ROS package not found after catkin_make

Question

Hello :)

I'm quite new to ROS and tried to install a package (laser_line_extraction) from github. I completely followed this instruction https://wiki.nps.edu/display/RC/Setting+up+a+ROS+package+from+Git step-by-step. But after creating the package with catkin it's there as a directory but can't be found with "rospack find ...".

[rospack] Error: package 'laser_line_extraction' not found

Online I found something about "sourcing the launchfile" but no explanation on what this means or how to do it.

Can anyone help?

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Originally posted by creazy on ROS Answers with karma: 3 on 2020-06-14

Post score: 0

Answer 1

If the package was compiled successfully, try “source ~/.bashrc" or "source /path-ws/devel/setup.bash" and then "rospack find" again

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Originally posted by xibeisiber with karma: 137 on 2020-06-14

This answer was ACCEPTED on the original site

Post score: 1

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Original comments

Comment by creazy on 2020-06-15:
Thanks, it's working now! :)

Comment by jayess on 2020-07-09:
@creazy If this answer solved your problem then please mark it as the correct answer by clicking on the check mark that's to the left of the answer