Requesting Binaries for 20.04

[nicolas-schreiber]

Hi,

I am trying to install this SDK on Ubuntu 20.04, but there are not binaries installable through the Repository yet. Building works, but to run it I need the Depth Engine...

[qm13]

Please up vote the UserVoice entry https://feedback.azure.com/admin/v3/ideas/40368301/

[krasin]

Just for the record, I tried to vote by the link (thx for providing it!) but it failed with an uncomprehensible error when I tried to log in with my Microsoft account:

AADSTS50020: User account 'imkrasin@gmail.com' from identity provider 'live.com' does not exist
in tenant 'UserVoice, Inc.' and cannot access the application 
'91a42e81-999b-4cf1-aa36-bb33f25ff53b'(windowsazure.uservoice.com) in that tenant. 
The account needs to be added as an external user in the tenant first. 
Sign out and sign in again with a different Azure Active Directory user account.

[virtusense-trisha]

I went to the issue for 1.4.1 and downloaded the .deb packages for 18.04 and installed them with sudo dpkg -i and that seemed to work.

I know they don't officially support 20.04 but they also don't give any explanation of what changed between 18.04 and 20.04 that would make a difference, so I figure it's fine, right?

[wes-b]

I know they don't officially support 20.04 but they also don't give any explanation of what changed between 18.04 and 20.04 that would make a difference, so I figure it's fine, right?

There is no expected difference, we don't have automation to test on 20.04 ATM. So we don't release packages we can't test.

[mpdroid]

These are the steps I followed to install k4a-tools, libk4a and libk4abt on Ubuntu 20.04. The general steps are as outlined in
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/Kinect-dk/sensor-sdk-download, with a couple of hacks to make things work on 20.04.

• use of 18.04 repo, even though OS is 20.04
• installed lower versions of tools and libraries (as latest versions of sensor and body tracker don't seem to be compatible on 20.04)

$ curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-add-repository https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/prod
$ curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/18.04/prod.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-prod.list
$ curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt install libk4a1.3-dev
$ sudo apt install libk4abt1.0-dev
$ sudo apt install k4a-tools=1.3.0

• Verify sensor library by launching camera viewer

$ k4aviewer

• Clone and build Azure Kinect Samples.
• Run simple_3d_viewer to verify body tracker works.

[martivilella]

For the record, another method of getting the latest binaries in Ubuntu 20.04 without adding keys for apt is by simply downloading them manually from Microsoft's package repository and installing them using dpkg (i.e. dpkg -i k4a-tools_1.4.1_amd64.deb).
The relevant package repository folder for k4a-tools is here and for libk4a + libk4a-dev here.

[atinfinity]

Do you have a plan to release deb package for Ubuntu 20.04?
I tried to build Azure Kinect SDK from source code.
But, I could not find libdepthengine.so in https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/20.04/prod/pool/main/.

[matanox]

Reading through the thread I'm a little confused on whether the depth engine is or is not available for use on 20.04 as of now. Hopefully a solution / response to @atinfinity's comment would clarify the current state regarding getting to full functionality on 20.04 ...

[vinesmsuic]

These are the steps I followed to install k4a-tools, libk4a and libk4abt on Ubuntu 20.04. The general steps are as outlined in
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/Kinect-dk/sensor-sdk-download, with a couple of hacks to make things work on 20.04.

• use of 18.04 repo, even though OS is 20.04
• installed lower versions of tools and libraries (as latest versions of sensor and body tracker don't seem to be compatible on 20.04)

$ curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-add-repository https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/prod
$ curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/18.04/prod.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-prod.list
$ curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt install libk4a1.3-dev
$ sudo apt install libk4abt1.0-dev
$ sudo apt install k4a-tools=1.3.0

• Verify sensor library by launching camera viewer

$ k4aviewer

• Clone and build Azure Kinect Samples.
• Run simple_3d_viewer to verify body tracker works.

Hi, have you tried using Azure_Kinect_ROS_Driver with k4atools on Ubuntu 20.04 as well? I am getting ERROR: cannot launch node of type [robot_state_publisher/state_publisher]: on whatever script I run after trying to run on ros noetic.

I wonder if Azure Kinect really supports Ubuntu 20.04 with ROS driver.

