vcs command could not determine url

[osrf-migration]

Original report (archived issue) by Raymond Andrade (Bitbucket: 808brick).

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When running the command:

#!unix

vcs import . < vmrc.repos

I get the following output:

#!Unix

=== ./robotx_gazebo (hg) ===
Could not determine url: not found!

It's worth noting that I needed to use:

#!unix

sudo pip install vcstools

to install vcstools without an error.

If I try to proceed with the rest of the tutorial, when I try to launch the project I get:

#!unix

[sandisland.launch] is neither a launch file in package [robotx_gazebo] nor is [robotx_gazebo] a launch file name
The traceback for the exception was written to the log file

I am running Ubuntu 16.04 and had ROS Kinetic installed prior

[osrf-migration]

Original comment by Raymond Andrade (Bitbucket: 808brick).

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• Edited issue description

[osrf-migration]

Original comment by Raymond Andrade (Bitbucket: 808brick).

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• changed state from "new" to "resolved"

Uninstalled all packages and went through the setup instructions again using the

#!unix

pip3

command instead of

#!unix

pip

Also skipped the command:

#!unix

pip install --update pip

and did:

#!unix

pip install vcstool

instead of vcstools.