Introduction

The build system is based on CMake, so it should be easy to build the project on your platform.

• Preparation
• Windows
• OSX
• UNIX/Linux

Preparation

Before you can build the library you should install following tools:

• OpenNI + NITE
• Java Development Kit (should be installed on OSX)
• CMake
• Swig >= v2.0.2
• Eigen >= v3.0
• Boost >= v1.46 (use the static build)

> cd boost_folderXY
> sudo ./bjam link=static architecture=x86 address-model=32_64 install

Boost build tips for Linux(64bit version):

> cd boost_folderXY
> ./bjam link=static cxxflags=-fPIC

I did run into troubles with the shared lib version of boost and the static lib version. Also i did get problems when i linked the static lib version to SimpleOpenNI without the -fPIC flag.

Windows

On windows i only used Visual Studio 2008

• Download the souces from the svn
• Open a terminal and go into the 'SimpleOpenNI' folder
• Type those commands:

> mkdir build
> cd build
> cmake -DEIGEN3D_INCLUDE='path to the Eigen folder' -DBOOST_ROOT='path to the Boost folder' ..

• Now you should find in the 'SimpleOpenNI/build' folder the Visual Studio Projectfile
• Open 'SimpleOpenNI.sln' and build it

OSX 32/64bit

On OSX you need Xcode in order to compile the sources. Processing should be installed in the applications-folder.

• Download the souces from the svn
• Open a terminal and go into the 'SimpleOpenNI' folder
• Change the paths to your local ones in those two files: buildOsx.sh, installOsx.sh (There is more info in the files)
• Type those commands:

> ./buildOsx.sh
> ./installOsx.sh

UNIX/Linux

• Download the souces from the svn
• Open a terminal and go into the 'SimpleOpenNI' folder
• Change the paths to your local ones in those two files: buildLinux64.sh or buildLinux32, installLinux.sh (There is more info in the files)
• Type those commands:

> ./buildLinux64.sh
> ./installLinux.sh