# Use Kinect 1 or 2 sensors with Processing 2 or 3
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/use-kinect-1-or-2-sensors-with-processing-2-or-3/86
**Category:** Libraries
**Created:** [May 18, 2018, 7:47am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/use-kinect-1-or-2-sensors-with-processing-2-or-3/86 "2018-05-18T07:47:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@morisil](https://discourse.processing.org/u/morisil)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/use-kinect-1-or-2-sensors-with-processing-2-or-3/86/22 "2019-10-30T16:42:56Z")
I got it working quite well on Ubuntu. You might need to install libfreenect.
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### Author:  [@rossig7](https://discourse.processing.org/u/rossig7)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/use-kinect-1-or-2-sensors-with-processing-2-or-3/86/23 "2019-10-30T19:18:21Z")
Actually I did, but it didn’t work though. Which version of Ubuntu are you using?
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### Author:  [@rossig7](https://discourse.processing.org/u/rossig7)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2019, 11:07pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/use-kinect-1-or-2-sensors-with-processing-2-or-3/86/24 "2019-10-30T23:07:04Z")
[UPDATE] actually I have libfreenect installed, I use openFrameworrk kinect examples which is based in this library and it works correctly.
This is the error I get when I run the User example of SimpleOpenNI
```auto
> Can't load SimpleOpenNI library (libSimpleOpenNI64.so) : java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /home/rossig/sketchbook/libraries/SimpleOpenNI/library/libSimpleOpenNI64.so: libboost_system.so.1.54.0: it can't open the file of the shared object. The file or directory doesn' t exist.
> Verify if you installed SimpleOpenNI correctly.
> http://code.google.com/p/simple-openni/wiki/Installation
```
I created a soft link to thiis one by doing
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu/libboost\_system.so.1.67.0 libboost\_system.so.1.54.0
It didn’ t work either.
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### Author:  [@morisil](https://discourse.processing.org/u/morisil)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2019, 10:19am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/use-kinect-1-or-2-sensors-with-processing-2-or-3/86/25 "2019-11-03T10:19:31Z")
I made this project some time ago and forgot, but apparently I was struggling with the same problem. In my `~/sketchbook/libraries` the `SimpleOpenNI` is a symbolic link pointing to git `SimpleOpenNI` repository clone. Apparently I was assuming that I can build it. But I believe that all the binaries are actually distributed in this repo.
```auto
$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.
Untracked files:
(use "git add ..." to include in what will be committed)
SimpleOpenNI/SimpleOpenNI/library/linux64/OpenNI2/Drivers/PS1080.ini
SimpleOpenNI/SimpleOpenNI/library/linux64/OpenNI2/Drivers/PSLink.ini
SimpleOpenNI/SimpleOpenNI/library/linux64/libOpenNI2.jni.so
SimpleOpenNI/SimpleOpenNI/library/linux64/libboost_system.so.1.54.0
SimpleOpenNI/SimpleOpenNI/library/linux64/libboost_system.so.1.65.1
SimpleOpenNI/SimpleOpenNI/library/linux64/org.openni.jar
nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
```
So some files differ, but I cannot tell how I obtained them. I can send you the copy of my repo. And then maybe you can post an update what was actually needed to fix it?
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### Author:  [@morisil](https://discourse.processing.org/u/morisil)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2019, 10:39am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/use-kinect-1-or-2-sensors-with-processing-2-or-3/86/26 "2019-11-03T10:39:58Z")
Here it is:
> **[SimpleOpenNI.tar.gz](https://wetransfer.com/downloads/46591ba7eb971d4f76645f04c1e9f39320191103102233/88e08f)**
>
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### Author:  [@rossig7](https://discourse.processing.org/u/rossig7)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/use-kinect-1-or-2-sensors-with-processing-2-or-3/86/27 "2019-11-13T22:35:24Z")
Thanks @morisil, sorry for my late response, I’ve been working on other project. I will put my hands on it, we’ll se what happens.
It seems the link time has expired.
Best!
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### Author:  [@rossig7](https://discourse.processing.org/u/rossig7)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2019, 10:45pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/use-kinect-1-or-2-sensors-with-processing-2-or-3/86/28 "2019-11-14T22:45:04Z")
Finally I got it working on Ubuntu 19.04. My mistake was the place where I created the softlink, I created it under the plugin library folder besides the one I created under /usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu/.
So the steps were the following:
1. reinstalled the pluging to get the correct library and to get a fresh plugin folder.
2. I left the one I created under /usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu/ (`sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so.1.50.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so.1.54.0 `)
@morisil post gave me the hint.
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@morisil](https://discourse.processing.org/u/morisil)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2019, 9:45am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/use-kinect-1-or-2-sensors-with-processing-2-or-3/86/29 "2019-11-15T09:45:47Z")
@rossig7 I’m glad that it finally worked.
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### Author:  [@LeeYOYO](https://discourse.processing.org/u/LeeYOYO)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/use-kinect-1-or-2-sensors-with-processing-2-or-3/86/30 "2020-12-01T12:37:57Z")
Hi!
I used Kinect 2 with processing 3.5.3 and download library(SimpleOpenNI-processing 3.5.3) but it’s fail
this is photo of error. How can I solve it?
thanks!
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