Installing RealSense drivers on Linux Mint 17.3

Warning!

This guide is currently under development, and it does not assure any (good) results at all. Use it at your own risk!

Before installing the driver...

1. Make sure you have a 4.4.* kernel installed. If not, here you can find some instructions.
2. Make sure you have GCC-4.9 installed. If not, run the following commands:

   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install g++-4.9
   

Installing the driver

1. Clone the repository (for instance in ~/libs):

   $ git clone [email protected]:IntelRealSense/librealsense.git
   

2. Follow the instructions in the README.md file

Sources

• Ask Ubuntu - Getting + installing gcc/g++ 4.9 on Ubuntu?