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Linux Distribution

Intel® RealSense™ SDK 2.0 provides installation packages in dpkg format for Ubuntu 16 LTS*.
* The Realsense DKMS kernel drivers package (librealsense2-dkms) supports Ubuntu LTS kernels 4.4, 4.10 and 4.13.

To build the project from source, please follow steps described here

Installing the packages:

  • Add Intel server to the list of repositories :
    echo 'deb http://realsense-hw-public.s3.amazonaws.com/Debian/apt-repo xenial main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/realsense-public.list
    It is recommended to backup /etc/apt/sources.list.d/realsense-public.list file in case of an upgrade.

  • Register the server's public key :
    sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-key 6F3EFCDE

  • Refresh the list of repositories and packages available :
    sudo apt-get update

  • In order to run demos install:
    sudo apt-get install librealsense2-dkms
    sudo apt-get install librealsense2-utils
    The above two lines will deploy librealsense2 udev rules, kernel drivers, runtime library and executable demos and tools. Reconnect the Intel RealSense depth camera and run: realsense-viewer

  • Developers shall install additional packages:
    sudo apt-get install librealsense2-dev
    sudo apt-get install librealsense2-dbg
    With dev package installed, you can compile an application with librealsense using g++ -std=c++11 filename.cpp -lrealsense2 or an IDE of your choice.

    Verify that the kernel is updated :
    modinfo uvcvideo | grep "version:" should include realsense string

Uninstalling the Packages:

Important Removing Debian package is allowed only when no other installed packages directly refer to it. For example removing librealsense2-udev-rules requires librealsense2 to be removed first.

Remove a single package with:
sudo apt-get --purge <package-name>

Remove all RealSense™ SDK-related packages with:
dpkg -l | grep "realsense" | cut -d " " -f 3 | xargs sudo dpkg --purge

Package Details:

The packages and their respective content are listed below:

Name Content Depends on
librealsense2-udev-rules Configures RealSense device permissions on kernel level -
librealsense2-dkms DKMS package for Depth cameras-specific kernel extensions librealsense2-udev-rules
librealsense2 RealSense™ SDK runtime (.so) and configuration files librealsense2-udev-rules
librealsense2-utils Demos and tools available as a part of RealSense™ SDK librealsense2
librealsense2-dev Header files and symbolic link for developers librealsense2
librealsense2-dbg Debug symbols for developers librealsense2

Note The packages include binaries and configuration files only. Use the github repository to obtain the source code.