[jackjansen]

It would be nice if the K4A team could support Ubuntu 20.04 officially. The workaround posted by @vinesmsuic works just fine, for development, but it is a bit of a nuisance (actually more than a bit) to integrate it into our ci/cd setup... And reverting to 18.04 for ci/cd doesn't cut it anymore because of other dependencies where we need versions newer than available on 18.04.

[fplk]

Fully agree with @jackjansen - 20.04 is the current LTS, most people I know work on it, 18.04 is now 3 years old. It should be ultra-high priority to get this updated. Please try to support 20.04 - this is blocking me and others significantly. It would also be great if you could find a way to support future LTS versions earlier. Thank you in advance.

[jackjansen]

For people needing a workaround to install K4A in a Docker image I have finally found a workaround that works for me (so far:-), I've posted it in #1190 (comment)

[apockill]

Any updates on this front? Ubuntu 20.04 isn't getting any younger 😉

[sloretz]

we don't have automation to test on 20.04 ATM. So we don't release packages we can't test.

By automation to test, do you mean CI or something that tests the binary artifacts? Is it something open source that can be contributed to?

[pucciland95]

Hello all,

I agree that a version for 20.04 is necessary. I must use Windows only for this reason since in my lab. we have an Azure Kinect.
I have also tried the workaround of @mpdroid but I am not able to use Ubuntu 18.04 repos in my Ubunto 20.04, probably cause I am a noob. Here my error:

E: The repository 'https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/prod focal Release' does not have a Release file.

It is something due to the fact that it does not exist a Release for focal (Ubuntu 20.04 as far as I understood).

Hope it may be helpful to someone.

[martivilella]

Instead of adding the repository keys, simply download the files that you need manually from the repositories. You can then install them with dpkg, like so:

dpkg -i k4a-tools_1.4.1_amd64.deb

This will work fine. Links to the repos is in a comment of mine upstream in this thread.

[pucciland95]

Hello @martivilella and thank you for your answer,

I have already tried to download and install them with dpkg both

k4a-tools_1.4.1_amd64.deb
libk4abt1.0_1.0.0_amd64.deb
libk4a1.3_1.3.0_amd64.deb

in fact running k4aviewer in the terminal the correct interface appears but as soon as I try to run it (after plugging in the Azure Kinect) it gives me back this error:

usb_cmd_create(USB_DEVICE_DEPTH_PROCESSOR, device_index, NULL, &depthmcu->usb_cmd) returned failure in depthmcu_create()

and crashes. Let me know if I have to make some additional steps.

Maybe later I can be more specific about the error, now I cannot use it.

[pucciland95]

As promised here the output after running k4aviewer

[2021-10-29 15:56:27.502] [critical] [t=26260] /__w/1/s/extern/Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK/src/usbcommand/usbcommand.c (360): find_libusb_device(). libusb device(s) are all unavalable. Is the device being used by another application?
[2021-10-29 15:56:27.502] [error] [t=26260] /__w/1/s/extern/Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK/src/depth_mcu/depth_mcu.c (68): usb_cmd_create(USB_DEVICE_DEPTH_PROCESSOR, device_index, NULL, &depthmcu->usb_cmd) returned failure in depthmcu_create()
[2021-10-29 15:56:27.502] [error] [t=26260] /__w/1/s/extern/Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK/src/sdk/k4a.c (133): depthmcu_create(index, &device->depthmcu) returned failure in k4a_device_open()
[2021-10-29 15:56:36.810] [critical] [t=26260] /__w/1/s/extern/Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK/src/usbcommand/usbcommand.c (360): find_libusb_device(). libusb device(s) are all unavalable. Is the device being used by another application?
[2021-10-29 15:56:36.810] [error] [t=26260] /__w/1/s/extern/Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK/src/depth_mcu/depth_mcu.c (68): usb_cmd_create(USB_DEVICE_DEPTH_PROCESSOR, device_index, NULL, &depthmcu->usb_cmd) returned failure in depthmcu_create()
[2021-10-29 15:56:36.810] [error] [t=26260] /__w/1/s/extern/Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK/src/sdk/k4a.c (133): depthmcu_create(index, &device->depthmcu) returned failure in k4a_device_open()

and here the output of the interface:

Thank you for your help in advance

[luc122c]

@pucciland95 It looks like it can't access the device. Have you added the udev rules as described here? https://github.com/microsoft/Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK/blob/develop/docs/usage.md#linux-device-setup

[pucciland95]

@luc122c Thank you so much for your answer! That was exactly the problem 👯‍♂️ . Now I will try to use the SDK in my code and see if it works also there (but I don't see why it shouldn't)

Cheers!

