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For device connection, please refer to "2.1.1 HPS3D160 Device Connection" in this document.
2.4.1 Create a work space
Before creating a workspace, first look at the environment variables, enter echo
$ROS_PACKAGE_PATH in the terminal, and view the environment variables on Linux, as shown
below:
Then check if the catkin tool is installed. If it is not installed, please install the catkin tool first. By
default, there is a catkin tools, catkin is an official compilation of ROS build system, it is the
successor to the original compilation of the ROS build system.
(1) Enter the environment variable of the ROS system and enter source /opt/ros/indigo/setup.bash
at the terminal.
(2) Create a workspace under the home directory and enter mkdir -p
~/HPS3D_SDK_ROS_Demo/src.
(3) In the src directory, type cd ~/HPS3D_SDK_ROS_Demo/src, execute the initialization space, and
enter catkin_init_workspace, as shown below: