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Installation in Windows {#tutorial_windows_install}
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=======================
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@prev_tutorial{tutorial_linux_eclipse}
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@next_tutorial{tutorial_windows_visual_studio_opencv}
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| -: | :- |
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| Original author | Bernát Gábor |
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| Compatibility | OpenCV >= 3.0 |
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@warning
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This tutorial can contain obsolete information.
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|
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The description here was tested on Windows 7 SP1. Nevertheless, it should also work on any other
|
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relatively modern version of Windows OS. If you encounter errors after following the steps described
|
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below, feel free to contact us via our [OpenCV Q&A forum](https://forum.opencv.org). We'll do our
|
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best to help you out.
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|
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@note To use the OpenCV library you have two options: @ref tutorial_windows_install_prebuilt or
|
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@ref tutorial_windows_install_build. While the first one is easier to complete, it only works if you are coding
|
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with the latest Microsoft Visual Studio IDE and do not take advantage of the most advanced
|
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technologies we integrate into our library. .. _Windows_Install_Prebuild:
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Installation by Using the Pre-built Libraries {#tutorial_windows_install_prebuilt}
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=============================================
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-# Launch a web browser of choice and go to our [page on
|
||||
Sourceforge](http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencvlibrary/files/opencv-win/).
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-# Choose a build you want to use and download it.
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-# Make sure you have admin rights. Unpack the self-extracting archive.
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-# You can check the installation at the chosen path as you can see below.
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|
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-# To finalize the installation go to the @ref tutorial_windows_install_path section.
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Installation by Using git-bash (version>=2.14.1) and cmake (version >=3.9.1){#tutorial_windows_gitbash_build}
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===============================================================
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-# You must download [cmake (version >=3.9.1)](https://cmake.org) and install it. You must add cmake to PATH variable during installation
|
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|
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-# You must install [git-bash (version>=2.14.1)](https://git-for-windows.github.io/). Don't add git to PATH variable during installation
|
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|
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-# Run git-bash. You observe a command line window.
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Suppose you want to build opencv and opencv_contrib in c:/lib
|
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|
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-# In git command line enter following command (if folder does not exist) :
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@code{.bash}
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mkdir /c/lib
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cd /c/lib
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@endcode
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-# save this script with name installOCV.sh in c:/lib
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@code{.bash}
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#!/bin/bash -e
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myRepo=$(pwd)
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CMAKE_GENERATOR_OPTIONS=-G"Visual Studio 16 2019"
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#CMAKE_GENERATOR_OPTIONS=-G"Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64"
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#CMAKE_GENERATOR_OPTIONS=(-G"Visual Studio 16 2019" -A x64) # CMake 3.14+ is required
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if [ ! -d "$myRepo/opencv" ]; then
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echo "cloning opencv"
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git clone https://github.com/opencv/opencv.git
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else
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cd opencv
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git pull --rebase
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cd ..
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fi
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if [ ! -d "$myRepo/opencv_contrib" ]; then
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echo "cloning opencv_contrib"
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git clone https://github.com/opencv/opencv_contrib.git
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else
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cd opencv_contrib
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git pull --rebase
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cd ..
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fi
|
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RepoSource=opencv
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mkdir -p build_opencv
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pushd build_opencv
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CMAKE_OPTIONS=(-DBUILD_PERF_TESTS:BOOL=OFF -DBUILD_TESTS:BOOL=OFF -DBUILD_DOCS:BOOL=OFF -DWITH_CUDA:BOOL=OFF -DBUILD_EXAMPLES:BOOL=OFF -DINSTALL_CREATE_DISTRIB=ON)
|
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set -x
|
||||
cmake "${CMAKE_GENERATOR_OPTIONS[@]}" "${CMAKE_OPTIONS[@]}" -DOPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH="$myRepo"/opencv_contrib/modules -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$myRepo/install/$RepoSource" "$myRepo/$RepoSource"
|
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echo "************************* $Source_DIR -->debug"
|
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cmake --build . --config debug
|
||||
echo "************************* $Source_DIR -->release"
|
||||
cmake --build . --config release
|
||||
cmake --build . --target install --config release
|
||||
cmake --build . --target install --config debug
|
||||
popd
|
||||
@endcode
|
||||
In this script I suppose you use VS 2015 in 64 bits
|
||||
@code{.bash}
|
||||
CMAKE_GENERATOR_OPTIONS=-G"Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64"
|
||||
@endcode
|
||||
and opencv will be installed in c:/lib/install/opencv
|
||||
@code{.bash}
|
||||
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$myRepo/install/$RepoSource"
|
||||
@endcode
|
||||
with no Perf tests, no tests, no doc, no CUDA and no example
|
||||
@code{.bash}
|
||||
CMAKE_OPTIONS=(-DBUILD_PERF_TESTS:BOOL=OFF -DBUILD_TESTS:BOOL=OFF -DBUILD_DOCS:BOOL=OFF -DBUILD_EXAMPLES:BOOL=OFF)
|
||||
@endcode
|
||||
-# In git command line enter following command :
|
||||
@code{.bash}
|
||||
./installOCV.sh
|
||||
@endcode
|
||||
-# Drink a coffee or two... opencv is ready : That's all!
|
||||
-# Next time you run this script, opencv and opencv_contrib will be updated and rebuild
