Install OpenKinect

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Download needed libraries/software.

mkdir KinectLibs; cd KinectLibs
git clone https://github.com/OpenKinect/libfreenect
git clone https://github.com/OpenNI/OpenNI
git clone https://github.com/avin2/SensorKinect
sudo apt-get install cmake libglut3-dev pkg-config build-essential libxmu-dev libxi-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev python

if you get “Unable to locate package libglut3-dev”, use this command instead:

sudo apt-get install cmake freeglut3-dev pkg-config build-essential libxmu-dev libxi-dev libusb-1.0-0- dev python

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk
sudo apt-get install doxygen mono-complete graphviz

Install openKinect (libFreenect)

# in libfreenect directory, in the KinectLibs dir
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig /usr/local/lib64/

Once libFreenect is installed, plug the Kinect, then set permission to R/W on the usb devices (motor and camera).

sudo chmod a+rw /dev/bus/usb//
sudo chmod a+rw /dev/bus/usb//
lsusb | grep Xbox
libusb couldn't open USB device /dev/bus/usb/001/006: Permission denied.
libusb requires write access to USB device nodes.

Now, let’s see if everything is correctly setup, just run glview, you should get something like