How To Install libfreenect-demos on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfreenect-demos on Kali Linux.

What is libfreenect-demos

libfreenect-demos is:

libfreenect is a cross-platform library that provides the necessary interfaces to activate, initialize, and communicate data with the Kinect hardware. Currently, the library supports access to RGB and depth video streams, motors, accelerometer and LED and provide binding in different languages (C++, Python…)

This library is the low level component of the OpenKinect project which is an open community of people interested in making use of the Xbox Kinect hardware with PCs and other devices.

This package is a metapackage to do the transition from libfreenect-demos to libfreenect-bin. This package can be removed after installation.

There are three methods to install libfreenect-demos on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libfreenect-demos Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfreenect-demos using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfreenect-demos

Install libfreenect-demos Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfreenect-demos using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfreenect-demos

Install libfreenect-demos Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libfreenect-demos using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfreenect-demos

How To Uninstall libfreenect-demos on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libfreenect-demos package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfreenect-demos

Uninstall libfreenect-demos And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfreenect-demos and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfreenect-demos

Remove libfreenect-demos Configurations and Data

To remove libfreenect-demos configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfreenect-demos

Remove libfreenect-demos configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfreenect-demos configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfreenect-demos

Dependencies

libfreenect-demos have the following dependencies:

• libfreenect-bin

References

• libfreenect-demos website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfreenect-demos package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.