• 2. Installation of drivers & libraries

    libfreenect Installation:

    OpenKinect’s getting started page provides a well enough documented installation guide that anyone should be able to get them up and running under Windows/Linux or OSX. With Ubuntu being the distro of choice for installation guide. - http://openkinect.org/wiki/Getting_Started

    If you’re running Arch, there are a few AUR packages available however they all seem to have lacked updates for a few months but the manual build is pretty simple on the getting started page, I’ve also added a quick list of commands to get you there:

    Grab the git copy of the libraries:

    git clone https://github.com/OpenKinect/libfreenect.git
    cd libfreenect/

    Make, install:

    mkdir build
    cd build/
    cmake ..
    make
    sudo make install
    sudo ldconfig /usr/local/lib64/

    Add your user to allow access to the connect by creating a group called video and adding your user to it:
    note: this can be skipped if you don’t mind running as root/sudo

    sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/66-kinect.rules
    sudo usermod -G video username

    Test the kinect with the example program:

    bin/glview

    If all went well you should have seen a sight similar to the screenshot above, if not check out the OpenKinect page for more information and see if the problems you’re having haven’t already been resolved.

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