The demo builds libfreenect from a submodule and link to the static library version into a QtQuick plugin. To run the demo on desktop run: git submodule update --init qmake && make && ./runHere.sh To install on the device do (with the cross-compiled Qt's qmake): git submodule update --init ~/Qt/Boot2Qt-4.x/imx6qsabresd-eLinux/qt5/bin/qmake && make && ./deploy.sh The deploy.sh script will also take care of installing the udev rule necessary to have access to the Kinect through USB.