Installation

Two sources for the toolbox are provided. Altough it is possible to use the CDE package to get the toolbox running we recommend to build the package from source using catkin (ROS build-system) as some of the tools will only work with a native ROS installation

• building from source
  Depends on a working installation of ROS hydro with a catkin workspace. Binaries will run faster than with the CDE package and all tools can be used.

• CDE package
  Using this package is the easiest way to get the toolbox working. All dependencies are packed within this package so no external dependencies need to be installed. Some tools will not work with this package (validator and focus tool)

##A) Using the CDE package To remove necessity of building the code with all its pitfalls, we have packed the entire project with its dependencies into a CDE package. The only thing you will need to run this package is the

##B) Building from source The source build has been tested on Ubuntu 12.10 with ROS hydro.

1. Install ROS hydro
   see ros.org for more information

2. Install the following dependencies:

   sudo apt-get install python-setuptools python-rosinstall ipython libeigen3-dev libboost-all-dev doxygen libopencv-dev ros-hydro-vision-opencv ros-hydro-image-transport-plugins ros-hydro-cmake-modules python-software-properties software-properties-common libpoco-dev python-matplotlib python-git python-pip ipython libtbb-dev libblas-dev liblapack-dev
   
   sudo pip install python-igraph --upgrade

3. Create a catkin workspace
   

   mkdir -p ~/kalibr_workspace/src
   cd ~/kalibr_workspace/src
   source /opt/ros/hydro/setup.bash
   catkin_init_workspace
   

4. Clone the source repo into the catkin workspace src folder
   

   cd ~/kalibr_workspace/src
   git clone https://github.com/ethz-asl/kalibr.git

5. Build the code. Maybe grab a coffee, this will take a while...
   depending on the amount of RAM you have, you might need to reduce the build threads, due to heavy templating (e.g. add -j4 to catkin_make)
   

   cd ~/kalibr_workspace
   catkin_make -j2

References

Please cite the appropriate papers when using this library or parts of it in an academic publication.

1. Philip J. Guo. (2011). CDE: Run Any Linux Application On-Demand Without Installation. USENIX Large Installation System Administration Conference (LISA). homepage