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Error: OSError: [Errno 17] File exists

Example:

• File "/home/ros/ros/bin/roscreate-pkg", line 35, in
  <module>
  roscreate.roscreatepkg.roscreatepkg_main()
  File
  "/home/ros/ros/tools/roscreate/src/roscreate/roscreatepkg.py",
  line 112, in roscreatepkg_main
  create_package(package, author_name(), depends, uses_roscpp=uses_roscpp,
  uses_rospy=uses_rospy)
  File
  "/home/ros/ros/tools/roscreate/src/roscreate/roscreatepkg.py",
  line 77, in create_package
  os.makedirs(py_path)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/os.py", line 157, in makedirs
  mkdir(name, mode)
  OSError: [Errno 17] File exists:
  '/home/ros/pkgs/ros_tutorials/beginner_tutorials/src' 

Solution:

This was a known issue with ROS 0.10. It was fixed in ROS 0.11. If you do not wish to upgrade, you can change line 76 of ros/tools/roscreate/src/roscreate/roscreatepkg.py

from:

py_path = os.path.join(p, 'src')

to:

py_path = os.path.join(p, 'src', package)