ros/ros.h: No such file or directory error

[mohmmadrafi]

#include "ros/ros.h"
#include "std_msgs/String.h"
#include <sstream>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    // Initiate new ROS node named "talker"
    ros::init(argc, argv, "talker_node");

    //create a node handle: it is reference assigned to a new node
    ros::NodeHandle n;
    //create a publisher with a topic "chatter" that will send a String message
    ros::Publisher chatter_publisher = n.advertise<std_msgs::String>("chatter", 1000);
    //Rate is a class the is used to define frequency for a loop. Here we send a message each two seconds.
    ros::Rate loop_rate(0.5); //1 message per second

   int count = 0;
   while (ros::ok()) // Keep spinning loop until user presses Ctrl+C
   {
       //create a new String ROS message.
       //Message definition in this link http://docs.ros.org/api/std_msgs/html/msg/String.html
       std_msgs::String msg;

       //create a string for the data
       std::stringstream ss;
       ss << "Hello World " << count;
       //assign the string data to ROS message data field
       msg.data = ss.str();

       //print the content of the message in the terminal
       ROS_INFO("[Talker] I published %s\n", msg.data.c_str());

       //Publish the message
       chatter_publisher.publish(msg);

       ros::spinOnce(); // Need to call this function often to allow ROS to process incoming messages

      loop_rate.sleep(); // Sleep for the rest of the cycle, to enforce the loop rate
       count++;
   }
   return 0;
}

the error it gives out is:

• Executing task: C/C++: gcc build active file

Starting build... /usr/bin/gcc -fdiagnostics-color=always -g /home/mohmmadrafi/catkin_ws/src/ros_essentials_cpp/src/topic01_basics/talker_listener/talker.cpp -o /home/mohmmadrafi/catkin_ws/src/ros_essentials_cpp/src/topic01_basics/talker_listener/talker /home/mohmmadrafi/catkin_ws/src/ros_essentials_cpp/src/topic01_basics/talker_listener/talker.cpp:8:10: fatal error: ros/ros.h: No such file or directory 8 | #include "ros/ros.h" | ^~~ compilation terminated.

Build finished with error(s).

• The terminal process failed to launch (exit code: -1).
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