To build the debug environment, the first part is to set up OpenCV.
- Download the latest version of OpenCV 3.x from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencvlibrary
Then unzip it to certain folder, say /home/tc/Documents - Update and upgrade Ubuntu for the preparation installation, and required packages
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get upgrade
- sudo apt-get install build-essential libgtk2.0-dev libjpeg-dev libtiff4-dev libjasper-dev libopenexr-dev cmake python-dev python-numpy python-tk libtbb-dev libeigen3-dev yasm libfaac-dev libopencore-amrnb-dev libopencore-amrwb-dev libtheora-dev libvorbis-dev libxvidcore-dev libx264-dev libqt4-dev libqt4-opengl-dev sphinx-common texlive-latex-extra libv4l-dev libdc1394-22-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev default-jdk ant libvtk5-qt4-dev
- In terminal, browse to the unzipped folder, make a new release folder and generate the Makefile from cmake. Then make install.
- cd /opencv-x.x.x
- mkdir release
- cd release
- cmake -DWITH_TBB=ON -D BUILD_NEW_PYTHON_SUPPORT=ON -D WITH_V4L=ON -D INSTALL_C_EXAMPLES=ON -D INSTALL_PYTHON_EXAMPLES=ON -D BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON -D WITH_QT=ON -D WITH_OPENGL=ON -D WITH_VTK=ON ..
- sudo make
- sudo make install
- If all is well without any error message, continue to step 5. Otherwise, install required package and start from cmake again.
- Edit OpenCV configuration file with appending the following line to the opencv.conf file:
- sudo gedit /etc/ld.so.conf.d/opencv.conf
- add /usr/local/lib
- Then add the pkgconfig OpenCV path to ./bashrc file for final environment setup
- sudo ldconfig
- sudo gedit /etc/bash.bashrc
- add PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
- add export PKG_CONFIG_PATH
After this, the OpenCV is successfully set up in Ubuntu. The next part is go for Eclipse C++ installation with library include configuration.
- Install latest Eclipse with cdt and C++ package on ubuntu
- sudo apt-get install eclipse eclipse-cdt g++
- Open Eclipse, and start a new C++ Project by choosing ‘Empty Project’ with Toolchains ‘Cross GCC’. Fill a name you like, say ‘testopenCV’. Create a new C++ flie with ‘cpp’ extension, say ‘src.cpp’.
- Add external OpenCV properties to the project. To find the location of OpenCV and its libraries, type:
- pkg-config – -cflags opencv
- pkg-config – -libs opencv
- Normally, the OpenCV installation folder is ‘/usr/local/include/opencv’ and its library folder is ‘/usr/local/lib’. To add them in the properties, open the ‘Properties’ of the project and go to ‘C/C++ Build’, then ‘Setting’. In ‘Cross GCC Compiler’ –> ‘Includes’ –> ‘Include paths(l)’, add OpenCV installation folder (/usr/local/include/opencv).
- Go to ‘Cross G++ Compiler’ –> ‘Includes’ –> ‘Include paths’, add the same address (/usr/local/include/opencv).
- The for library, go to ‘Cross G++ Linker’ –> ‘Libraries’ –> ‘Library search path (-L)’, add library path (/usr/local/lib). Then in ‘Libraries (-l)’, add libraries names for applying in the search. Normally except the core, all others are optional for specific programs you implement. If other libraries are needed, just add them in.
- opencv_core opencv_imgproc opencv_legacy opencv_contrib opencv_highgui opencv_features2d opencv_flann opencv_video opencv_objdetect opencv_ml opencv_calib3d
- That’s it for the new C/C++ project with OpenCV implementation. If you want to import codes from others and link to OpenCV:
- Go to ‘C/C++ General’ from project properties, then click ‘Paths and Symbols’ –> ‘Includes’
- In both ‘GNU’ and ‘GNU C++’, add the same include folder in the ‘Include directories’, say ‘/usr/local/include/opencv’.
- In the tab ‘Libraries’, add all libraries needed one by one, similar in step 6.
- Restart Eclipse and enjoy!
g++ hello.cpp -o hello`pkg-config –cflags –libs opencv`
Reference: http://www.installthetech.com/blogs/2016/2/28/linking-eclipse-cdt-with-opencv-249-in-ubuntu-1404