“ackermann_msgs“ ImportError: cannot import name ‘AckermannDriveStamped‘

Beacuse of the error of my input method that i can only write this blog in English, sorry about that... but I can't wait to take notes.

I have searched the whole net for 2 days about this problem.

Eventually On Today,  It is solved

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I have downloaded a package named " ackermann_msgs"  from github and added it to my catkin_ws/src, but unfortunately it can't work as I rosrun a python script.

fig 1: [ackermann_msgs]downloaded from github

rosrun racecar_description servo_commands.py

root@dell-Inspiron-14-5401:~# rosrun racecar_description servo_commands.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/dell/catkin_ws/src/racecar_sim-master/racecar_description/scripts/servo_commands.py", line 6, in <module>
    from ackermann_msgs.msg import AckermannDriveStamped
ImportError: cannot import name 'AckermannDriveStamped'

This error message has been printed hundreds of times before i write this blog so you can image how many times i have tried to solve this problem and finally I found a blog   https://www.freesion.com/article/34821008663/ which shows the correct method.

For our problem the step is so simple, only one command is needed.

sudo apt-get install ros-melodic-ackermann-msgs

fig2:terminator shows

root@dell-Inspiron-14-5401:~# rosrun racecar_description servo_commands.py  

No error import now!

In concluding, this "can not import " problem is due to the loss of class of ackermann_msgs.