[pucciland95]

Hello guys, were someone between you guys able to make the body tracking work with version 1.1 and SDK 1.4.1 always in Ubuntu 20.04?
If I launch k4abt_simple_3d_viewer it returns the following error:

2021-11-06 21:06:15.935753118 [W:onnxruntime:K4ABT_ORT_Environment, cuda_execution_provider.cc:1885 GetCapability] CUDA kernel not found in registries for Op type: Sign node name: Sign 2021-11-06 21:06:15.937735552 [W:onnxruntime:K4ABT_ORT_Environment, fallback_cpu_capability.h:140 GetCpuPreferedNodes] Force fallback to CPU execution for node: Shape__40 *** buffer overflow detected ***: terminated Aborted (core dumped)

[kenavolic]

This is how we handle the 18.04/20.04 install automatically from the answers given in this thread:

hash lsb_release 2>/dev/null || { echo "ERROR: tool lsb_release needed for analysis"; exit 1; }
os=$(lsb_release -cs)

if [[ $os = "focal" ]]; then
  # Special hack for Azure Kinect Framework not available on Ubuntu 20.04
  # Install k4a SDK from their repository.
  # Bit of a hack, see https://github.com/microsoft/Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK/issues/1263
  # The simple solution by @vinesmsuic does not seem to work. This uses the manual 
  # solution by @atinfinity
  # Also, https://github.com/microsoft/Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK/issues/1190 is part of this solution (needed to non-interactively accept EULA)
  if [[ "$(dpkg -s libk4a1.4-dev | grep Status | awk '{ print $4 }')" != "installed" ]]; then
	  echo "Retrieving azure kinect packages. Be patient..."
	  curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/prod/pool/main/libk/libk4a1.4/libk4a1.4_1.4.1_amd64.deb > /tmp/libk4a1.4_1.4.1_amd64.deb
	  curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/prod/pool/main/libk/libk4a1.4-dev/libk4a1.4-dev_1.4.1_amd64.deb > /tmp/libk4a1.4-dev_1.4.1_amd64.deb
	  echo 'libk4a1.4 libk4a1.4/accepted-eula-hash string 0f5d5c5de396e4fee4c0753a21fee0c1ed726cf0316204edda484f08cb266d76' | sudo debconf-set-selections
	  echo 'libk4a1.4 libk4a1.4/accept-eula select true' | sudo debconf-set-selections
	  sudo dpkg -i /tmp/libk4a1.4_1.4.1_amd64.deb
	  sudo dpkg -i /tmp/libk4a1.4-dev_1.4.1_amd64.deb
  fi
else
  # lib kinect
  curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -
  sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common
  sudo apt-add-repository https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/prod
  sudo apt-get update
  echo 'libk4a1.4 libk4a1.4/accepted-eula-hash string 0f5d5c5de396e4fee4c0753a21fee0c1ed726cf0316204edda484f08cb266d76' | sudo debconf-set-selections
  echo 'libk4a1.4 libk4a1.4/accept-eula select true' | sudo debconf-set-selections
  sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libk4a1.4-dev
fi

[apockill]

A quick FYI- if you don't want to have to save the hash strings to get around the EULA, I found that this works well in docker builds:

yes yes | DEBIAN_FRONTEND=dialog apt-get install -y /tmp/*.deb

[nobuyukioishi]

Thank you, guys! This thread greatly helped me install this SDK on my Ubuntu 20.04.

Though @vinesmsuic mentioned that "the latest versions of sensor and body tracker don't seem to be compatible", at least the simple_3d_viewer demo in Azure Kinect Samples is now working on my environment with the following versions:

k4a-tools 1.4.1
libk4a1.4-dev
libk4a1.4
libk4abt1.1-dev
libk4abt1.1

I hope Microsoft will soon officially support Ubuntu 20.04.

