ethanlarochelle/pyflycapture2

pyflycapture2

Authors:

Robert Jordens

License:

GPLv3+

Original README

##Ubuntu Install Instructions

###Install Point Grey FlyCapture2 Library

Links and instructions for downloading and installing the latest FlyCapture 2.x library from Point Grey for Linux can be found here:

http://www.ptgrey.com/support/downloads

Download Linux (64-bit, 32-bit, or ARM, whichever is appropriate). Requires registration.

cd ~/Downloads
tar -zxvf flycapture*
cd flycapture*
cat README
# follow the instructions that the script takes you through
sudo reboot

###Test Point Grey FlyCapture2 Library

# plug in Flea3 camera into USB3 port
flycap

Install pyflycapture2

mkdir ~/git
cd ~/git
git clone https://github.com/peterpolidoro/pyflycapture2.git
sudo apt-get install python-pip python-virtualenv -y
mkdir ~/virtualenvs/
virtualenv ~/virtualenvs/flycapture2
source ~/virtualenvs/flycapture2/bin/activate
pip install cython
pip install numpy
cd ~/git/pyflycapture2/
python setup.py install

###Test pyflycapture2

# plug in Flea3 camera into USB3 port
source ~/virtualenvs/flycapture2/bin/activate
cd ~/git/pyflycapture2/
python test_flycapture2.py
sudo apt-get install ipython -y