Missing resource hokuyo_node

Question

I am trying to use a Hokuyo rangefinder, following the tutorial, but fail at the first step: rosdep install hokuyo_node rviz

It seems that hokuyo_node is not in ROS_PACKAGE_PATH:

    ERROR: Rosdep cannot find all required resources to answer your query
 Missing resource hokuyo_node ROS path 
    [0]=/opt/ros/fuerte/share/ros ROS path 
    [1]=/home/dbarry/fuerte_workspace/sandbox ROS path 
    [2]=/opt/ros/fuerte/stacks ROS path 
    [3]=/opt/ros/fuerte/share ROS path 
    [4]=/opt/ros/fuerte/share/ros

But hokuyo_node is in what seems an odd spot: /opt/ros/fuerte/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo_plugins/

and adding that path to ROS_PACKAGE_PATH does not help.

I must be missing something obvious, but need help figuring it out. Using Ubuntu 12.04, ROS fuerte

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Originally posted by dan on ROS Answers with karma: 875 on 2012-11-14

Post score: 1

Answer 1

The hokoyu_node in gazebo_plugins is just an executable. You are missing the package. You can install it using

sudo apt-get install ros-fuerte-laser-drivers

Or you can install it locally using

rosco hokuyo_node

This requires the rosinstall bundle:

sudo apt-get install python-rosinstall

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Originally posted by jbarry with karma: 280 on 2012-11-14

This answer was ACCEPTED on the original site

Post score: 3

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Original comments

Comment by dan on 2012-11-14:
Excellent answer! I updated the wiki here: http://www.ros.org/wiki/hokuyo_node/Tutorials/UsingTheHokuyoNode