You should download these three:
• OpenNI binaries
• OpenNI compliant middleware binaries
• OpenNI compliant hardware binaries
The downloaded files should like these:
->OpenNI-Bin-Linux32-v1.1.0.41.tar.bz2
->Nite-1.3.1.5.tar.bz2
->Sensor-Bin-Linux32-v5.0.1.32.tar.bz2
STEP 2 - Update your linux
$ sudo apt-get update
Install these files which are necessary for proper installation of drivers
$ sudo apt-get install mono-complete
$ sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev
$ sudo apt-get install freeglut3-dev
STEP 3 - The extracted folders in step 1 will be
->OpenNI-Bin-Linux32-v1.1.0.41
->Sensor-Bin-Linux32-v5.0.1.32
->Nite-1.3.1.5 rename it to OpenNI, Sensor, Nite respectively
STEP 4 - Go to the folder OpenNI, Sensor, Nite and run
$ cd OpenNI
$ sudo ./install.sh
$ cd ../Sensor
$ sudo ./install.sh
$ cd ../Nite
$ sudo ./install.sh
STEP 5 - Prepare to download the sources:
(1) mkdir ~/kinect && cd ~/kinect
(2) git clone https://github.com/OpenNI/OpenNI.git
(3) cd OpenNI/Platform/Linux/Build
(4) make && sudo make install
STEP 6 - Add the license to the file ~/kinect/OpenNI/Data/SamplesConfig.xml like this:
<OpenNI>
<Licenses>
<License vendor="PrimeSense" key="0KOIk2JeIBYClPWVnMoRKn5cdY4"/>
</Licenses>
STEP 7 - Test if everything is working fine by running the samples from the OpenNI folder:
$ cd ~/kinect/OpenNI/Samples/Bin/Release/
Figure [OpenNI] depicts the sample program User Tracker:
$cd ~/kinect/OpenNI/Platform/Linux/Bin/x86-Release
$ ./Sample-NiUserTracker
The official documentation for the OpenNI installation is inexistent - the steps were adapted from the forum articles [OpenNI01, OpenNI02].
[OpenNI01] http://openni-discussions.979934.n3.nabble.com/OpenNI-dev-Kinect-on-Debian-The-device-is-not-connected-td3446024.html
[OpenNI02] http://www.keyboardmods.com/2010/12/howto-kinect-openninite-skeleton.htm
