Needs sudo to install

[davetcoleman]

Otherwise I get the following errors:

error: could not create '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/tests': Permission denied

and then

error: could not delete '/etc/bash_completion.d/catkin_tools-completion.bash': Permission denied

[wjwwood]

It only needs sudo on some machines and depending on how you install it (you wouldn't need it in a virtual env). I'd prefer that there is a notice encouraging uses to use sudo if they get permission problems, rather than suggesting people always use it.

[davetcoleman]

I'm using what most everyone is using: Ubuntu 14.04. But sure, I've updated the commit

[wjwwood]

Thanks. (I'll have to fix the CI in a separate PR, something in travis changed).

[wjwwood]

Also, if you're on Ubuntu you should use sudo apt-get install python-catkin-tools. If you're invoking the setup.py directly then you're either not on Ubuntu or you're installing a development version from source (in which case you should be using a virtualenv). For both cases, most of the time using sudo would not be correct and it might lead developers to think they need sudo even when they actually don't which is misleading.

[davetcoleman]

Correct, I was attempting to test @jbohren's #196

in which case you should be using a virtualenv

What kind of virutalenv are you referring to? Docker?

[wjwwood]

@davetcoleman just search for virtualenv.