Robot Operating System Cookbook

How to do it…

1.  Install the packages and drivers for Microsoft Kinect, as follows:

$ sudo apt-get install ros-kinetic-openni-camera 
$ rosstack profile && rospack profile

2. Download the openni_camera package from the repository and build the package from the source:

$ cd ~/catkin_ws/src
$ git clone https://github.com/ros-drivers/openni_camera.git
$ cd ..
$ catkin_make