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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)`