openCV program compile error “libopencv_core.so.2.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or

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I compiled and installed openCV 2.4.2 in ubuntu 12.04. Under /usr/local/include I can see the directories /usr/local/opencv and /usr/local/opencv2. Here is the code I wrote: #include <cv.h> #include <highgui.h> #include <iostream> using namespace cv; using namespace std; int main(int argc,char **argv) { Mat image; image = imread(argv[1],1); if(argc != 2 || !image.data) { cout << "No image data\n"; return -1; } namedWindow("Display Image",CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE); imshow("Display Image",image); waitKey(0); return 0; } I compiled it using this command line: g++ DisplayImage.cpp -o DisplayImage `pkg-config opencv --cflags --libs` There were no compile time errors, however when I try to run the resulting binary with /DisplayImage code.png I get the following error message: ./DisplayImage: error while loading shared libraries: libopencv_core.so.2.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory c++ ubuntu opencv g++ share improve this question edited Sep 14 '12 at 10:26 mtsvetkov 811 3 14 asked Sep 9 '12 at 1:30 linkrules 161 1 2 5

Logically libopencv_core.so.2.4 should be in /usr/local/lib, can you find it there? –  Sassa Sep 9 '12 at 1:42 Include the path, where you opencv-so files are located in LD_LIBRARY_PATH. (or ldconfig <opsncv-libs> may also help) –  Valentin Heinitz Sep 14 '12 at 11:12 add a comment

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You haven't put the shared library in a location where the loader can find it. look inside the /usr/local/opencv and /usr/local/opencv2 folders and see if either of them contains any shared libraries (files beginning in lib and usually ending in .so). when you find them, create a file called /etc/ld.so.conf.d/opencv.conf and write to it the paths to the folders where the libraries are stored, one per line. Then run sudo ldconfig -v for example, if the libraries were stored under /usr/local/opencv/libopencv_core.so.2.4 then I would write this to my opencv.conf file: /usr/local/opencv/ If you can't find the libraries, try running sudo updatedb && locate libopencv_core.so.2.4 in a shell. You don't need to run updatedb if you've rebooted since compiling OpenCV. References: About shared libraries on Linux: http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/notes/rpath.html About adding the OpenCV shared libraries: http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki/InstallGuide_Linux share improve this answer answered Sep 9 '12 at 1:55 Cookyt 769 5 9