[jackjansen]

Is there any chance there will be an official apt package for 20.04, ever? @wes-b or anyone else knows?

Ubuntu 22.04 is imminent...

And the workaround with manually downloading the dpkg's works fine, also in my CI/CD setups, but I would like to distribute my software for apt too, and the dependencies become pretty much unusable if there isn't an official way to install the k4a packages...

[floe]

FWIW, I can still install libk4a* and friends on 22.04 by just continuing to use the 18.04 repo entry, however, the k4a-tools package depends on libsoundio1 which is no longer available on 22.04. This only works because I upgraded from 20.04 and still had the libsoundio1 package lying around.

[rajkundu]

FWIW, I can still install libk4a* and friends on 22.04 by just continuing to use the 18.04 repo entry, however, the k4a-tools package depends on libsoundio1 which is no longer available on 22.04. This only works because I upgraded from 20.04 and still had the libsoundio1 package lying around.

I tried to install the SDK on a 22.04 installation but couldn't get it to work for this reason. Any idea how/where exactly libsoundio1 is installed on your system? I tried making symlinks to my manually-installed .so file for the library, but k4aviewer still wouldn't work for me - couldn't find libsoundio.so.1 despite all of my symlinking.

Any chance you could possibly run ldd /usr/bin/k4aviewer and paste the output here? Thank you!

[rajkundu]

In general, any updates on this? How difficult would it be to switch from libsoundio1 to libsoundio2? Seems that is the only thing holding back a binary for 22.04. That being said, 20.04 does and always has worked, so a binary installable via apt would be nice.

[floe]

Any chance you could possibly run ldd /usr/bin/k4aviewer and paste the output here? Thank you!

[0] $ ldd /usr/bin/k4aviewer
	linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffd259e5000)
	libk4arecord.so.1.4 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libk4arecord.so.1.4 (0x00007fed55a00000)
	libsoundio.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsoundio.so.1 (0x00007fed559e3000)
	libGL.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 (0x00007fed5595c000)
	libk4a.so.1.4 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libk4a.so.1.4 (0x00007fed55600000)
	librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007fed56221000)
	libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fed5621a000)
	libX11.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 (0x00007fed554c0000)
	libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fed56215000)
	libXrandr.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrandr.so.2 (0x00007fed55dc9000)
	libXinerama.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXinerama.so.1 (0x00007fed56210000)
	libXxf86vm.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXxf86vm.so.1 (0x00007fed55955000)
	libXcursor.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXcursor.so.1 (0x00007fed55949000)
	libstdc++.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007fed55294000)
	libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007fed551ad000)
	libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007fed5518d000)
	libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007fed54f65000)
	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fed56228000)
	libjack.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjack.so.0 (0x00007fed54f10000)
	libpulse.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpulse.so.0 (0x00007fed54ebb000)
	libasound.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libasound.so.2 (0x00007fed54db8000)
	libGLdispatch.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLdispatch.so.0 (0x00007fed54d00000)
	libGLX.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLX.so.0 (0x00007fed54ccc000)
	libudev.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.1 (0x00007fed54ca2000)
	libxcb.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007fed54c78000)
	libXext.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6 (0x00007fed55932000)
	libXrender.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrender.so.1 (0x00007fed54c6b000)
	libXfixes.so.3 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXfixes.so.3 (0x00007fed54c63000)
	libdb-5.3.so => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdb-5.3.so (0x00007fed54ab4000)
	libpulsecommon-15.99.so => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pulseaudio/libpulsecommon-15.99.so (0x00007fed54a2f000)
	libdbus-1.so.3 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3 (0x00007fed549e1000)
	libXau.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6 (0x00007fed549db000)
	libXdmcp.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007fed549d3000)
	libsndfile.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsndfile.so.1 (0x00007fed54954000)
	libX11-xcb.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11-xcb.so.1 (0x00007fed5494f000)
	libsystemd.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsystemd.so.0 (0x00007fed54888000)
	libasyncns.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libasyncns.so.0 (0x00007fed54880000)
	libapparmor.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapparmor.so.1 (0x00007fed5486b000)
	libbsd.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbsd.so.0 (0x00007fed54853000)
	libFLAC.so.8 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libFLAC.so.8 (0x00007fed54817000)
	libvorbis.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvorbis.so.0 (0x00007fed547ea000)
	libvorbisenc.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvorbisenc.so.2 (0x00007fed5473f000)
	libopus.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libopus.so.0 (0x00007fed546e1000)
	libogg.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libogg.so.0 (0x00007fed546d6000)
	liblzma.so.5 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblzma.so.5 (0x00007fed546ab000)
	libzstd.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libzstd.so.1 (0x00007fed545dc000)
	liblz4.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblz4.so.1 (0x00007fed545ba000)
	libcap.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcap.so.2 (0x00007fed545af000)
	libgcrypt.so.20 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcrypt.so.20 (0x00007fed54471000)
	libmd.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmd.so.0 (0x00007fed54464000)
	libgpg-error.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgpg-error.so.0 (0x00007fed5443e000)

