How can I import PCL into Python, on Ubuntu?

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TheGrapeBeyond picture TheGrapeBeyond · May 7, 2016 · Viewed 10.3k times · Source

So my situation is as follows: I am on an Ubuntu 14.04, and I am very simply, trying to use PCL (point cloud library) in Python 2.7x.

I followed the instructions here,(http://pointclouds.org/downloads/linux.html), however in Python if I now do

import pcl

I still get the error:

ImportError: No module named pcl

I am not sure what else to do - there do not seem to be any more leads I can follow... thanks.

Answer

Kentaro Wada picture Kentaro Wada · May 15, 2016

You can try python-pcl. It is a python binding and supports operations on PointXYZ.

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