ERROR when installing system dependencies on debian sid:

[alebarra]

This is from higher-level tools install, started today from fresh:

~/ros-underlay/build$ rosdep install -a

ERROR: Rosdep experienced an error: Path "/opt/ros/fuerte/share/rospack" is neither a directory containing a "package.xml" file nor a file
Please go to the rosdep page [1] and file a bug report with the stack trace below.
[1] : http://www.ros.org/wiki/rosdep

rosdep version: 0.10.19

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rosdep2/main.py", line 118, in rosdep_main
exit_code = _rosdep_main(args)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rosdep2/main.py", line 263, in _rosdep_main
return _package_args_handler(command, parser, options, args)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rosdep2/main.py", line 347, in _package_args_handler
return command_handlers[command](lookup, packages, options)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rosdep2/main.py", line 512, in command_install
uninstalled, errors = installer.get_uninstalled(packages, implicit=options.recursive, verbose=options.verbose)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rosdep2/installers.py", line 401, in get_uninstalled
resolutions, errors = self.lookup.resolve_all(resources, installer_context, implicit=implicit)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rosdep2/lookup.py", line 364, in resolve_all
rosdep_keys = self.get_rosdeps(resource_name, implicit=implicit)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rosdep2/lookup.py", line 286, in get_rosdeps
return self.loader.get_rosdeps(resource_name, implicit=implicit)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rosdep2/rospkg_loader.py", line 131, in get_rosdeps
pkg = catkin_pkg.package.parse_package(path)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/catkin_pkg/package.py", line 311, in parse_package
raise IOError('Path "%s" is neither a directory containing a "%s" file nor a file' % (path, PACKAGE_MANIFEST_FILENAME))
IOError: Path "/opt/ros/fuerte/share/rospack" is neither a directory containing a "package.xml" file nor a file

[dirk-thomas]

Can you please describe in more detail what you did when you got the mentioned stacktrace?

On a first look it seems that you have mixed something up: you have a path pointing to Fuerte but expecting a package.xml file - that does not fit together. Please double check your environment.

[tfoote]

What is your environment and workspace? You have a reference to /opt/ros/fuerte in your stack trace. Did you have it in the past but remove it?

[alebarra]

This is the first time i install ros infrastructure, this is a new fresh install, so i never install it before.
I follow the procedure described at http://www.ros.org/wiki/fuerte/Installation/Debian, without error or warning, except one error, resolved in according with thread ros/ros_comm#10, I've edited recorder.cpp and after compiling works fine.

my env settings in bash are (with printenv | grep ros) :

ROS_ROOT=/opt/ros/fuerte/share/ros

ROS_PACKAGE_PATH=/home/alez/ros/navigation:/home/alez/ros/diagnostics:/home/alez/ros/common:/home/alez/ros/robot_model_tutorials:/home/alez/ros/laser_pipeline:/home/alez/ros/simulator_gazebo:/home/alez/ros/visualization_tutorials:/home/alez/ros/geometry:/home/alez/ros/pluginlib:/home/alez/ros/bullet:/home/alez/ros/robot_model:/home/alez/ros/xacro:/home/alez/ros/image_transport_plugins:/home/alez/ros/dynamic_reconfigure:/home/alez/ros/stage:/home/alez/ros/executive_smach:/home/alez/ros/driver_common:/home/alez/ros/physics_ode:/home/alez/ros/visualization_common:/home/alez/ros/python_qt_binding:/home/alez/ros/bond_core:/home/alez/ros/image_common:/home/alez/ros/geometry_visualization:/home/alez/ros/common_rosdeps:/home/alez/ros/diagnostics_monitors:/home/alez/ros/bfl:/home/alez/ros/image_pipeline:/home/alez/ros/common_tutorials:/home/alez/ros/robot_model_visualization:/home/alez/ros/geometry_experimental:/home/alez/ros/perception_pcl:/home/alez/ros/vision_opencv:/home/alez/ros/visualization:/home/alez/ros/executive_smach_visualization:/home/alez/ros/slam_gmapping:/home/alez/ros/filters:/home/alez/ros/orocos_kinematics_dynamics:/home/alez/ros/geometry_tutorials:/home/alez/ros/nodelet_core:/opt/ros/fuerte/stacks:/opt/ros/fuerte/share:/opt/ros/fuerte/share/ros

ROSLISP_PACKAGE_DIRECTORY=/opt/ros/fuerte/share/common-lisp/ros

ROS_MASTER_URI=http://localhost:11311

ROSLISP_PACKAGE_DIRECTORY=/opt/ros/fuerte/share/common-lisp/ros

OLDPWD=/home/alez/ros-underlay

ROS_WORKSPACE=/home/alez/ros

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/ros/fuerte/lib:/opt/ros/fuerte/lib:/opt/ros/fuerte/lib:/opt/ros/fuerte/lib:/opt/ros/fuerte/lib:/opt/ros/fuerte/lib:/opt/ros/fuerte/lib:/opt/ros/fuerte/lib:/opt/ros/fuerte/lib:

PATH=/opt/ros/fuerte/bin:/opt/ros/fuerte/bin:/opt/ros/fuerte/bin:/opt/ros/fuerte/bin:/opt/ros/fuerte/bin:/opt/ros/fuerte/bin:/opt/ros/fuerte/bin:/opt/ros/fuerte/bin:/opt/ros/fuerte/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games:/home/alez/cuda/cuda-5.0/bin:~/bin

PWD=/home/alez/ros-underlay/build

ROS_DISTRO=fuerte

PYTHONPATH=/opt/ros/fuerte/lib/python2.7/dist-packages:/opt/ros/fuerte/lib/python2.7/dist-packages:/opt/ros/fuerte/lib/python2.7/dist-packages:/opt/ros/fuerte/lib/python2.7/dist-packages:/opt/ros/fuerte/lib/python2.7/dist-packages:/opt/ros/fuerte/lib/python2.7/dist-packages:/opt/ros/fuerte/lib/python2.7/dist-packages:/opt/ros/fuerte/lib/python2.7/dist-packages:/opt/ros/fuerte/lib/python2.7/dist-packages:

PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/ros/fuerte/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/ros/fuerte/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/ros/fuerte/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/ros/fuerte/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/ros/fuerte/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/ros/fuerte/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/ros/fuerte/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/ros/fuerte/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/ros/fuerte/lib/pkgconfig:

CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/opt/ros/fuerte/share/catkin/cmake/Modules:/opt/ros/fuerte:/opt/ros/fuerte/share/catkin/cmake/Modules:/opt/ros/fuerte:/opt/ros/fuerte/share/catkin/cmake/Modules:/opt/ros/fuerte:/opt/ros/fuerte/share/catkin/cmake/Modules:/opt/ros/fuerte:/opt/ros/fuerte/share/catkin/cmake/Modules:/opt/ros/fuerte:/opt/ros/fuerte/share/catkin/cmake/Modules:/opt/ros/fuerte:/opt/ros/fuerte/share/catkin/cmake/Modules:/opt/ros/fuerte:/opt/ros/fuerte/share/catkin/cmake/Modules:/opt/ros/fuerte:/opt/ros/fuerte/share/catkin/cmake/Modules:/opt/ros/fuerte:

ROS_ETC_DIR=/opt/ros/fuerte/etc/ros

[nicmel]

I have exactly the same issue trying to install fuerte on debian 6.
I guess it's looking for the bad .xml file, but I can't find out why

[nicmel]

A remove the line from the file /opt/ros/fuerte/share/rospack/manifest.xml

Now it's better but I have others errors for a series of packets: "No definition of [eigen] for OS version [] "