# Reset Tutorial ROS1

**URL:** <https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/t/reset-tutorial-ros1/21339>\
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**Tags:** howto\
**Created:** [January 2, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/t/reset-tutorial-ros1/21339 "2023-01-02T15:25:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![einkauf](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/user_avatar/get-help.theconstruct.ai/einkauf/32/9348_2.png) [@einkauf](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/u/einkauf)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/t/reset-tutorial-ros1/21339/1 "2023-01-02T15:25:07Z")

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How to reset the tutorial files in order to clean like in “make clean”?

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**Author:** ![girishkumar.kannan](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/user_avatar/get-help.theconstruct.ai/girishkumar.kannan/32/6994_2.png) [@girishkumar.kannan](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/u/girishkumar.kannan)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/t/reset-tutorial-ros1/21339/2 "2023-01-02T15:55:58Z")

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Hi @einkauf ,

Welcome to this Community!

Could you please provide more context as to what you are doing and what you wish to accomplish?  
It would be useful to help you out.

Regards,  
Girish

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**Author:** ![einkauf](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/user_avatar/get-help.theconstruct.ai/einkauf/32/9348_2.png) [@einkauf](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/u/einkauf)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 8:20am UTC](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/t/reset-tutorial-ros1/21339/3 "2023-01-03T08:20:44Z")

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Hello Girish,  
There is an error in an other package and catkin\_make stops before my\_package is compiled . Launch does work though. That is why I am wondering why is there no “make clean” or “catkin\_make clean” done before starting the build process? It is the “Hello World” programme simple.cpp in this ROS1 tutorial, that does not work. “catkin\_make --only-pkg-with-deps my\_package” containing simple.cpp stops before simple.cpp is being compiled and no warning. So the source file can be changed, make can be started and launch works, there is no change in the node though. It would be great to know how the complete course could be reset to the state before first changes were made to the tutorial ROS1 " ROS Basics in 5 Days (C++)".  
Thank you for your help  
Kind Regards,  
einkauf

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**Author:** ![girishkumar.kannan](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/user_avatar/get-help.theconstruct.ai/girishkumar.kannan/32/6994_2.png) [@girishkumar.kannan](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/u/girishkumar.kannan)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/t/reset-tutorial-ros1/21339/4 "2023-01-03T15:16:51Z")

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Hi @einkauf ,

Since you are working on the very first package in the course, which is `my_package`, you can simply delete the `my_package` folder.  
You can delete it in two ways:

1. Right click on the package and delete - using the IDE.
2. `rm -rf ./my_package` - using terminal - from the correct parent directory (usually `~/catkin_ws/src/`)

You can then restart the `my_package` from scratch.  
A better suggestion for you would be to re-trace your steps from first, that you did to create the `my_package`. This way, if you missed any step, you can just add it.

I think your problem is very basic, what most people have faced already.  
So, if you could post your terminal error output as a text (or as a code-block) here, then I could help you fix it.

Refer code-block: [Extended Syntax | Markdown Guide](https://www.markdownguide.org/extended-syntax/#fenced-code-blocks)

Regards,  
Girish