kinect.txt

See: http://www.20papercups.net/programming/kinect-on-ubuntu-with-openni/


Install required packages:
$ sudo apt-get install default-jdk



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* OpenNI
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The latest version of OpenNI is required:
$ git clone https://github.com/OpenNI/OpenNI.git
Switch to unstable to get kinect running
$ cd OpenNI
$ git checkout origin/unstable

Create a redist with
$ cd Platform/Linux/CreateRedist
$ ./RedistMaker

If there's a linking error due to missing glEnd symbol,
append GL to the lines highlighted with
$ grep glut ../Build/Samples/*/Makefile

Then you'll find a tarball Final/OpenNI-Bin-Dev-Linux-x64-*.tar.bz2
Extract it:
$ tar xjf OpenNI-Bin-Dev-Linux-x64-*.tar.bz2
and install it:
$ cd OpenNI-*
$ sudo ./install.sh



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* SensorKinect
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Get SensorKinect:
$ git clone https://github.com/avin2/SensorKinect.git
$ cd SensorKinect/Platform/Linux/CreateRedist
$ ./RedistMaker

Install SensorKinect:
$ cd Final
$ tar xjf Sensor-Bin*
$ cd Sensor-Bin*
$ sudo ./install.sh




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* Download NITE for guesture detection
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Get NiTE v1.5.2.21 from
http://www.openni.org/files/nite/www.openni.org/openni-sdk/openni-sdk-history-2
Extract & install:
$ tar xjf NITE-Bin-Linux-x64-v1.5.2.21.tar.bz2
$ cd NITE-*
$ sudo ./install.sh



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* test
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$ cd OpenNI/Platform/Linux/Bin/x64-Release
$ ./NiViewer