Install Azure Kinect DK on Ubuntu 22.04 or newer

README.md

Install lib4adev driver library

The Microsoft Kinect for Azure (k4a) is only supported officially for Ubuntu 18.04.

Here are instructions to install its library in a more recent OS:

# Download these two .deb files: 
wget https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/prod/pool/main/libk/libk4a1.4-dev/libk4a1.4-dev_1.4.1_amd64.deb
wget https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/prod/pool/main/libk/libk4a1.4/libk4a1.4_1.4.1_amd64.deb

# Install them:
sudo apt install ./*.deb

Create the rules.d file to allow opening the camera without "root" permissions:

• Download https://github.com/microsoft/Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK/blob/develop/scripts/99-k4a.rules
• Copy it into '/etc/udev/rules.d/'

Use from ROS2

Build the "humble" branch from https://github.com/microsoft/Azure_Kinect_ROS_Driver/tree/humble

Launch the ROS2 node with a launch file (fails?), or directly as:

./install/azure_kinect_ros_driver/bin/node \
  --ros-args \
  -p fps:=30 \
  -p color_enabled:=true \
  -p rgb_point_cloud:=true