colcon list Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/colcon", line 33, in <module> sys.exit(load_entry_point('colcon-core==0.16.0', 'console_scripts', 'colcon')()) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/colcon_core/command.py", line 118, in main return _main(command_name=command_name, argv=argv) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/colcon_core/command.py", line 185, in _main create_log_path(args.verb_name) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/colcon_core/location.py", line 186, in create_log_path os.makedirs(str(path)) File "/usr/lib/python3.10/os.py", line 225, in makedirs mkdir(name, mode) PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'log/list_2024-04-06_02-45-22'

[yst-one]

colcon list
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/colcon", line 33, in
sys.exit(load_entry_point('colcon-core==0.16.0', 'console_scripts', 'colcon')())
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/colcon_core/command.py", line 118, in main
return _main(command_name=command_name, argv=argv)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/colcon_core/command.py", line 185, in _main
create_log_path(args.verb_name)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/colcon_core/location.py", line 186, in create_log_path
os.makedirs(str(path))
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/os.py", line 225, in makedirs
mkdir(name, mode)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'log/list_2024-04-06_02-45-22'

[cottsay]

You don't have write permission to your working directory and colcon is trying to write a log file there.

To disable logging so that you can invoke colcon list in that directory, run colcon --log-base /dev/null list

[christophebedard]

This can happen if you run sudo colcon ... and then run colcon. In that case, try removing the directory using sudo rm -rf log.

[cottsay]

With no response from the issue author for months, I'm going to assume this issue has been resolved. Please feel free to re-open if the problem persists.