freenect software package provides library for accessing Kinect device -- metapackage, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install freenect
freenect is installed in your system.
Make ensure the freenect package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep freenect *
You will get with freenect package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Libraries |
| Package | freenect |
| Version | 1:0.5.3-1 |
| Description | library for accessing Kinect device -- metapackage |
| Sub Section | Libs |
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