Download and Install OpenNI from http://structure.io/openni
Download and Install Nite from https://www.dropbox.com/s/c46upw6s8ml6i0t/nite.zip?dl=0
Install scripts will create NiTEDevEnvironment and OpenNIDevEnvironment
Source NiTEDevEnvironment and OpenNIDevEnvironment from .bashrc
Source .bashrc

clone the ros package in https://github.com/binnurr/joint_extractor
copy the NiTE2 folder under nite/Redist/ to devel folder of the package
(it should be in the same directory with executable file)

to control the avatar in Morse with skeleton tracking package, please run the followings; 

roscore
morse run morse/examples/tutorials/new_human_control.py
roslaunch skeleton_tracking tracking.launch (which plays the .Oni file written in the launch file)

or

roscore
morse run morse/examples/tutorials/new_human_control.py
roslaunch skeleton_tracking trackingRC.launch (which runs on real stream from Asus Xtion)


to record a .Oni file simply run NiViewer under OpenNI2/Bin
press S (recording will start)
press any key to stop recording
Then copy this .Oni file to the directory of executable of skeleton tracking (which is devel folder)

Please also note that this code runs with the morse code which allows rotations along 3 axes
To get the relevant morse branch, go to 
https://github.com/binnurr/morse/tree/skeleton_tracking/