how to install opencv in ubuntu

Installation

Many people are having problem with installing OpenCV even from Ubuntu Software Centre. Here a simple .sh script file get all dependancy files from internet and compile the source finally install opencv on your system. So that users can easily write their CV files from C,C++, and Python

Step 1

Download the latest opencv.sh from https://github.com/jayrambhia/Install-OpenCV/blob/master/Ubuntu/ or Copy the following script to gedit and save as opencv.sh

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version="$(wget -q -O - http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencvlibrary/files/opencv-unix | egrep -m1 -o '\"[0-9](\.[0-9]+)+' | cut -c2-)"
echo "Installing OpenCV" $version
mkdir OpenCV
cd OpenCV
echo "Removing any pre-installed ffmpeg and x264"
sudo apt-get -qq remove ffmpeg x264 libx264-dev
echo "Installing Dependenices"
sudo apt-get -qq install libopencv-dev build-essential checkinstall cmake pkg-config yasm libjpeg-dev libjasper-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev libdc1394-22-dev libxine-dev libgstreamer0.10-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev libv4l-dev python-dev python-numpy libtbb-dev libqt4-dev libgtk2.0-dev libfaac-dev libmp3lame-dev libopencore-amrnb-dev libopencore-amrwb-dev libtheora-dev libvorbis-dev libxvidcore-dev x264 v4l-utils ffmpeg cmake qt5-default checkinstall
echo "Downloading OpenCV" $version
wget -O OpenCV-$version.zip http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencvlibrary/files/opencv-unix/$version/opencv-"$version".zip/download
echo "Installing OpenCV" $version
unzip OpenCV-$version.zip
cd opencv-$version
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local -D WITH_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 ..
make -j2
sudo checkinstall
sudo sh -c 'echo "/usr/local/lib" > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/opencv.conf'
sudo ldconfig
echo "OpenCV" $version "ready to be used"

Note: If you are running 13.10 and you don't have a nvidia card then ensure you install ocl-icd-libopencl1 (sudo apt-get install ocl-icd-libopencl1) before running this script. Ubuntu 13.10 will install nvidia-319-updates as a dependency for libopencv-dev by default if ocl-icd-libopencl1 is not installed (see bug report).

Note: As of Utopic (14.10) libxine-dev is replaced with libxine2-dev

Step 2

Open terminal.

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   1 $ chmod +x opencv.sh
   2 $ ./opencv.sh

This will complete opencv installation

Running OpenCV

Python

Loading an image in Python

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   1 from cv2.cv import *
   2 
   3 img = LoadImage("/home/USER/Pictures/python.jpg")
   4 NamedWindow("opencv")
   5 ShowImage("opencv",img)
   6 WaitKey(0)

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   1 $ python filename.py

Note that the test program waits for a key press to end. 

in C

Loading an image file in C

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   1 #include
   2 #include<opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp>
   3 
   4 int main()
   5 {
   6     IplImage* img = cvLoadImage("/home/USER/Pictures/python.jpg",CV_LOAD_IMAGE_COLOR);
   7     cvNamedWindow("opencvtest",CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE);
   8     cvShowImage("opencvtest",img);
   9     cvWaitKey(0);
  10     cvReleaseImage(&img);
  11     return 0;
  12 }

To compile C program, Let’s assume the file is opencvtest.c

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   1 $ gcc -ggdb `pkg-config --cflags opencv` -o `basename opencvtest.c .c` opencvtest.c `pkg-config --libs opencv`
   2 $ ./opencvtest

In C++

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   1 #include<opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp>
   2 using namespace cv;
   3 
   4 int main()
   5 {
   6 
   7     Mat img = imread("/home/USER/Pictures/python.jpg",CV_LOAD_IMAGE_COLOR);
   8     imshow("opencvtest",img);
   9     waitKey(0);
  10 
  11     return 0;
  12 }

to compile in C++

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   1 $ g++ -ggdb `pkg-config --cflags opencv` -o `basename opencvtest.cpp .cpp` opencvtest.cpp `pkg-config --libs opencv`
   2 $ ./opencvtest

Note: Always include OpenCV header files in C and C++ as 

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   1 #include "opencv2/core/core_c.h"
   2 #include "opencv2/core/core.hpp"
   3 #include "opencv2/flann/miniflann.hpp"
   4 #include "opencv2/imgproc/imgproc_c.h"
   5 #include "opencv2/imgproc/imgproc.hpp"
   6 #include "opencv2/video/video.hpp"
   7 #include "opencv2/features2d/features2d.hpp"
   8 #include "opencv2/objdetect/objdetect.hpp"
   9 #include "opencv2/calib3d/calib3d.hpp"
  10 #include "opencv2/ml/ml.hpp"
  11 #include "opencv2/highgui/highgui_c.h"
  12 #include "opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp"
  13 #include "opencv2/contrib/contrib.hpp"
  14 

A bash script to compile opencv programs.Making a Bash Script to Compile OpenCV:

It’s kind of boring typing all this stuff. So, A bash file to compile OpenCV programs. Name it .compile_opencv.sh and keep it in your home directory.

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   1 #!/bin/bash
   2 echo "compiling $1"
   3 if [[ $1 == *.c ]]
   4 then
   5     gcc -ggdb `pkg-config --cflags opencv` -o `basename $1 .c` $1 `pkg-config --libs opencv`;
   6 elif [[ $1 == *.cpp ]]
   7 then
   8     g++ -ggdb `pkg-config --cflags opencv` -o `basename $1 .cpp` $1 `pkg-config --libs opencv`;
   9 else
  10     echo "Please compile only .c or .cpp files"
  11 fi
  12 echo "Output file => ${1%.*}"

Add an alias in .bashrc or .bash_aliases

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   1 $ alias opencv="~/.compile_opencv.sh"
   2 $ opencv opencvtest.c
   3 $ ./opencvtest

Note that the .bashrc is a hidden file in the $HOME directory (cd ~ to access the home directory). Do not include the '$' characters at the beginning of each line. The alias will work after you log out and back. You can type the alias opencv... command at the prompt to set the alias for the current session.