OpenCV Installation in Linux¶

This installation was tested on Ubuntu 14.04 with a USB3.0 camera MQ013MG-E2 .

Installation¶

Install needed libraries¶

sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev
sudo apt-get install pkg-config

Download opencv-3.1.0.zip and unzip¶

wget https://github.com/Itseez/opencv/archive/3.1.0.zip
unzip 3.1.0.zip
cd opencv-3.1.0

Build and Install¶

mkdir build
cd build
# on some systems "-D WITH_TIFF=NO" should be added to options
cmake  ..
make
sudo make install

Install XIMEA Linux Software Package¶

How to install XIMEA Linux Software Package

Helpful links¶

Support page for OpenCV

Legacy approach¶

There is alternative approach of using OpenCV with XIMEA cameras. This approach uses OpenCV videoio module for PYTHON and C++. You can read more details here.