XIMEA Linux Software Package¶

Contents¶

XIMEA Linux Software Package is tarred installer with files, that can be run on: Linux Ubuntu 12.04 x32, x64.

• Kernel Driver of CURRERA-R cameras
• Driver (beta version) for XIMEA USB2 and USB3 cameras
  • Read more about Linux USB2.0 Support
  • Read more about Linux USB3.0 Support
• Driver (beta version) for XIMEA Firewire cameras
  • Read more about Linux Firewire Support
• xiAPI
• Examples:
  • xiSample - sample showing basic image acquisition in xiAPI
  • vaViewer - camera live image viewer for picture check
    • vaViewer is based on libva. It must be installed before vaViewer is started. Please read more in Linux vaViewer Installation.

Installation¶

• Download XIMEA Linux Software Package

wget http://www.ximea.com/downloads/recent/XIMEA_Linux_SP.tgz

• Untar

tar xzf XIMEA_Linux_SP.tgz
cd package

• Start installation script
  • For USB3 cameras - please start script with option -cam_usb30.
    

    ./install -cam_usb30
    

  • For other cameras
    

    ./install
    

• If logged in user is not root, you will be asked for your password to get root access because the installation runs with root account using sudo.

Tested on¶

The XIMEA Linux Software package (SP Ver) was tested on Ubuntu operation systems:

Supported Vision Libraries¶

• OpenCV

Knowledge Base¶

You can find solution about existing issues in our Linux SP Knowledge Base.