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@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ This package is tested on LiU computers, which has some ros packages pre-install
 
 pointcloud_to_laserscan and velodyne_description are standard packages that have been altered, this is why they are included in this repository. To make the LiDAR less resource-heavy, the velodyne_description has been modified to make it generate more sparse readings.
 
+## Create a catkin workspace as per the instructions at:
+<http://wiki.ros.org/ROS/Tutorials/CreatingPackage>
+
 ## Copy bash files to root catkin workspace folder
 Copy the bash files to your catkin worksspace, they are used to launch Gazeob, RViz, the LiDAR-launch file, and the MPC-launch file.
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