Install error - Step 2 (and general help)

[Nimvardi]

Hello
I was advised to look at OpenPTrack for a research I am doing - Need to track the movements of 10
people in a 90sqm space for a 4 weeks duration.

I am having issues already at the 2nd step (Install ROS) -
*cd open_ptrack/scripts
chmod +x .sh
./ros_install.sh

Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
ros-indigo-desktop-full : Depends: ros-indigo-desktop but it is not going to be installed
Depends: ros-indigo-perception but it is not going to be installed
Depends: ros-indigo-simulators but it is not going to be installed
**

and so on (more of the above last "Depends" lines.

Just to warn - I am very new to Ubuntu (linux in general) and Kinect.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[bajo]

Seems that the script is unable to install ROS itself. Is there any output from the script or just what you posted?
You can of course use the standard method for installing ROS as described here
Note however that ROS Indigo is quite old by now (4 years) and you should really look for a recent version of Ubuntu and ROS.

[Nimvardi]

Thank you for your help.
As on the Wiki - the OpenPTrack works only with the Ubuntu - is that not the case? can I use newer versions? and which ROS should I use?
I tried to follow all instructions as on Wiki but hard to keep track.

Thanks

[SimeonOA]

Hi Nimvardi,

Glad to see you are checking out OpenPTrack. Yes OpenPTrack currently only works with Ubuntu.

OpenPTrack Version 1 uses ROS Indigo and Ubuntu 14.04 while Version 2 (Gnocchi) uses ROS Kinectic and Ubuntu 16.04.

Could you send the complete output you get when you run the script?

Also, what version of Kinect are you using and how many of them do you plan to have?

If you are using Kinect V2 and your machine has a i7 Intel processor and a NVIDIA GPU of at least 870 (see here), it might be easier for your to use OpenPTrack Version 2 (Gnocchi)which currently has a Docker Installation Process specifically targeted towards beginners.

Please let us know if you have any more questions.

Simeon

[Nimvardi]

Hi Simeon
Here is what I get:

deb http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu trusty main
--2018-07-30 10:46:45-- http://packages.ros.org/ros.key
Resolving packages.ros.org (packages.ros.org)... 140.211.166.134, 64.50.236.52, 2600:3402:200:227::2, ...
Connecting to packages.ros.org (packages.ros.org)|140.211.166.134|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1162 (1.1K)
Saving to: 'STDOUT'

100%[======================================>] 1,162 --.-K/s in 0s

2018-07-30 10:46:46 (76.1 MB/s) - written to stdout [1162/1162]

OK
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release
Get:1 http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg [72 B]
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_GB
Hit http://packages.ros.org trusty InRelease
Hit http://packages.ros.org trusty/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://packages.ros.org trusty/main i386 Packages
Ign http://packages.ros.org trusty/main Translation-en
Ign http://packages.ros.org trusty/main Translation-en_GB
Fetched 72 B in 1s (36 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
ros-indigo-desktop-full : Depends: ros-indigo-desktop but it is not going to be installed
Depends: ros-indigo-perception but it is not going to be installed
Depends: ros-indigo-simulators but it is not going to be installed
Depends: ros-indigo-urdf-tutorial but it is not going to be installed
unity-control-center : Depends: libcheese-gtk23 (>= 3.4.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libcheese7 (>= 3.0.1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
sudo: rosdep: command not found
./ros_install.sh: line 17: rosdep: command not found
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
python-rosinstall : Depends: python-rosdistro (>= 0.3.0) but it is not going to be installed
ros-indigo-camera-info-manager-py : Depends: ros-indigo-rospy but it is not going to be installed
Depends: ros-indigo-sensor-msgs but it is not going to be installed
ros-indigo-freenect-stack : Depends: ros-indigo-freenect-camera but it is not going to be installed
Depends: ros-indigo-freenect-launch but it is not going to be installed
ros-indigo-openni-launch : Depends: ros-indigo-nodelet but it is not going to be installed
Depends: ros-indigo-openni-camera but it is not going to be installed
Depends: ros-indigo-rgbd-launch but it is not going to be installed
ros-indigo-robot-state-publisher : Depends: ros-indigo-kdl-parser but it is not going to be installed
Depends: ros-indigo-rosconsole but it is not going to be installed
Depends: ros-indigo-roscpp but it is not going to be installed
Depends: ros-indigo-rostime but it is not going to be installed
Depends: ros-indigo-sensor-msgs but it is not going to be installed
Depends: ros-indigo-tf but it is not going to be installed
Depends: ros-indigo-tf-conversions but it is not going to be installed
Depends: ros-indigo-tf2-kdl but it is not going to be installed
Depends: ros-indigo-tf2-ros but it is not going to be installed
unity-control-center : Depends: libcheese-gtk23 (>= 3.4.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libcheese7 (>= 3.0.1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

