thanhvu94 ( 2017-03-29 16:49:35 -0600 )edit

Yes. It reads ok.

prince ( 2017-04-10 01:24:20 -0600 )edit

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answered 2017-01-12 08:58:40 -0600

zqpm
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This wound up being the solution on one system I was using (Jetson TX1 w/ Ubuntu 16.04)

sudo c_rehash /etc/ssl/certs

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thank you, this works for me on a Jetson TX1 too

khaled@neo ( 2017-03-06 06:13:05 -0600 )edit

More info for TX1 users: https://github.com/ros/rosdistro/issu...

tfoote ( 2017-03-06 15:47:50 -0600 )edit

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Thanks a lot, it worked for the jetson TX2.

Cyril Jourdan ( 2017-04-26 15:08:57 -0600 )edit

Also worked for me, using the Jetson TX2. Thanks a lot

pablini27 ( 2018-05-04 13:40:58 -0600 )edit

thanks!! it was good :)

shimjs747 ( 2018-07-23 01:08:48 -0600 )edit

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answered 2016-05-11 08:18:19 -0600

rohanchauhan
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sudo -E rosdep init

This command worked for me.

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worked for me too.

Shoeb Ahmed ( 2018-03-16 12:57:02 -0600 )edit

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answered 2018-06-03 01:31:19 -0600

c17hawke
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I tried everything mentioned here but what I found is that my system's date was incorrect and as soon as I updated that everything started working normally.

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answered 2016-05-16 01:43:27 -0600

tfoote

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You can get this error if you do not have the ssl certificates installed on new python instances.

Try: sudo apt-get install ca-certificates

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I have checked, and I already have this package installed, but the error remains. I have Ubuntu 14.04 + ros indigo. Ros installation went properly, but I am still unable to initialize rosdep.

marcobecerrap ( 2016-05-18 04:10:01 -0600 )edit

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