{"id":1948,"date":"2025-06-27T10:13:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T10:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnbydoing.dev\/?p=1948"},"modified":"2026-01-10T22:41:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T22:41:33","slug":"how-to-create-a-ros2-workspace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learnbydoing.dev\/how-to-create-a-ros2-workspace\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create a ROS2 Workspace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    If you\u2019re getting started with ROS 2<\/strong> on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS<\/strong>, one of the very first things you\u2019ll need to do is create a workspace<\/strong>. A workspace is simply a folder where you keep all your ROS 2 packages, build them, and manage your development environment.<\/p>

    In this guide, we\u2019ll walk through \u2014 step by step \u2014 how to set up a clean, organized ROS 2 workspace using colcon<\/strong>, the official build tool for ROS 2.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    \ud83d\udce6 Step 1: Create the Workspace Directory Structure<\/h3>

    Let\u2019s create a directory to hold our ROS 2 projects.<\/p>

    In your terminal, run:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tmkdir -p ~\/ros2_ws\/src\r\n\r\n<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c983314 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c983314\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"1702\" data-end=\"1724\">Here\u2019s what this does:<\/p><ul data-start=\"1725\" data-end=\"1980\"><li data-start=\"1725\" data-end=\"1795\"><p data-start=\"1727\" data-end=\"1795\"><code data-start=\"1727\" data-end=\"1737\">mkdir -p<\/code> creates the directory (and any necessary parent folders).<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"1796\" data-end=\"1917\"><p data-start=\"1798\" data-end=\"1917\"><code data-start=\"1798\" data-end=\"1810\">~\/ros2_ws\/<\/code> is your workspace folder (you can name it differently if you want, but <code data-start=\"1882\" data-end=\"1891\">ros2_ws<\/code> is a popular convention).<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"1918\" data-end=\"1980\"><p data-start=\"1920\" data-end=\"1980\"><code data-start=\"1920\" data-end=\"1926\">src\/<\/code> is a subfolder where all your ROS 2 packages will go.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1ef5c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e1ef5c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-start=\"1857\" data-end=\"1885\">\ud83d\udd04 Step 2: Source the ROS 2 Environment<\/h3><p data-start=\"1922\" data-end=\"2017\">Before you can use ROS 2 tools like <code data-start=\"2208\" data-end=\"2214\">ros2<\/code> or <code data-start=\"2218\" data-end=\"2226\">colcon<\/code>, your terminal needs to know where to find them. This is done by <strong data-start=\"2292\" data-end=\"2327\">sourcing the ROS 2 setup script<\/strong>:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84e7813 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"84e7813\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-tomorrow copy-to-clipboard\">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>source \/opt\/ros\/jazzy\/setup.bash\r\n<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b54ad66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b54ad66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you added this command to your <code data-start=\"2410\" data-end=\"2421\">~\/.bashrc<\/code> earlier, it will already run automatically in new terminals. But it\u2019s good practice to check before moving on.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c513be2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c513be2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-start=\"1857\" data-end=\"1885\">\ud83d\udee0\ufe0f Step 3: Build the\u00a0 Workspace<\/h3><p data-start=\"2583\" data-end=\"2805\">Even though there are no packages yet, it\u2019s a good idea to build the workspace at this point. This verifies that your build system is working properly and sets up the necessary <code data-start=\"2760\" data-end=\"2768\">build\/<\/code>, <code data-start=\"2770\" data-end=\"2780\">install\/<\/code>, and <code data-start=\"2786\" data-end=\"2792\">log\/<\/code> directories.<\/p><p data-start=\"2807\" data-end=\"2849\">Move into your workspace\u2019s root directory:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-766ba3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"766ba3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-tomorrow copy-to-clipboard\">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>cd ~\/ros2_ws\r\n<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cc3f14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8cc3f14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Then run:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0afbd41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"0afbd41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-tomorrow copy-to-clipboard\">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>colcon build\r\n<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8bfec0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d8bfec0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"2914\" data-end=\"2936\"><strong data-start=\"2914\" data-end=\"2936\">What happens here:<\/strong><\/p><ul data-start=\"2937\" data-end=\"3346\"><li data-start=\"2937\" data-end=\"3005\"><p data-start=\"2939\" data-end=\"3005\"><code data-start=\"2939\" data-end=\"2947\">colcon<\/code> looks inside the <code data-start=\"2965\" data-end=\"2971\">src\/<\/code> folder for any packages to build.<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"3006\" data-end=\"3127\"><p data-start=\"3008\" data-end=\"3127\">Since there aren\u2019t any yet, it\u2019ll display a message like \u201cNo packages found\u201d \u2014 which is exactly what we expect for now.