How to install and use OpenCV 2.0 in Visual Studio2008(VS2008)

 Reference:

http://blog.qevan.com/posts/512.g

 

October 6, 2009

 

OpenCV2.0 could be downloaded from this url:

http://www.opencv.org.cn/download/OpenCV-2.0.0a-win32.exe  (for win32)

 

OpenCV2.0 was released on October 1, 2009 with advanced function .

 

OpenCV 2.0 now uses CMake to organize the whole project. By default, it only provides linux library. So we need to compile it first.

Download Cmake for windows and install.

Go to C:/OpenCV2.0, execute the following cmd

 

cmake . -G "Visual Studio 9 2008"  

 

Change "Visual Studio 9 2008" to your default compiler.

Cmake will generate a solution file (containing many projects) for you visual studio. Open it and build with “RELEASE ”(the path is "C:/OpenCV2.0/RELEASE/ ").

 

 

 

Add the following path to Tools–>Options–>Projects–>VC++ Directories–>Include files

C:/OpenCV2.0/include/opencv

Add following path to Tools–>Options–>Projects–>VC++ Directories–>Library files

C:/OpenCV2.0/RELEASE/lib/Release

Add path

C:/OpenCV2.0/RELEASE/bin/Release

to computer's environment path ,then restart your computer(modified by fpzeng )

 

When create a new project,

add following to “Project–>Properties–>Linker->Input–>Additional dependencies ”

cv200.lib cxcore200.lib highgui200.lib

Tested on OpenCV 2.0 on Visual Studio 2008