First follow Using xstow for local installations

• Add this line to .bashrc

  export YARP_DATA_DIRS=${HOME}/local/share/yarp

• Dependencies:

  sudo apt install git libgraphviz-dev libace-dev libreadline6-dev libgtkmm-2.4-dev swig libopencv-highgui3.2 libopencv-core3.2 libopencv-dev cmake-curses-gui python-dev qt5-default qtmultimedia5-dev qtdeclarative5-dev qml-module-qtquick-dialogs qml-module-qt-labs-settings qml-module-qtmultimedia libopenmpi-dev qml-module-qt-labs-folderlistmodel libqcustomplot-dev

yarp_installer.sh

cd ~/local/src/
git clone git://github.com/robotology/yarp.git
cd yarp
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${HOME}/local/DIR/yarp -D YARP_COMPILE_BINDINGS=ON -D CREATE_PYTHON=ON -D YARP_USE_PYTHON_VERSION=$(echo $(python --version) | tr -d a-zA-Z[:blank:]) -D CREATE_YARPDATADUMPER=OFF -D CREATE_GUIS=ON -D ENABLE_yarpmod_opencv_grabber=ON YARP_COMPILE_yarpviz=ON ..
make -j10
make install
cd ~/local/DIR
xstow yarp

• In one console run

yarpserver

• Connect a webcam to one of the usb ports of the computer
• In another console run:

  yarpdev --verbose --device opencv_grabber

• In another console run:

  yarpview

• In another console run:

yarp connect /grabber /yarpview/img:i

• To test yarp in python:

python -c "import yarp; buffer=yarp.BufferedPortBottle();"

• You should not get any errors with any command

We try to use the latest yarp version. So some programs may present issues if you stay with old versions. Here are the instructions to updar with the same cmake options.

yarp_updater.sh

  cd ~/local/DIR
  xstow -D yarp
  cd ~/local/src/yarp
  git pull
  cd build
  make -j10
  make install
  cd ~/local/DIR
  xstow yarp