librealsense: fails to install on linux kernel /usr/src/linux-headers-5.4.0-9-generic

fails to install on linux kernel 5.x

x86_64
5.4.0-9-generic
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu

uname -a
Linux peach 5.4.0-9-generic #12-Ubuntu SMP Mon Dec 16 22:34:19 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

sudo apt-get install librealsense2-dkms

here is output of above install with errors Building for 5.4.0-9-generic Building initial module for 5.4.0-9-generic Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.4.0-9-generic (x86_64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/librealsense2-dkms/1.3.9/build/make.log for more information. dpkg: error processing package librealsense2-dkms (--configure):

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done

The following additional packages will be installed:
  librealsense2-udev-rules
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  librealsense2-dkms librealsense2-udev-rules
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 7,832 kB of archives.
After this operation, 61.8 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://realsense-hw-public.s3.amazonaws.com/Debian/apt-repo xenial/main amd64 librealsense2-dkms all 1.3.9-0ubuntu1 [7,825 kB]
0% [1 librealsense2-dkms 14.3 kB/7,825 kB 0%]
Get:2 http://realsense-hw-public.s3.amazonaws.com/Debian/apt-repo xenial/main amd64 librealsense2-udev-rules amd64 2.31.0-0~realsense0.1790 [6,794 B]
Fetched 7,832 kB in 3s (2,989 kB/s)            
Selecting previously unselected package librealsense2-dkms.
(Reading database ... 312638 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../librealsense2-dkms_1.3.9-0ubuntu1_all.deb ...
Unpacking librealsense2-dkms (1.3.9-0ubuntu1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package librealsense2-udev-rules:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../librealsense2-udev-rules_2.31.0-0~realsense0.1790_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking librealsense2-udev-rules:amd64 (2.31.0-0~realsense0.1790) ...
Setting up librealsense2-udev-rules:amd64 (2.31.0-0~realsense0.1790) ...
Setting up librealsense2-dkms (1.3.9-0ubuntu1) ...
Loading new librealsense2-dkms-1.3.9 DKMS files...
Building for 5.4.0-9-generic
Building initial module for 5.4.0-9-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.4.0-9-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/librealsense2-dkms/1.3.9/build/make.log for more information.
dpkg: error processing package librealsense2-dkms (--configure):
 installed librealsense2-dkms package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10
Errors were encountered while processing:
 librealsense2-dkms
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

here is your crash log file

cat /var/lib/dkms/librealsense2-dkms/1.3.9/build/make.log 
DKMS make.log for librealsense2-dkms-1.3.9 for kernel 5.4.0-9-generic (x86_64)
Thu 16 Jan 2020 12:15:46 PM EST
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.4.0-9-generic'
arch/x86/Makefile:147: CONFIG_X86_X32 enabled but no binutils support
scripts/Makefile.build:42: /var/lib/dkms/librealsense2-dkms/1.3.9/build/5.4.0/drivers/media/usb/uvc/Makefile: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** No rule to make target '/var/lib/dkms/librealsense2-dkms/1.3.9/build/5.4.0/drivers/media/usb/uvc/Makefile'.  Stop.
make: *** [Makefile:1681: /var/lib/dkms/librealsense2-dkms/1.3.9/build/5.4.0/drivers/media/usb/uvc] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.4.0-9-generic'

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Created 4 years ago
Comments: 15 (3 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

Is there a timeframe when ubuntu 20.04 LTS & kernel 5.4 will be supported?

chrisgraf on Sep 25, 2020

We really need the librealsense2 for Ubuntu 20.04 because it is stable and it is the new LTS. What is the plan?

pedrombmachado on Sep 27, 2020

Hi everyone,

librealsense SDK 2.40.0 now officially supports Kernel 5,4 and has alpha-level support for Ubuntu 20 (Focal).

https://github.com/IntelRealSense/librealsense/releases/tag/v2.40.0

MartyG-RealSense on Nov 24, 2020

It turned out to patch and compile well with very small changes from 5.3. Here is my workaround.

@achirkin , could open a PR here with your branch to get the ubuntu focal ball rolling?

ruffsl on May 1, 2020

Focal fossa beta is out now. I’ve just switched to it and join the request.

This morning, I tried to build everything from source. It turned out to patch and compile well with very small changes from 5.3. Here is my workaround. I successfully ran realsense-viewer and the grabcuts example (with opencv 4 from ubuntu ppa). Works for me until the official support is out! (also note I am using lowlatency kernel instead of generic).

achirkin on Apr 11, 2020

Ubuntu Focal LTS comes out in April and has 5.4 as the default kernel: https://packages.ubuntu.com/source/focal/linux

We’re beginning to test with this OS and would appreciate support for it. Additionally, it would be great to have the source for the dkms package opened up so that it’s straightforward for third parties to modify/update the patches as required and push their own versions of the package to PPAs.

mikepurvis on Feb 27, 2020

New Ubuntu LTS is released today, can someone elaborate when we can expect it supported by RS? https://releases.ubuntu.com/20.04/

breznak on Apr 23, 2020