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Getting Started
This page documents how to get started using OpenKinect.
The libraries are very much in flux and this won't be the final process. This also means these instructions might be out of date with the latest commits.
Linux
Already compiled rpm and deb packages are available here: http://livingplace.informatik.haw-hamburg.de/blog/?p=228
Please note, that there are not udev generated devices for now, so you need to execute your programs as root (use sudo)
Ubuntu
An Ubuntu launchpad ppa for Lucid(10.04) and Maverick (10.10) is available at:
https://launchpad.net/~arne-alamut/+archive/freenect
to use it, open a console and execute:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:arne-alamut/freenect
after that, you can use
$ sudo apt-get install libfreenect
After that, you can use the glview example program:
$ sudo glview
Manual build under linux
still need instructions for manually building under linux
OS X
Instructions: someone verify http://www.spoofscript.com/blog/?p=327
Windows
Getting Started in Windows Getting_Started_Windows
Dependencies
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/libusb-win32/wiki