# Creating a new workspace on Stretch

**URL:** <https://forum.hello-robot.com/t/creating-a-new-workspace-on-stretch/803>\
**Category:** Ask\
**Created:** [September 8, 2023, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.hello-robot.com/t/creating-a-new-workspace-on-stretch/803 "2023-09-08T09:37:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![roboor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3bc359/32.png) [@roboor](https://forum.hello-robot.com/u/roboor)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.hello-robot.com/t/creating-a-new-workspace-on-stretch/803/1 "2023-09-08T09:37:39Z")

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Hi there,

I tried to create a new workspace on my Stretch RE2 to work safely without messing up the existing ROS1 or ROS2 workspaces.

Is this a recommended practice or is it better to just add a new user on the Stretch and work there?

When following this [tutorial](https://docs.hello-robot.com/0.2/stretch-install/docs/ros_workspace/#ubuntu-2004), the shell is executed normally, but my new workspace still stays empty.

```auto
~/stretch_install$ ./factory/20.04/stretch_create_catkin_workspace.sh -w ~/home/hello-robot/noors_ws
###########################################
CREATING NOETIC CATKIN WORKSPACE at /home/hello-robot/home/hello-robot/noors_ws
###########################################
Ensuring correct version of ROS is sourced...
Deleting /home/hello-robot/home/hello-robot/noors_ws if it already exists...
[sudo] password for hello-robot: 
Creating the workspace directory...
Cloning the workspace's packages...
Fetch ROS packages' dependencies (this might take a while)...
Make the workspace...
Source setup.bash file...
Index ROS packages...
Update ~/.bashrc dotfile to source workspace...
Updating meshes in stretch_ros to this robot's batch...
Setup uncalibrated robot URDF...
Setup calibrated robot URDF...
Compiling FUNMAP's Cython code...

```

According to the Tutorial, that is all there is to do.  
Do I need to run `catkin build` additionally? or `source devel/setup.bash` ?

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**Author:** ![bshah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.hello-robot.com/bshah/32/55_2.png) [@bshah](https://forum.hello-robot.com/u/bshah)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.hello-robot.com/t/creating-a-new-workspace-on-stretch/803/2 "2023-10-12T18:06:27Z")

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Hi @roboor, I missed this thread before! Sorry about that. Did you figure it out? Let me know if this is still an issue.