[floe]

How about giving https://debian.pkgs.org/11/debian-main-amd64/libsoundio1_1.1.0-1_amd64.deb.html a try? Maybe that might help.

[samueltorche]

Any update on this issue ?
I tried the procedure posted by @mpdroid and @kenavolic but the depth camera is not working, only the RGB.
Anyone had success with making the depth camera work on Ubuntu 20.04 ?

k4a-tools 1.4.1
libk4a1.4-dev
libk4a1.4
libk4abt1.1-dev
libk4abt1.1

[micaela-possetto]

These are the steps I followed to install k4a-tools, libk4a and libk4abt on Ubuntu 20.04. The general steps are as outlined in https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/Kinect-dk/sensor-sdk-download, with a couple of hacks to make things work on 20.04.

* use of 18.04 repo, even though OS is 20.04

* installed lower versions of tools and libraries (as latest versions of sensor and body tracker don't seem to be compatible on 20.04)

$ curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-add-repository https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/prod
$ curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/18.04/prod.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-prod.list
$ curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt install libk4a1.3-dev
$ sudo apt install libk4abt1.0-dev
$ sudo apt install k4a-tools=1.3.0

* Verify sensor library by launching camera viewer

$ k4aviewer

* Clone and build [Azure Kinect Samples](https://github.com/microsoft/Azure-Kinect-Samples).

* Run `simple_3d_viewer` to verify body tracker works.

Goodmorning,
I am trying to install Azure Kinect SDK on ubuntu 20.04. I followed this instructions, but I had some problems. This is the output for the second instruction:
Trovato:1 https://desktop-download.mendeley.com/download/apt stable InRelease
Trovato:2 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Trovato:3 http://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable InRelease
Scaricamento di:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease [114 kB]
Trovato:5 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease
Trovato:6 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable InRelease
Scaricamento di:7 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease [108 kB]
Trovato:8 https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/20.04/prod focal InRelease
Ignorato:9 https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/prod focal InRelease
Trovato:10 https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/prod bionic InRelease
Trovato:11 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms-teams stable InRelease
Errore:12 https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/prod focal Release
404 Not Found [IP: 104.214.230.139 443]
Trovato:13 http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu focal InRelease
Lettura elenco dei pacchetti... Fatto
E: Il repository "https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/prod focal Release" non ha un file Release.
N: L'aggiornamento da tale repository non può essere eseguito in modo sicuro ed è quindi disabilitato come impostazione predefinita.
N: Consultare la pagina man apt-secure(8) per la creazione di un repository e la configurazione utente.

So, I tried a different approach, as suggested by @martivilella I downloaded manually the binaries and then used dpkg. Then I copied the rules in /etc/udev/rules.d. Everything worked, but when I launch k4aviewer, no device is found. I attach the screenshot.
Can anyone help me?

Otherwise, is it possible to use the camera as a webcam (or a similar device)? I do not need to use libraries or depth sensor.
Thank you!

[rajkundu]

This issue is actually a known issue (#387) which occurs without even having any device attached (I have gotten it myself as well). Is your Azure device attached? Also, what color is its LED? If it is orange/amber, it may not be getting enough power, so try using the 5V DC in addition to the USB connection. The LED should be solid white, I believe.

[wmcelderry]

The popularity tracker/'up vote' topic link above doesn't work.

