How to install openrave?

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Hello List,

I am trying to use ikfast from openrave but after creating a dae file from my urdf file I try to generate the ikfast file:

 python `openrave-config --python-dir`/openravepy/_openravepy_/ikfast.py --robot=smart_arm_robot_rounded.dae ....

But I now get the error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/ros/indigo/lib/python2.7/site-packages/openravepy/_openravepy_/ikfast.py", line 9467, in <module>
    import openravepy
ImportError: No module named openravepy

I installed ros-indigo-openrave to get openrave. Why doesn't it find this package?

UPDATE: As suggested I will install openrave separately, and report back if that succeeds.

2-nd UPDATE: I installed openrave from source. The openrave.py examples work, but my .dae file still doesn't work. The output now ends in:

INFO: reducing 3 equations
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openravepy/_openravepy_/ikfast.py", line 9521, in <module>
    chaintree = solver.generateIkSolver(options.baselink,options.eelink,options.freeindices,solvefn=solvefn)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openravepy/_openravepy_/ikfast.py", line 2281, in generateIkSolver
    chaintree = solvefn(self, LinksRaw, jointvars, isolvejointvars)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openravepy/_openravepy_/ikfast.py", line 2796, in solveFullIK_TranslationDirection5D
    coupledsolutions,usedvars = solvemethod(rawpolyeqs2[index],newsolvejointvars,endbranchtree=[AST.SolverSequence([endbranchtree2])], AllEquationsExtra=AllEquations)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openravepy/_openravepy_/ikfast.py", line 5226, in solveLiWoernleHiller
    hassinglevariable |= any([all([__builtin__.sum(monom)==monom[i] for monom in newpeq.monoms()]) for i in range(3)])
IndexError: tuple index out of range

Please also see my posting to the openrave mailinglist of half a year ago.

Struggling to get ikfast to work

Thanks, Sietse

PS. I've seen it working on a previous ubuntu 14.04/indigo install, but I had to reinstall the PC.