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
Installation by Making Your Own Libraries from the Source Files {#tutorial_windows_install_build}
|
||||
===============================================================
|
||||
|
||||
You may find the content of this tutorial also inside the following videos:
|
||||
[Part 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnovZ1cTlMs) and [Part 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGNWMcfWwPU), hosted on YouTube.
|
||||
|
||||
@youtube{NnovZ1cTlMs}
|
||||
@youtube{qGNWMcfWwPU}
|
||||
|
||||
**warning**
|
||||
|
||||
These videos above are long-obsolete and contain inaccurate information. Be careful, since
|
||||
solutions described in those videos are no longer supported and may even break your install.
|
||||
|
||||
If you are building your own libraries you can take the source files from our [Git
|
||||
repository](https://github.com/opencv/opencv.git).
|
||||
|
||||
Building the OpenCV library from scratch requires a couple of tools installed beforehand:
|
||||
|
||||
- An IDE of choice (preferably), or just a CC++ compiler that will actually make the binary files.
|
||||
Here we will use the [Microsoft Visual Studio](https://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us).
|
||||
However, you can use any other IDE that has a valid CC++ compiler.
|
||||
- [CMake](http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html), which is a neat tool to make the project files (for your chosen IDE) from the OpenCV
|
||||
source files. It will also allow an easy configuration of the OpenCV build files, in order to
|
||||
make binary files that fits exactly to your needs.
|
||||
- Git to acquire the OpenCV source files. A good tool for this is [TortoiseGit](http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/wiki/Download). Alternatively,
|
||||
you can just download an archived version of the source files from our [page on
|
||||
Sourceforge](http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencvlibrary/files/opencv-win/)
|
||||
|
||||
OpenCV may come in multiple flavors. There is a "core" section that will work on its own.
|
||||
Nevertheless, there is a couple of tools, libraries made by 3rd parties that offer services of which
|
||||
the OpenCV may take advantage. These will improve its capabilities in many ways. In order to use any
|
||||
of them, you need to download and install them on your system.
|
||||
|
||||
- The [Python libraries](http://www.python.org/downloads/) are required to build the *Python interface* of OpenCV. For now use the
|
||||
version `2.7.{x}`. This is also a must if you want to build the *OpenCV documentation*.
|
||||
- [Numpy](http://numpy.scipy.org/) is a scientific computing package for Python. Required for the *Python interface*.
|
||||
- [Intel Threading Building Blocks (*TBB*)](http://threadingbuildingblocks.org/file.php?fid=77) is used inside OpenCV for parallel code
|
||||
snippets. Using this will make sure that the OpenCV library will take advantage of all the cores
|
||||
you have in your system's CPU.
|
||||
- [Intel Integrated Performance Primitives (*IPP*)](http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-ipp/) may be used to improve the performance
|
||||
of color conversion, Haar training and DFT functions of the OpenCV library. Watch out, since
|
||||
this is not a free service.
|
||||
- OpenCV offers a somewhat fancier and more useful graphical user interface, than the default one
|
||||
by using the [Qt framework](http://qt.nokia.com/downloads). For a quick overview of what this has to offer, look into the
|
||||
documentations *highgui* module, under the *Qt New Functions* section. Version 4.6 or later of
|
||||
the framework is required.
|
||||
- [Eigen](http://eigen.tuxfamily.org/index.php?title=Main_Page#Download) is a C++ template library for linear algebra.
|
||||
- The latest [CUDA Toolkit](http://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads) will allow you to use the power lying inside your GPU. This will
|
||||
drastically improve performance for some algorithms (e.g the HOG descriptor). Getting more and
|
||||
more of our algorithms to work on the GPUs is a constant effort of the OpenCV team.
|
||||
- [OpenEXR](http://www.openexr.com/downloads.html) source files are required for the library to work with this high dynamic range (HDR)
|
||||
image file format.
|
||||
- The OpenNI Framework contains a set of open source APIs that provide support for natural interaction with devices via methods such as voice command recognition, hand gestures, and body
|
||||
motion tracking. Prebuilt binaries can be found [here](http://structure.io/openni). The source code of [OpenNI](https://github.com/OpenNI/OpenNI) and [OpenNI2](https://github.com/OpenNI/OpenNI2) are also available on Github.
|
||||
- [Doxygen](http://www.doxygen.nl) is a documentation generator and is the tool that will actually create the
|
||||
*OpenCV documentation*.
|
||||
|
||||
Now we will describe the steps to follow for a full build (using all the above frameworks, tools and
|
||||
libraries). If you do not need the support for some of these, you can just freely skip this section.
|
||||
|
||||
### Building the library
|
||||
|
||||
-# Make sure you have a working IDE with a valid compiler. In case of the Microsoft Visual Studio
|
||||
just install it and make sure it starts up.
|
||||
-# Install [CMake](http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html). Simply follow the wizard, no need to add it to the path. The default install
|
||||
options are OK.
|
||||
-# Download and install an up-to-date version of msysgit from its [official
|
||||
site](http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/downloads/list). There is also the portable version,
|
||||
which you need only to unpack to get access to the console version of Git. Supposing that for
|
||||
some of us it could be quite enough.
|
||||
-# Install [TortoiseGit](http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/wiki/Download). Choose the 32 or 64 bit version according to the type of OS you work in.
|
||||
While installing, locate your msysgit (if it does not do that automatically). Follow the
|
||||
wizard -- the default options are OK for the most part.
|
||||
-# Choose a directory in your file system, where you will download the OpenCV libraries to. I
|
||||
recommend creating a new one that has short path and no special characters in it, for example
|
||||
`D:/OpenCV`. For this tutorial, I will suggest you do so. If you use your own path and know, what
|
||||
you are doing -- it is OK.
|
||||
-# Clone the repository to the selected directory. After clicking *Clone* button, a window will
|
||||
appear where you can select from what repository you want to download source files
|
||||
(<https://github.com/opencv/opencv.git>) and to what directory (`D:/OpenCV`).
|
||||
-# Push the OK button and be patient as the repository is quite a heavy download. It will take
|
||||
some time depending on your Internet connection.
|
||||
|
||||
-# In this section, I will cover installing the 3rd party libraries.
|
||||
-# Download the [Python libraries](http://www.python.org/downloads/) and install it with the default options. You will need a
|
||||
couple other python extensions. Luckily installing all these may be automated by a nice tool
|
||||
called [Setuptools](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools#downloads). Download and install
|
||||
again.
|
||||
|
||||
-# The easiest way to install Numpy is to just download its binaries from the [sourceforge page](http://sourceforge.net/projects/numpy/files/NumPy/).
|
||||
Make sure your download and install
|
||||
exactly the binary for your python version (so for version `2.7`).
|
||||
|
||||
-# For the [Intel Threading Building Blocks (*TBB*)](http://threadingbuildingblocks.org/file.php?fid=77)
|
||||
download the source files and extract
|
||||
it inside a directory on your system. For example let there be `D:/OpenCV/dep`. For installing
|
||||
the [Intel Integrated Performance Primitives (*IPP*)](http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-ipp/)
|
||||
the story is the same. For
|
||||
extracting the archives, I recommend using the [7-Zip](http://www.7-zip.org/) application.
|
||||
|
||||