I think it is now available at:
https://feedback.azure.com/d365community/idea/013e0e1d-f724-ec11-b6e6-000d3a4f0da0

[wmcelderry]

I got this working on 22.04, thanks to the foresight of the development team: they have created a docker build environment.

I've used their docker environment on 18.04 to build it, pull out the missing libsoundio1.so for linking purposes (though sound isn't working in k4aviewer on the host system) and run it on the host system.

I've publish the script (WIP) in a dedicated repo azure_kinect_sdk_scripts - hopefully it may help someone.

[katiemcb]

These are the steps I followed to install k4a-tools, libk4a and libk4abt on Ubuntu 20.04. The general steps are as outlined in
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/Kinect-dk/sensor-sdk-download, with a couple of hacks to make things work on 20.04.

• use of 18.04 repo, even though OS is 20.04
• installed lower versions of tools and libraries (as latest versions of sensor and body tracker don't seem to be compatible on 20.04)

$ curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-add-repository https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/prod
$ curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/18.04/prod.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-prod.list
$ curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt install libk4a1.3-dev
$ sudo apt install libk4abt1.0-dev
$ sudo apt install k4a-tools=1.3.0

• Verify sensor library by launching camera viewer

$ k4aviewer

• Clone and build Azure Kinect Samples.
• Run simple_3d_viewer to verify body tracker works.

Hi, have you tried using Azure_Kinect_ROS_Driver with k4atools on Ubuntu 20.04 as well? I am getting ERROR: cannot launch node of type [robot_state_publisher/state_publisher]: on whatever script I run after trying to run on ros noetic.

I wonder if Azure Kinect really supports Ubuntu 20.04 with ROS driver.

I am following the steps above, when I get to this step:
sudo apt-add-repository https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/prod

I am getting the following error:
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease [114 kB]
Ign:2 https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/prod focal InRelease
Err:3 https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/prod focal Release
404 Not Found [IP: 13.79.133.120 443]
Hit:4 http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:5 http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [40.7 kB]
Hit:7 http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [66.5 kB]
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2,464 B]
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/prod focal Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

I am currently using Ubuntu 20.04, can anyone guild me on how I can resolve this error?

[MightyMirko]

$ curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add - $ sudo apt-add-repository https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/prod $ curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/18.04/prod.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-prod.list $ curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add - $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt install libk4a1.3-dev $ sudo apt install libk4abt1.0-dev $ sudo apt install k4a-tools=1.3.0

you have to add the key aswell

[juancarlosmiranda]

Dear colleagues, I share with you this little guide with automated hacks for Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 20.04 in shell script, I did this based on my experience with the sensor. Currently testing on Ubuntu 22.04. I hope this can be helpful. Azure Kinect camera setup (automated scripts for Linux and Windows) https://github.com/juancarlosmiranda/azure_kinect_notes

[zhuoyuan00]

the sdk is really hard to use. waiting for update

[mindbeast]

Hey microsoft. Please keep supporting the SDK or just open source the libdepthengine.so.2.0 so that someone else can do it for you.

[graysuki]

This issue is actually a known issue (#387) which occurs without even having any device attached (I have gotten it myself as well). Is your Azure device attached? Also, what color is its LED? If it is orange/amber, it may not be getting enough power, so try using the 5V DC in addition to the USB connection. The LED should be solid white, I believe.

The led on my device is solid white, but my situation is the same as above, he can't detect the device

[geyan21]

These are the steps I followed to install k4a-tools, libk4a and libk4abt on Ubuntu 20.04. The general steps are as outlined in https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/Kinect-dk/sensor-sdk-download, with a couple of hacks to make things work on 20.04.

• use of 18.04 repo, even though OS is 20.04
• installed lower versions of tools and libraries (as latest versions of sensor and body tracker don't seem to be compatible on 20.04)

$ curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-add-repository https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/prod
$ curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/18.04/prod.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-prod.list
$ curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt install libk4a1.3-dev
$ sudo apt install libk4abt1.0-dev
$ sudo apt install k4a-tools=1.3.0

• Verify sensor library by launching camera viewer

$ k4aviewer

• Clone and build Azure Kinect Samples.
• Run simple_3d_viewer to verify body tracker works.

it works!