Installing OpenCV 2.4.9 + QT5 in Ubuntu

Installing OpenCV 2.4.9 + QT5 in Ubuntu

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Today is a small how to install OpenCV + QT5 in linux Ubuntu. For those who doesn’t know what is OpenCV, you can check here. Briefly OpenCV is a library for real time image processing created by Intel. It’s free for use under BSD license.

 

Installing QT

QT is a multiplataform application framework  developed by Digia. Some plataforms supported are: Android, Embedde Linux, iOS, Windows, Windows CE, etc.

To install QT:

mkdir qt5 cd qt5 wget http://download.qt-project.org/official_releases/online_installers/qt-opensource-linux-x64-1.6.0-4-online.run chmod +x ./qt-opensource-linux-x64-1.6.0-4-online.run sudo ./qt-opensource-linux-x64-1.6.0-4-online.run

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mkdir qt5 cd qt5 wget http : //download.qt-project.org/official_releases/online_installers/qt-opensource-linux-x64-1.6.0-4-online.run chmod + x . / qt - opensource - linux - x64 - 1.6.0 - 4 - online . run sudo . / qt - opensource - linux - x64 - 1.6.0 - 4 - online . run

 

Compiling OpenCV

First of all we need to install some required packages

sudo apt-get install build-essential sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev sudo apt-get install libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev libv4l-dev

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sudo apt - get install build - essential sudo apt - get install   libgtk2 . 0 - dev sudo apt - get install libavcodec - dev libavformat - dev libswscale - dev libv4l - dev

Now, we get OpenCV here and we save it in a directory that we’ll call opencv5.

cd opencv5 unzip ./opencv-2.4.9.zip cd opencv-2.4.9 mkdir build cd build cmake -D WITH_V4L=ON -D INSTALL_C_EXAMPLES=ON -D INSTALL_PYTHON_EXAMPLES=ON -D BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON -D WITH_GTK_2_X=ON .. make sudo make install

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cd opencv5 unzip . / opencv - 2.4.9.zip cd opencv - 2.4.9 mkdir build cd build cmake - D WITH_V4L = ON - D INSTALL_C_EXAMPLES = ON - D INSTALL_PYTHON_EXAMPLES = ON - D BUILD_EXAMPLES = ON - D WITH_GTK_2_X = ON . . make sudo make install

By default this library will be installed in /usr/local/lib. If you want to see some cmake options, read CMakeLists.txt.

In order to be able to link the lib, we need to create a file opencv.conf in /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ with the following:

/usr/local/lib

1	/ usr / local / lib

and then execute

sudo ldconfig

1	sudo ldconfig

 

Testing OpenCV

If you want to test if everything is OK, you can go to the directory ./build/bin and execute one of several tests like:

cd ./bin cd ./open_test_core

1 2	cd . / bin cd . / open_test_core

 

QT5 + OpenCV together

First start QTCreator, in command line type

/opt/Qt/Tools/QtCreator/bin/qtcreator

1	/ opt / Qt / Tools / QtCreator / bin / qtcreator

 

Create a new console project

 

 

Select Desktop as platform and follow the wizard until the end.

 

 

Now we need to tell to QT where we installed the libs. To do that open the .pro file and add the path.

INCLUDEPATH += . INCLUDEPATH += /usr/local/include INCLUDEPATH += /usr/local/include/opencv INCLUDEPATH += /usr/local/include/opencv2 INCLUDEPATH += /usr/local/include/opencv2/core INCLUDEPATH += /usr/local/include/opencv2/highgui INCLUDEPATH += /usr/local/include/opencv2/imgproc INCLUDEPATH += /usr/local/include/opencv2/flann INCLUDEPATH += /usr/local/include/opencv2/photo INCLUDEPATH += /usr/local/include/opencv2/video INCLUDEPATH += /usr/local/include/opencv2/features2d INCLUDEPATH += /usr/local/include/opencv2/objdetect INCLUDEPATH += /usr/local/include/opencv2/calib3d INCLUDEPATH += /usr/local/include/opencv2/ml INCLUDEPATH += /usr/local/include/opencv2/contrib LIBS += `pkg-config opencv --cflags --libs`

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INCLUDEPATH += . INCLUDEPATH += / usr / local / include INCLUDEPATH += / usr / local / include / opencv INCLUDEPATH += / usr / local / include / opencv2 INCLUDEPATH += / usr / local / include / opencv2 / core INCLUDEPATH += / usr / local / include / opencv2 / highgui INCLUDEPATH += / usr / local / include / opencv2 / imgproc INCLUDEPATH += / usr / local / include / opencv2 / flann INCLUDEPATH += / usr / local / include / opencv2 / photo INCLUDEPATH += / usr / local / include / opencv2 / video INCLUDEPATH += / usr / local / include / opencv2 / features2d INCLUDEPATH += / usr / local / include / opencv2 / objdetect INCLUDEPATH += / usr / local / include / opencv2 / calib3d INCLUDEPATH += / usr / local / include / opencv2 / ml INCLUDEPATH += / usr / local / include / opencv2 / contrib LIBS += ` pkg - config opencv -- cflags -- libs `

Let’s test it and check if everything is working properly. In our OpenCV “hello world”, we’ll just show an image, of course, lena. You need to copie it in your project in Debug folder if you are in debug or Release if you are in release mode.

Below is our “hello world” code.

C++

#include <QCoreApplication> #include <opencv2/highgui.hpp> #include <opencv2/core.hpp> #include <opencv2/imgproc.hpp> #include <iostream> using namespace cv; using namespace std; int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { Mat image; image = imread("lena.jpg"); // Read the file if(!image.data) { cout << "nenhuma imagem!"; } else { cout << "imagem carregada!"; } cv::namedWindow("Teste imagem"); cv::imshow("Teste imagem", image); cv::waitKey(0); return 0; }

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#include <QCoreApplication> #include <opencv2/highgui.hpp> #include <opencv2/core.hpp> #include <opencv2/imgproc.hpp> #include <iostream> using namespace cv ; using namespace std ; int main ( int argc , char * argv [ ] ) {      Mat image ;      image = imread ( "lena.jpg" ) ;    // Read the file      if ( ! image . data )      {          cout << "nenhuma imagem!" ;      }      else      {          cout << "imagem carregada!" ;      }      cv :: namedWindow ( "Teste imagem" ) ;      cv :: imshow ( "Teste imagem" , image ) ;      cv :: waitKey ( 0 ) ;      return 0 ; }

Compile and run and if everything is perfect, we should have this image