Building libfreenect with patched libusb under Mac OS X

You need:

• macports
• The following installed macports:
  • git-core
  • cmake
  • libtool
  • libusb-devel

1. Get sources:

• libfreenect:
  • git clone https://github.com/OpenKinect/libfreenect.git
• libusb:
  • git clone git://git.libusb.org/libusb.git

2. Apply patch and build libusb:

1. cd path/to/libusb
2. ./autogen.sh
3. patch -p1 < path/to/libfreenect/platform/osx/libusb-osx-kinect.diff
4. ./configure LDFLAGS=’-framework IOKit -framework CoreFoundation’
5. make
6. sudo make install

3. Start building libfreenect:

1. cd path/to/libfreenect
2. mkdir build
3. cd build
4. ccmake ..
   With the following changes:
   • LIBUSB_1_INCLUDE_DIR: /usr/local/include
   • LIBUSB_1_LIBRARY: /usr/local/lib/libusb-1.0.dylib
5. press ‘c’ and afterwards ‘g’ to generate and exit
6. cmake ..
7. make
8. sudo make install

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