kinect_v2_ubuntu18

kinect_v2_ubuntu18.txt

kinect_v2_ubuntu18

Kinect2 Setup Guide

https://scazlab.github.io/kinect2_setup_guide.html


Welcome to the Setup Guide for Kinect2.
System

The following instructions has been tested on Ubuntu 14.04 with ros indigo and Ubuntu 18.04 with ros melodic
Install libfreenect2 on Ubuntu 18

Install necessary libs clone the libfreenect2 to your home folder (at least not the ros folder, as this is not a ros project)

git clone https://github.com/OpenKinect/libfreenect2.git
cd libfreenect2

sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake pkg-config

sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev

sudo apt-get install libturbojpeg0-dev

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libglfw3-dev

sudo apt-get install beignet-dev # (find the appropriate one)

Then install the python freenect2 lib

add the following line export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:$HOME/freenect2/lib/pkgconfig and export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$HOME/freenect2/lib to ~/.bashrc.

Build:

mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/freenect2 -Dfreenect2_DIR=$HOME/freenect2/lib/cmake/freenect2
make
make install

Setup and test:

sudo cp ../platform/linux/udev/90-kinect2.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/
./bin/Protonect