ROS freenect_stack with Kinect Model 1473

This post is in reply to answers.ros.org user Nimisha who asked:

"...I am trying to interface kinect to ROS indigo and am facing similar problems. Could you please tell me the entire procedure all over[sic] so that i could know where i am going wrong."

So here is the way I did it:

1. I uninstalled all copies of openni/openni2 from my computer with this command         sudo apt-get remove ros-indigo-openni*
2. Then I installed the all of the freenect tools that are on ROS with this command:         sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-freenect*
3. Now I was ready to install the Avin2/SensorKinect drivers from github. Note: these are made to work with openni which I just removed, but they seem to work for freenect also.
4. I went to the Avin2/SensorKinect github repository and followed the install instructions. Since I was using linux I used these instructions:
   

   Linux:
    Requirements:
     1) GCC 4.x
        From: http://gcc.gnu.org/releases.html
        Or via apt:
        sudo apt-get install g++
     2) Python 2.6+/3.x
        From: http://www.python.org/download/
        Or via apt:
        sudo apt-get install python
     3) OpenNI 1.5.x.x
        From: http://www.openni.org/Downloads/OpenNIModules.aspx
        
    Building Sensor:
     1) Go into the directory: "Platform/Linux/CreateRedist".
        Run the script: "./RedistMaker".
        This will compile everything and create a redist package in the "Platform/Linux/Redist" directory.
        It will also create a distribution in the "Platform/Linux/CreateRedist/Final" directory.
     2) Go into the directory: "Platform/Linux/Redist".
        Run the script: "sudo ./install.sh" (needs to run as root)
   
          The install script copies key files to the following location:
            Libs into: /usr/lib
            Bins into: /usr/bin
            Config files into: /usr/etc/primesense
            USB rules into: /etc/udev/rules.d 
            Logs will be created in: /var/log/primesense
      
     To build the package manually, you can run "make" in the "Platform\Linux\Build" directory.
     
     Important: Please note that even though the directory is called Linux, you can also use it to compile it for 64-bit targets and pretty much any other linux based environment. 
   
    Building Sensor using a cross-compiler:
     1) Make sure to define two environment variables:
        - _CXX - the name of the cross g++ for platform 
        - _STAGING - a path to the staging dir (a directory which simulates the target root filesystem).
        Note that  should be upper cased.
        For example, if wanting to compile for ARM from a x86 machine, ARM_CXX and ARM_STAGING should be defined.
     2) Go into the directory: "Platform/Linux/CreateRedist".
        Run: "./RedistMaker " (for example: "./RedistMake Arm").
        This will compile everything and create a redist package in the "Platform/Linux/Redist" directory.
        It will also create a distribution in the "Platform/Linux/CreateRedist/Final" directory.
     3) To install OpenNI files on the target file system:
        Go into the directory: "Platform/Linux/Redist".
        Run the script: "./install.sh -c $_STAGING" (for example: "./install.sh -c $ARM_STAGING").
   
          The install script copies key files to the following location:
            Libs into: STAGING/usr/lib
            Bins into: STAGING/usr/bin
            Config files into: STAGING/usr/etc/primesense
            USB rules into: STAGING/etc/udev/rules.d 
            Logs will be created in: STAGING/var/log/primesense
      
     To build the package manually, you can run "make PLATFORM=" in the "Platform\Linux\Build" directory.
     If you wish to build the Mono wrappers, also run "make PLATFORM= mono_wrapper" and "make PLATFORM= mono_samples".
     

     Excerpted from README.md from https://github.com/avin2/SensorKinect.
   That was all I had to do to get it to work. Now I ran roslaunch freenect_launch freenect.launch and it connected to my Kinect. I hope that answers your question, Namish! Good luck with your Kinect!