There is no move_base node in move_base package

Question

Hi! I am trying to launch move_base, but I am getting such messages:

1. when launching it through launch file:
   ERROR: cannot launch node of type [move_base/move_base]: can't locate node [move_base] in package [move_base]
2. when launching it by rosrun:
   [rosrun] Couldn't find executable named move_base below /opt/ros/indigo/share/move_base [rosrun] Found the following, but they're either not files, [rosrun] or not executable: [rosrun] /opt/ros/indigo/share/move_base The system sees the package move_base, but there is no nodes in it. Other packages and nodes of navigation stack work fine. I use Ubuntu 14.04 virtual machine with ROS Indigo. I installed navigation stack with sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-navigation. My ROS_PACKAGE_PATH is /home/viki/catkin_ws/src:/opt/ros/indigo/share:/opt/ros/indigo/stacks I am very new to ROS, so I have no idea what caused the problem. Please, help me!

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Originally posted by Dio Eraclea on ROS Answers with karma: 23 on 2015-04-14

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Answer 1

It's not an answer but comment don't seem to work these days :s. Here are some leads to explore:

Can you see move base in the list when you run ls /opt/ros/indigo/lib/move_base/ ?
If not, this means that move base has not been properly installed. So try: sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-move-base
then you should see move base in /opt/ros/indigo/lib/move_base/ If yes, run rospack profile to update you package list and then you can try to run your node move_base again.

Hope this helps,

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Originally posted by marguedas with karma: 3606 on 2015-04-14

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Original comments

Comment by Dio Eraclea on 2015-04-16:
Thanks for your answer! I can see move base in those folders. Actually, I fixed the problem, it was in the wrong settings in catkin workspace. After I reset the workspace and modified ROS_PACKAGE_PATH, all was working

Comment by wanglan on 2015-09-22:
hello! I met the same problem, can you tell me, what exactly do you do?

Comment by Dio Eraclea on 2015-09-29:
Actually, I do not remember exactly what I did. After that problem I reinstalled Ubuntu several times on different machines and I never got this problem again. I think, that you should look at setting catkin workspace tutorial on roswiki

Comment by M@t on 2016-05-23:
I had a similar problem where move_base was not installed (if in doubt type "rospack find move_base" into terminal and it should return the file path if its installed). Running "sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-move-base" fixed the problem for me.

Comment by Mr Tai on 2021-04-07:
Thanks. I am ok, so i did't buld node "move_base"

Answer 2

Running "sudo cp /opt/ros/indigo/lib/move_base/move_base /opt/ros/indigo/share/move_base" fixed the problem for me.

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Originally posted by wuming with karma: 41 on 2016-06-07

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Comment by matwilso on 2017-10-07:
Confirmed. Had the same problem in kinetic and this fixed it! (replacing indigo with kinetic)

Comment by hassamsheikh1 on 2018-11-12:
does not work for me. but having same problem