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Install OpenCV on linux [ubunu]
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# INSTALL OPENCV ON UBUNTU OR DEBIAN #
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# -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
# SCRIPT OPTIONS |
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OPENCV_VERSION='4.4.0' # Version to be installed
OPENCV_CONTRIB='NO' # Install OpenCV's extra modules (YES/NO)
# -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
# | THIS SCRIPT IS TESTED CORRECTLY ON |
# |------------------------------------------------------|
# | OS | OpenCV | Test | Last test |
# | Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | OpenCV 4.4.0 | OK | 25 Aug 2020 |
# |------------------|--------------|------|-------------|
# | Debian 10.2 | OpenCV 4.2.0 | OK | 26 Dec 2019 |
# |----------------------------------------------------- |
# | Debian 10.1 | OpenCV 4.1.1 | OK | 28 Sep 2019 |
# |----------------------------------------------------- |
# | Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | OpenCV 4.1.0 | OK | 22 Jun 2019 |
# | Debian 9.9 | OpenCV 4.1.0 | OK | 22 Jun 2019 |
# |----------------------------------------------------- |
# | Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | OpenCV 3.4.2 | OK | 18 Jul 2018 |
# | Debian 9.5 | OpenCV 3.4.2 | OK | 18 Jul 2018 |
# 1. KEEP UBUNTU OR DEBIAN UP TO DATE
sudo apt-get -y update
# sudo apt-get -y upgrade # Uncomment to install new versions of packages currently installed
# sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade # Uncomment to handle changing dependencies with new vers. of pack.
# sudo apt-get -y autoremove # Uncomment to remove packages that are now no longer needed
# 2. INSTALL THE DEPENDENCIES
# Build tools:
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential cmake
# GUI (if you want GTK, change 'qt5-default' to 'libgtkglext1-dev' and remove '-DWITH_QT=ON'):
sudo apt-get install -y qt5-default libvtk6-dev
# Media I/O:
sudo apt-get install -y zlib1g-dev libjpeg-dev libwebp-dev libpng-dev libtiff5-dev libjasper-dev \
libopenexr-dev libgdal-dev
# Video I/O:
sudo apt-get install -y libdc1394-22-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev \
libtheora-dev libvorbis-dev libxvidcore-dev libx264-dev yasm \
libopencore-amrnb-dev libopencore-amrwb-dev libv4l-dev libxine2-dev
# Parallelism and linear algebra libraries:
sudo apt-get install -y libtbb-dev libeigen3-dev
# Python: #
sudo apt-get install -y python-dev python-tk pylint python-numpy \
python3-dev python3-tk pylint3 python3-numpy flake8
# Java:
sudo apt-get install -y ant default-jdk
# Documentation and other:
sudo apt-get install -y doxygen unzip wget
# 3. INSTALL THE LIBRARY
wget https://github.com/opencv/opencv/archive/${OPENCV_VERSION}.zip
unzip ${OPENCV_VERSION}.zip && rm ${OPENCV_VERSION}.zip
mv opencv-${OPENCV_VERSION} OpenCV
if [ $OPENCV_CONTRIB = 'YES' ]; then
wget https://github.com/opencv/opencv_contrib/archive/${OPENCV_VERSION}.zip
unzip ${OPENCV_VERSION}.zip && rm ${OPENCV_VERSION}.zip
mv opencv_contrib-${OPENCV_VERSION} opencv_contrib
mv opencv_contrib OpenCV
fi
cd OpenCV && mkdir build && cd build
if [ $OPENCV_CONTRIB = 'NO' ]; then
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local -DWITH_QT=ON -DWITH_OPENGL=ON -DFORCE_VTK=ON -DWITH_TBB=ON -DWITH_GDAL=ON \
-DWITH_XINE=ON -DENABLE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS=OFF -DOPENCV_GENERATE_PKGCONFIG=ON ..
fi
if [ $OPENCV_CONTRIB = 'YES' ]; then
cmake -DWITH_QT=ON -DWITH_OPENGL=ON -DFORCE_VTK=ON -DWITH_TBB=ON -DWITH_GDAL=ON \
-DWITH_XINE=ON -DENABLE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS=OFF \
-DOPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH=../opencv_contrib/modules ..
fi
make -j8
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig
# 4. EXECUTE SOME OPENCV EXAMPLES AND COMPILE A DEMONSTRATION
# To complete this step, please visit 'http://milq.github.io/install-opencv-ubuntu-debian'.
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