|
||||
|
||||
-# In case of the [Eigen](http://eigen.tuxfamily.org/index.php?title=Main_Page#Download) library it is again a case of download and extract to the
|
||||
`D:/OpenCV/dep` directory.
|
||||
-# Same as above with [OpenEXR](http://www.openexr.com/downloads.html).
|
||||
-# For the [OpenNI Framework](http://www.openni.org/) you need to install both the [development
|
||||
build](http://www.openni.org/downloadfiles/opennimodules/openni-binaries/21-stable) and the
|
||||
[PrimeSensor
|
||||
Module](http://www.openni.org/downloadfiles/opennimodules/openni-compliant-hardware-binaries/32-stable).
|
||||
-# For the CUDA you need again two modules: the latest [CUDA Toolkit](http://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads) and the *CUDA Tools SDK*.
|
||||
Download and install both of them with a *complete* option by using the 32 or 64 bit setups
|
||||
according to your OS.
|
||||
-# In case of the Qt framework you need to build yourself the binary files (unless you use the
|
||||
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 with 32 bit compiler). To do this go to the [Qt
|
||||
Downloads](http://qt.nokia.com/downloads) page. Download the source files (not the
|
||||
installers!!!):
|
||||
|
||||

|
||||
|
||||
Extract it into a nice and short named directory like `D:/OpenCV/dep/qt/` . Then you need to
|
||||
build it. Start up a *Visual* *Studio* *Command* *Prompt* (*2010*) by using the start menu
|
||||
search (or navigate through the start menu
|
||||
All Programs --\> Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 --\> Visual Studio Tools --\> Visual Studio Command Prompt (2010)).
|
||||
|
||||

