roscreate-pkg: command not found

Question

Hi there I'm new in working with ROS. I'm trying to create a package by the following command:

roscreate-pkg beginner_tutorials std_msgs rospy roscpp

but I get the following error

roscreate-pkg: command not found

I appreciate if you help me.

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Originally posted by Reza1984 on ROS Answers with karma: 70 on 2013-11-06

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Original comments

Comment by BennyRe on 2013-11-06:
Do other ROS bash command work? Like roscd/rosmsg/...

Comment by Reza1984 on 2013-11-06:
Yes, but rospack and roscreate-pkg doesn't work. Btw I'm working with fuerte in ubuntu 12.04

Comment by BennyRe on 2013-11-06:
Did you source the setup.bash?

Comment by Reza1984 on 2013-11-06:
Thanks aloooot, I forgot to do it!

Comment by BennyRe on 2013-11-06:
Ok great I'll post it as an answer, so you can accept it.

Comment by meriemm on 2015-04-17:
hi,i have the same problem i have add the " source /opt/ros/hydro/setup.bash source ~/hydro_workspace/sandbox/setup.bash " but i still have the same problem,can you please help me.

Answer 1

Source your setup.bash

You may want to put this in your .bashrc

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Originally posted by BennyRe with karma: 2949 on 2013-11-06

This answer was ACCEPTED on the original site

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Original comments

Comment by meriemm on 2015-04-17:
hi,i have the same problem i have add the " source /opt/ros/hydro/setup.bash source ~/hydro_workspace/sandbox/setup.bash " but i still have the same problem,can you please help me.

Comment by BennyRe on 2015-04-20:
Sourcing two setup.bash makes no sense. The first source gets overwritten by the second one. Have you set up your workspace correctly?