Installing & Configuring with Visual Studio

How to Install And Configure OpenCV with Visual Studio

Steps for Installing & Configuring OpenCV with Visual Studio in Windows 10. Using:

• Windows 10 64-bit
• Visual Studio Community Edition 2015 Update 1
• OpenCv 3.1.0

1. Download and install Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition. It's free and choosing all default option including VC++ will work fine.


2. Download latest version of OpenCV. I am using OpenCV 3.1.0


3. Make a folder of your OpenCV version. for example "C:\OpenCV-3.1.0"


4. Add the bin directory of OpenCV to the operating system path.
   a) Go to: System Properties -> Advanced Sytem Settings -> Environment Variables -> Edit Path Variable
   b) Add new path value to "C:\OpenCV-3.1.0\opencv\build\x64\vc14\bin" and Apply Changes.








5. Start Visual Studio, choose File->New->Project

Choose Visual C++, Empty Project, name your project, example "Test", Set preferred location, uncheck "Create directory for solution" and "Add to source control", Choose Ok.

Right Click in Solution Explorer,Choose Add -> New Item. Choose "C++ File", name the file, example "ObjectTracking.cpp". Choose Add.

In the Visual Studio toolbar, verify that "Solution Configurations" is set to "Debug", then change "Solution Platforms" to "x64"

In VS 2015 go to:
a) Project -> (project name) Properties -> Configuration Properties -> VC++ Directories -> Include Directories add the include directory for your version of OpenCV, ex "C:\OpenCV-3.1.0\opencv\build\include"
b) Project -> Properties -> Configuration Properties -> VC++ Directories -> Library Directories: add the library directory for your version of OpenCV, ex "C:\OpenCV-3.1.0\opencv\build\x64\vc14\lib"
c) Project -> Properties -> Configuration Properties -> Linker -> Input -> Additional Dependencies: Copy/paste the name of the debug lib(s) in the lib directory, ex "opencv_world310d.lib"

Done ! You are ready to write code and Run your program.

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