|
||||
|
||||
Now navigate to the extracted folder and enter inside it by using this console window. You
|
||||
should have a folder containing files like *Install*, *Make* and so on. Use the *dir* command
|
||||
to list files inside your current directory. Once arrived at this directory enter the
|
||||
following command:
|
||||
@code{.bash}
|
||||
configure.exe -release -no-webkit -no-phonon -no-phonon-backend -no-script -no-scripttools
|
||||
-no-qt3support -no-multimedia -no-ltcg
|
||||
@endcode
|
||||
Completing this will take around 10-20 minutes. Then enter the next command that will take a
|
||||
lot longer (can easily take even more than a full hour):
|
||||
@code{.bash}
|
||||
nmake
|
||||
@endcode
|
||||
After this set the Qt environment variables using the following command on Windows 7:
|
||||
@code{.bash}
|
||||
setx -m QTDIR D:/OpenCV/dep/qt/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.3
|
||||
@endcode
|
||||
Also, add the built binary files path to the system path by using the [PathEditor](http://www.redfernplace.com/software-projects/patheditor/). In our
|
||||
case this is `D:/OpenCV/dep/qt/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.3/bin`.
|
||||
|
||||
@note
|
||||
If you plan on doing Qt application development you can also install at this point the *Qt
|
||||
Visual Studio Add-in*. After this you can make and build Qt applications without using the *Qt
|
||||
Creator*. Everything is nicely integrated into Visual Studio.
|
||||
|
||||
-# Now start the *CMake (cmake-gui)*. You may again enter it in the start menu search or get it
|
||||
from the All Programs --\> CMake 2.8 --\> CMake (cmake-gui). First, select the directory for the
|
||||
source files of the OpenCV library (1). Then, specify a directory where you will build the
|
||||
binary files for OpenCV (2).
|
||||
|
||||

