Install OpenCV2 in Ubuntu

install_opencv2_ubuntu.sh

#!/bin/bash

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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

As to me , it works.

Notes for Ubuntu 17.10.

• libgstreamer is upgraded to v1.0 so it's not possible to install v0.10 via apt.
  Unable to locate package libgstreamer0.10-dev
• And also every command related to libgstreamer is broken since the version is changed.
• libjasper-dev is removed from the repository. I couldn't find the replacement at the moment.
  Unable to locate package libjasper-dev
• libpng is upgraded to v16. So you should use "libpng-dev" instead. This should install all development headers and the current version from the repository.

Hello,

I get a strange error during the cmake process itself (running on Ubuntu16.04). It says -

/home/aashishsharma/Desktop/opencv-2.4.13.5/release/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CheckSymbolExists.cxx:8:19: error: ‘Q_WS_WIN’ was not declared in this scope
return ((int*)(&Q_WS_WIN))[argc];

Can anybody please help me out? I can share the entire log if needed. Thanks!

Thanks!!

[ 18%] Linking CXX executable ../../bin/opencv_annotation
/home/yjon701/anaconda2/lib/libQt5Test.so.5.6.2: undefined reference to operator delete[](void*, unsigned long)@CXXABI_1.3.9' /home/yjon701/anaconda2/lib/libpng16.so.16: undefined reference to inflateValidate@ZLIB_1.2.9'
/home/yjon701/anaconda2/lib/libQt5Test.so.5.6.2: undefined reference to __cxa_throw_bad_array_new_length@CXXABI_1.3.8' /home/yjon701/anaconda2/lib/libQt5Test.so.5.6.2: undefined reference to operator delete(void*, unsigned long)@CXXABI_1.3.9'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

[ 18%] Linking CXX executable ../../bin/opencv_visualisation
/home/yjon701/anaconda2/lib/libQt5Test.so.5.6.2: undefined reference to operator delete[](void*, unsigned long)@CXXABI_1.3.9' /home/yjon701/anaconda2/lib/libpng16.so.16: undefined reference to inflateValidate@ZLIB_1.2.9'
/home/yjon701/anaconda2/lib/libQt5Test.so.5.6.2: undefined reference to __cxa_throw_bad_array_new_length@CXXABI_1.3.8' /home/yjon701/anaconda2/lib/libQt5Test.so.5.6.2: undefined reference to operator delete(void*, unsigned long)@CXXABI_1.3.9'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [bin/opencv_visualisation] Error 1
make[1]: *** [apps/visualisation/CMakeFiles/opencv_visualisation.dir/all] Error 2

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.