<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"3128\" data-end=\"3346\"><p data-start=\"3130\" data-end=\"3173\">It still creates the necessary directories:<\/p><ul data-start=\"3176\" data-end=\"3346\"><li data-start=\"3176\" data-end=\"3215\"><p data-start=\"3178\" data-end=\"3215\"><code data-start=\"3178\" data-end=\"3186\">build\/<\/code> \u2014 for temporary build files.<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"3218\" data-end=\"3285\"><p data-start=\"3220\" data-end=\"3285\"><code data-start=\"3220\" data-end=\"3230\">install\/<\/code> \u2014 for compiled packages and environment setup scripts.<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"3288\" data-end=\"3346\"><p data-start=\"3290\" data-end=\"3346\"><code data-start=\"3290\" data-end=\"3296\">log\/<\/code> \u2014 for logs generated during builds and execution.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75809ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75809ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-start=\"1857\" data-end=\"1885\">\u2699\ufe0f Step 4: Source Your Workspace\u2019s Environment<\/h3><p data-start=\"3404\" data-end=\"3556\">After each build, you need to <strong data-start=\"3434\" data-end=\"3480\">source your workspace\u2019s local setup script<\/strong> so that your terminal recognizes the packages you\u2019ve built (or will build).<\/p><p data-start=\"3558\" data-end=\"3562\">Run:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cedd50c elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"cedd50c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-tomorrow copy-to-clipboard\">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>source ~\/ros2_ws\/install\/setup.bash\r\n<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa0ef6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa0ef6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong data-start=\"3613\" data-end=\"3634\">Why this matters:<\/strong><br data-start=\"3634\" data-end=\"3637\" \/>ROS 2 allows multiple workspaces to exist on your system, and each workspace can have its own packages and dependencies. Sourcing the <code data-start=\"3771\" data-end=\"3791\">install\/setup.bash<\/code> from your workspace tells ROS 2 to prioritize the packages in this workspace when running commands.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3937852 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3937852\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-start=\"1857\" data-end=\"1885\">\u2705 Step 5: Check That Everything Works<\/h3><p data-start=\"4240\" data-end=\"4287\">To make sure your workspace is properly set up:<br \/><br \/><\/p><ul><li data-start=\"4292\" data-end=\"4336\">Ensure you\u2019re in the root of your workspace:<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-087b401 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"087b401\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-tomorrow copy-to-clipboard\">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>cd ~\/ros2_ws\r\n<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1c2d11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a1c2d11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li data-start=\"4292\" data-end=\"4336\">Run<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-032b1ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"032b1ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-tomorrow copy-to-clipboard\">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>colcon list\r\n<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7565914 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7565914\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Since there are no packages yet, it won\u2019t list anything \u2014 and that\u2019s fine. No errors means your workspace is set up correctly.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfc12e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfc12e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-start=\"4951\" data-end=\"4991\">\ud83d\udcdd Full Setup Script in One Go<\/h3><p data-start=\"4993\" data-end=\"5112\">If you want to automate this process next time, here\u2019s the entire setup sequence you can copy-paste into your terminal:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e0da34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"3e0da34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-tomorrow copy-to-clipboard\">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp># Create the workspace directory\r\nmkdir -p ~\/ros2_ws\/src\r\ncd ~\/ros2_ws\r\n\r\n# Source ROS 2 environment\r\necho \"source \/opt\/ros\/jazzy\/setup.bash\" >> ~\/.bashrc\r\nsource ~\/.bashrc\r\n\r\n# Build the (empty) workspace\r\ncolcon build\r\n\r\n# Source your workspace environment\r\necho \"source ~\/ros2_ws\/install\/setup.bash\" >> ~\/.bashrc\r\nsource ~\/ros2_ws\/install\/setup.bash\r\n\r\n# Verify the workspace\r\ncolcon list\r\n<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bbd266 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1bbd266\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d99b187 elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-move-left elementor-cta--layout-image-left elementor-cta--mobile-layout-image-above elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"d99b187\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/learnbydoing.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/odometry_control.webp);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"odometry_control\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWant to learn more?\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tYou can find a detailed explaination of the workspace in  the \"Self Driving and ROS 2 - Learn by Doing! 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