|
||||
|
||||
Press the Configure button to specify the compiler (and *IDE*) you want to use. Note that in
|
||||
case you can choose between different compilers for making either 64 bit or 32 bit libraries.
|
||||
Select the one you use in your application development.
|
||||
|
||||

|
||||
|
||||
CMake will start out and based on your system variables will try to automatically locate as many
|
||||
packages as possible. You can modify the packages to use for the build in the WITH --\> WITH_X
|
||||
menu points (where *X* is the package abbreviation). Here are a list of current packages you can
|
||||
turn on or off:
|
||||
|
||||

|
||||
|
||||
Select all the packages you want to use and press again the *Configure* button. For an easier
|
||||
overview of the build options make sure the *Grouped* option under the binary directory
|
||||
selection is turned on. For some of the packages CMake may not find all of the required files or
|
||||
directories. In case of these, CMake will throw an error in its output window (located at the
|
||||
bottom of the GUI) and set its field values to not found constants. For example:
|
||||
|
||||

|
||||
|
||||

|
||||
|
||||
For these you need to manually set the queried directories or files path. After this press again
|
||||
the *Configure* button to see if the value entered by you was accepted or not. Do this until all
|
||||
entries are good and you cannot see errors in the field/value or the output part of the GUI. Now
|
||||
I want to emphasize an option that you will definitely love:
|
||||
ENABLE --\> ENABLE_SOLUTION_FOLDERS. OpenCV will create many-many projects and turning this
|
||||
option will make sure that they are categorized inside directories in the *Solution Explorer*.
|
||||
It is a must have feature, if you ask me.
|
||||
|
||||

|
||||
|
||||
Furthermore, you need to select what part of OpenCV you want to build.
|
||||
|
||||
- *BUILD_DOCS* -\> It creates two projects for building the documentation of OpenCV (there
|
||||
will be a separate project for building the HTML and the PDF files). Note that these are not
|
||||
built together with the solution. You need to make an explicit build project command on
|
||||
these to do so.
|
||||
- *BUILD_EXAMPLES* -\> OpenCV comes with many example applications from which you may learn
|
||||
most of the libraries capabilities. This will also come handy to easily try out if OpenCV is
|
||||
fully functional on your computer.
|
||||
- *BUILD_PACKAGE* -\> Prior to version 2.3 with this you could build a project that will
|
||||
build an OpenCV installer. With this, you can easily install your OpenCV flavor on other
|
||||
systems. For the latest source files of OpenCV, it generates a new project that simply
|
||||
creates a zip archive with OpenCV sources.
|
||||
- *BUILD_SHARED_LIBS* -\> With this you can control to build DLL files (when turned on) or
|
||||
static library files (\*.lib) otherwise.
|
||||
- *BUILD_TESTS* -\> Each module of OpenCV has a test project assigned to it. Building these
|
||||
test projects is also a good way to try out, that the modules work just as expected on your
|
||||
system too.
|
||||
- *BUILD_PERF_TESTS* -\> There are also performance tests for many OpenCV functions. If
|
||||
you are concerned about performance, build them and run.
|
||||
- *BUILD_opencv_python* -\> Self-explanatory. Create the binaries to use OpenCV from the
|
||||
Python language.
|
||||
- *BUILD_opencv_world* -\> Generate a single "opencv_world" binary (a shared or static library, depending on *BUILD_SHARED_LIBS*) including all the modules instead of a collection of separate binaries, one binary per module.
|
||||
|
||||
Press again the *Configure* button and ensure no errors are reported. If this is the case, you
|
||||
can tell CMake to create the project files by pushing the *Generate* button. Go to the build
|
||||
directory and open the created **OpenCV** solution. Depending on just how much of the above
|
||||
options you have selected the solution may contain quite a lot of projects so be tolerant on the
|
||||
IDE at the startup. Now you need to build both the *Release* and the *Debug* binaries. Use the
|
||||
drop-down menu on your IDE to change to another of these after building for one of them.
|
||||
|
||||

|
||||
|
||||
In the end, you can observe the built binary files inside the bin directory:
|
||||
|
||||

