Lucid include opencv version 1.x. That version doesn’t cut it.<\/p>\n
Here is how to get the latest (as of March 15, 2014) opencv going under Lucid.<\/p>\n
# # # # make using as many CPUs as you have - 4 in this case # verify this version of opencv works with a usable language <\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lucid include opencv version 1.x. That version doesn’t cut it. Here is how to get the latest (as of March 15, 2014) opencv going under Lucid. sudo aptitude install cmake libdc1394-utils libjasper-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev # # cd to some … Continue reading
\nsudo aptitude install cmake libdc1394-utils libjasper-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev<\/p>\n
\n# cd to some temporary directory, download the latest opencv ZIP file and then ...
\n#
\nunzip opencv-2.4.8.zip
\ncd opencv-2.4.8<\/p>\n
\n# Get around that we need a newer cmake according to the Internet - commenting out the problem is the easy way to fix it
\n#
\ncp .\/cmake\/cl2cpp.cmake .\/cmake\/cl2cpp.cmake.original
\nperl -ne \"~s\/string\\(MD5\/# string\\(MD5\/; print\" < .\/cmake\/cl2cpp.cmake.original >.\/cmake\/cl2cpp.cmake<\/p>\n
\n# -D MAKE_FFMPEG=OFF 'cause we need a newer ffmpeg - so opencv will just not be able to do things ffmpeg allows
\n#
\nmkdir -p release
\ncd release
\ncmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=\/usr\/local -D WITH_FFMPEG=OFF ..<\/p>\n
\nmake -j4
\nsudo make install<\/p>\n
\npython -c \"import cv2; print cv2.__version__\"
\n2.4.8<\/p>\n