Setuptools isn't working, can't progress

[WilliamLH]

[girishkumar.kannan]

Hi @WilliamLH ,

Welcome to this Community!

You can solve that error by installing setuptools python package.
Install it using the following command lines:

cd ~
sudo apt update
python3 -m pip install setuptools==56.2.0

Once installed, you can compile your ROS2 packages the normal way:

cd ~/ros2_ws
rm -rf ./build ./install ./log
colcon build
...

Let me know if this solved your issue.

Regards,
Girish

[WilliamLH]

This fixed the error in simple.py, however, it still seems setup.py still gives the setuptools error. It does work but the error won’t go away.

[girishkumar.kannan]

Hi @WilliamLH ,

Please do not follow the errors or warnings output by the IDE.

When compiling and using ROS 1 or 2, the only errors and warnings you must look out for is the ones produced during compilations.

The warnings and errors reported by the IDE are false-positives. You must always use the colcon build output to check for errors. IDE can mislead you because of incorrect linking done by the IDE.

Regards,
Girish