Linux Distribution

Intel® RealSense™ SDK 2.0 provides installation packages in dpkg format for Debian OS and its derivatives.

To build from source, please follow the 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 7DCC6F0F

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

• In order to run demos install:
  sudo apt-get install realsense-uvcvideo
sudo apt-get install librealsense2-utils
  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.

  Complete the installation by performing
  reboot
  to reload the kernel with modules provided by DKMS.

  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	Manages the devices permissions configuration for	-
realsense-uvcvideo	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 only. Use the github repository to obtain the source code.