# Issue Creating a Stretch ROS Workspace in my PC

**URL:** <https://forum.hello-robot.com/t/issue-creating-a-stretch-ros-workspace-in-my-pc/766>\
**Category:** Ask\
**Created:** [July 7, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.hello-robot.com/t/issue-creating-a-stretch-ros-workspace-in-my-pc/766 "2023-07-07T20:41:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![tony\_rob](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.hello-robot.com/tony_rob/32/486_2.png) [@tony\_rob](https://forum.hello-robot.com/u/tony_rob)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.hello-robot.com/t/issue-creating-a-stretch-ros-workspace-in-my-pc/766/1 "2023-07-07T20:41:36Z")

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Hi,

I want to interface with my Stretch 2 using ROS remoter master so I am following the instructions to install a ROS workspace to get all stretch packages in my PC but I am getting the following error when I run this command.

```auto
tony@tony-Lenovo-Legion-Y530-15ICH-1060:~/stretch_install$ ./factory/20.04/stretch_create_catkin_workspace.sh -w ~/hello_robot_catkin_ws
###########################################
CREATING NOETIC CATKIN WORKSPACE at /home/tony/hello_robot_catkin_ws
###########################################
Ensuring correct version of ROS is sourced...
Deleting /home/tony/hello_robot_catkin_ws if it already exists...
Creating the workspace directory...
Cloning the workspace's packages...
./factory/20.04/stretch_create_catkin_workspace.sh: line 54: vcs: command not found

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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:** [July 9, 2023, 5:14am UTC](https://forum.hello-robot.com/t/issue-creating-a-stretch-ros-workspace-in-my-pc/766/2 "2023-07-09T05:14:47Z")

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Hi @tony_rob, would you try installing `sudo apt install python3-vcstool` on your PC and then retrying that script? I believe the issue occurs because that script is typically run on the robot, where `python3-vcstool` is already installed. For remote ROS master, it makes sense to use that script to create a workspace on your PC, so if installing the `python3-vcstool` pkg fixes this issue, I can fix this bug in the new workspace script.