VS Code + MinGW + OpenCV Configuration

Visual Studio Code + MinGW + OpenCV Configuration

1. Install MinGW

   • Download MinGW x86_64-8.1.0-release-posix-seh-rt_v6-rev0

   • Unzip to a folder like folder/mingw64

   • Add system environment variable folder/mingw64/bin to PATH

   • Execute g++ -v in cmd or powershell to check

2. Install OpenCV(v3.4.1)

   • Download OpenCV 3.4.1 x64

   • Unzip to a folder like folder/OpenCV-MinGW-Build-OpenCV-3.4.1-x64

   • Add system environment variable folder/OpenCV-MinGW-Build-OpenCV-3.4.1-x64/x64/mingw/bin to PATH

3. Configure Visual Studio Code

   • Edit settings.json :

       "opencv.path": "folder\\OpenCV-MinGW-Build-OpenCV-3.4.1-x64",
       "opencv.version": "341",
   

   • Edit args in tasks in tasks.json :

       // "${file}",
       // "${workspaceFolder}\\*.cpp",
       "(Get-Childitem", "${workspaceFolder}\\*.cpp", "|Resolve-Path", "-Relative)",
       "-I","${config:opencv.path}\\include",
       "-L","${config:opencv.path}\\x64\\mingw\\bin",
       "-llibopencv_calib3d${config:opencv.version}",
       "-llibopencv_core${config:opencv.version}",
       "-llibopencv_dnn${config:opencv.version}",
       "-llibopencv_features2d${config:opencv.version}",
       "-llibopencv_flann${config:opencv.version}",
       "-llibopencv_highgui${config:opencv.version}",
       "-llibopencv_imgcodecs${config:opencv.version}",
       "-llibopencv_imgproc${config:opencv.version}",
       "-llibopencv_ml${config:opencv.version}",
       "-llibopencv_objdetect${config:opencv.version}",
       "-llibopencv_photo${config:opencv.version}",
       "-llibopencv_shape${config:opencv.version}",
       "-llibopencv_stitching${config:opencv.version}",
       "-llibopencv_superres${config:opencv.version}",
       "-llibopencv_video${config:opencv.version}",
       "-llibopencv_videoio${config:opencv.version}",
       "-llibopencv_videostab${config:opencv.version}",
       "-o", "${workspaceFolder}\\${workspaceFolderBasename}.exe",
   

   • Edit includePath in c_cpp_properties.json:

       "${config:opencv.path}\\include\\**",
       "${config:opencv.path}\\include\\opencv\\**",
       "${config:opencv.path}\\include\\opencv2\\**",