|
||||
|
||||
For the documentation, you need to explicitly issue the build commands on the *doxygen* project for
|
||||
the HTML documentation. It will call *Doxygen* to do
|
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all the hard work. You can find the generated documentation inside the `build/doc/doxygen/html`.
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To collect the header and the binary files, that you will use during your own projects, into a
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separate directory (similarly to how the pre-built binaries ship) you need to explicitly build
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the *Install* project.
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This will create an *Install* directory inside the *Build* one collecting all the built binaries
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into a single place. Use this only after you built both the *Release* and *Debug* versions.
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To test your build just go into the `Build/bin/Debug` or `Build/bin/Release` directory and start
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a couple of applications like the *contours.exe*. If they run, you are done. Otherwise,
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something definitely went awfully wrong. In this case you should contact us at our [Q&A forum](https://forum.opencv.org/).
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If everything is okay, the *contours.exe* output should resemble the following image (if
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built with Qt support):
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@note
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If you use the GPU module (CUDA libraries), make sure you also upgrade to the latest drivers of
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your GPU. Error messages containing invalid entries in (or cannot find) the nvcuda.dll are
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caused mostly by old video card drivers. For testing the GPU (if built) run the
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*performance_gpu.exe* sample application.
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Set the OpenCV environment variable and add it to the systems path {#tutorial_windows_install_path}
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=================================================================
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First we set an environment variable to make easier our work. This will hold the build directory of
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our OpenCV library that we use in our projects. Start up a command window and enter:
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@code
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setx -m OPENCV_DIR D:\OpenCV\Build\x86\vc11 (suggested for Visual Studio 2012 - 32 bit Windows)
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setx -m OPENCV_DIR D:\OpenCV\Build\x64\vc11 (suggested for Visual Studio 2012 - 64 bit Windows)
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setx -m OPENCV_DIR D:\OpenCV\Build\x86\vc12 (suggested for Visual Studio 2013 - 32 bit Windows)
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setx -m OPENCV_DIR D:\OpenCV\Build\x64\vc12 (suggested for Visual Studio 2013 - 64 bit Windows)
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setx -m OPENCV_DIR D:\OpenCV\Build\x64\vc14 (suggested for Visual Studio 2015 - 64 bit Windows)
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@endcode
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Here the directory is where you have your OpenCV binaries (*extracted* or *built*). You can have
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different platform (e.g. x64 instead of x86) or compiler type, so substitute appropriate value.
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Inside this, you should have two folders called *lib* and *bin*. The -m should be added if you wish
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to make the settings computer wise, instead of user wise.
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If you built static libraries then you are done. Otherwise, you need to add the *bin* folders path
|
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to the systems path. This is because you will use the OpenCV library in form of *"Dynamic-link
|
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libraries"* (also known as **DLL**). Inside these are stored all the algorithms and information the
|
||||
OpenCV library contains. The operating system will load them only on demand, during runtime.
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However, to do this the operating system needs to know where they are. The systems **PATH** contains
|
||||
a list of folders where DLLs can be found. Add the OpenCV library path to this and the OS will know
|
||||
where to look if he ever needs the OpenCV binaries. Otherwise, you will need to copy the used DLLs
|
||||
right beside the applications executable file (*exe*) for the OS to find it, which is highly
|
||||
unpleasant if you work on many projects. To do this start up again the [PathEditor](http://www.redfernplace.com/software-projects/patheditor/) and add the
|
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following new entry (right click in the application to bring up the menu):
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@code
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%OPENCV_DIR%\bin
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@endcode
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|
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|
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Save it to the registry and you are done. If you ever change the location of your build directories
|
||||
or want to try out your application with a different build, all you will need to do is to update the
|
||||
OPENCV_DIR variable via the *setx* command inside a command window.
|
||||
|
||||
Now you can continue reading the tutorials with the @ref tutorial_windows_visual_studio_opencv section.
|
||||
There you will find out how to use the OpenCV library in your own projects with the help of the
|
||||
Microsoft Visual Studio IDE.
|
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