In order to use V2, can I just upgrade the OS or needs a new install? same for the ROS.

Thanks

Nimrod

[Nimvardi]

Now tried installing Ubuntu 16.04 and after installing the Nvidia drivers im in a boot loop...

[SimeonOA]

Hi Nimvardi,

We will look at the output result above.

Provided you have a NVIDIA GPU of at least 870, you are only supposed to install Ubuntu 16.04. After that you are to follow the instructions of the Docker Installation Process. Installing the Nvidia Drivers is not advised. The Docker images provide include all required drivers and dependencies.

See if you can reinstall Ubuntu 16.04 and then follow the link instructions above.

Simeon

[Nimvardi]

Will do.Installed a new version and will follow the docker process. will keep you updated! Thanks for the support!

[Nimvardi]

After reinstalling and going through the Docker steps -
On the last step - "Test nvidia-smi with the latest official CUDA image"
I get this:
docker: Error response from daemon: Unknown runtime specified nvidia.
See 'docker run --help'

Thanks

[SimeonOA]

Hi Nimvardi,

Did you reboot your system before "Test nvidia-smi with the latest official CUDA image" as stated in the instructions?

Not rebooting can lead to the error above

Simeon

[Nimvardi]

Hi. The system got stuck so hard to power off and reboot myself - so maybe thats why?
Shall I reinstall it all over again?
If so, how can I deinstall?

Thanks for the help!

N

[SimeonOA]

Hi Nimvardi,

The rebooting is a required step of the process. Even if you reinstall, when you get to that step again, you would be required to reboot.

Is there any way you can find to reboot?

Simeon

[Nimvardi]

Hi Simeon

Yes I managed to reinstall the docker. I am at the
"Open_ptrack-multi_camera_tracking"
I want to stop it for now as im not sure whether this machine is a server or client.
Also, when do I connect the Kinect ?

Thanks

Nimrod

[SimeonOA]

Hi Nimvardi,

Multi camera tracking is used when you have more than one imager (in this case Kinect) and are setting up a network.

If you are using just one camera, the image to use is the Open_ptrack-single_camera_tracking .

Connect the Kinect before running the Open_ptrack-single_camera_tracking image as you need to have the Kinect connected to receive any tracking.

Also note that if you plan to have more than one Kinect connected in a network, you need to use the Open_ptrack-multi_camera_tracking, and then proceed to the configuration section. You need to carry out configuration before you can begin multi-camera tracking.

Let me know if you have any more questions.

Simeon

[Nimvardi]

Thank you for all the help Simeon

I run the single camera and got this:
"docker: Error response from daemon: Conflict. The container name "/opt-docker-singlecamera" is already in use by container "562f1684035165c64ea15a0a2a841d41947e8eef66a156c60023fd5f434e86be". You have to remove (or rename) that container to be able to reuse that name.
See 'docker run --help'.
"
Sorry if thats a weird q's but where would I receive the tracking? ir would that open any software which will give me any visual output?
I dont really know Ubuntu and not sure what to expect and if I do it correctly.

Thanks again

Nimrod

[SimeonOA]

Hi Nimvardi,

The above error means that the container is still running. Try clicking ctrl c in your terminal window to be sure that the process is closed. Another option is to close your terminal, open it again and then run the Open_ptrack-single_camera_tracking image again.

As regards the tracking, after running the Open_ptrack-single_camera_tracking image you need to proceed to the Person Tracking section. See these pages on Single Camera Tracking and Multi camera tracking.

Also check out this page for information on RVIZ and its use in visualizing OpenPTrack data

I hope that helps.

Simeon