Install OpenCV2 in Ubuntu

install_opencv2_ubuntu.sh

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### Single line script will download and run this script automatically:
# curl -s "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arthurbeggs/scripts/master/install_apps/install_opencv2.sh" | bash


### Dependencies
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential cmake libgtk2.0-dev pkg-config \
                        python-numpy python-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev \
                        libswscale-dev libjpeg-dev libpng12-dev libtiff5-dev \
                        libjasper-dev libopencv-dev checkinstall pkg-config \
                        yasm libjpeg-dev libjasper-dev libavcodec-dev \
                        libavformat-dev libswscale-dev libdc1394-22-dev \
                        libxine2 libgstreamer0.10-dev  libv4l-dev \
                        libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev python-dev \
                        python-numpy libtbb-dev libqt4-dev libgtk2.0-dev \
                        libmp3lame-dev libopencore-amrnb-dev \
                        libopencore-amrwb-dev libtheora-dev libvorbis-dev \
                        libxvidcore-dev x264 v4l-utils unzip

### Download opencv-2.4.13.5
wget https://github.com/opencv/opencv/archive/2.4.13.5.zip -O opencv-2.4.13.5.zip
unzip opencv-2.4.13.5.zip
cd opencv-2.4.13.5
mkdir release
cd release

### Compile and install
cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/bin/g++ CMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/bin/gcc -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local -DWITH_TBB=ON -DBUILD_NEW_PYTHON_SUPPORT=ON -DWITH_V4L=ON -DINSTALL_C_EXAMPLES=ON -DINSTALL_PYTHON_EXAMPLES=ON -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=ON -DWITH_QT=ON -DWITH_OPENGL=ON -DBUILD_FAT_JAVA_LIB=ON -DINSTALL_TO_MANGLED_PATHS=ON -DINSTALL_CREATE_DISTRIB=ON -DINSTALL_TESTS=ON -DENABLE_FAST_MATH=ON -DWITH_IMAGEIO=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DWITH_GSTREAMER=ON ..
make all -j$(nproc) # Uses all machine cores
sudo make install

cd ../../
rm -rf ./opencv-2.4.13.5

sudo apt-get install python-opencv -y

### Echoes OpenCV installed version if installation process was successful
echo -e "OpenCV version:"
pkg-config --modversion opencv

Thanks!!!
Instructions works well on ubuntu 18 as well just by using the newest set of packages available for the distro

sudo: ./install-opencv-2.4.13-in-ubuntu.sh: command not found

what can i do?

thank you very much

you can try with chmod +x install_opencv2_ubuntu.sh before you run the shell script.

@drsagitn 'sudo apt-get install python-opencv
pip install opencv-python' installs opencv 3.3.0. What is the way to install opencv 2.4.13?
Thanks in advance.

Hi,
were you able to install python binding via apt-get install python-opencv for the above OpenCV installation?

Thanks, but in my case script not worked as intended at first time... since... I had no unzip :)

For someone like me, it seems good to add script doing sudo apt install -y unzip

Also good to have set -e at the first line to stop procedure for the case like me

Awesome!
Thank you!

Thank you very much

Has anyone come across this error. How do i solve this.

Has anyone come across this error. How do i solve this.

hello there, i've met the same problem. have you solved it?