This is OpenCV 2.0,
the source package for Linux, MacOSX and every other Unix-like OS.
The major features:
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* the brand-new C++ interface,
in addition to the existing OpenCV 1.x C API.
* a lot of new functionality, especially in the area
of feature detectors and descriptors
* SSE2 optimization of many functions
* the revised directory structure and
the completely new CMake-based build system
* completely new documentation, available
offline as PDF (included) and online:
http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/index.html
and a lot more; please, see the ChangeLog.
The installation procedure at glance:
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1. tar -xjf OpenCV-2.0.0.tar.bz2
2. mkdir opencv.build
3. cd opencv.build
4a. cmake [<extra_options>] ../OpenCV-2.0.0 # CMake-way
or
4b. ../OpenCV-2.0.0/configure [<extra_options>] # configure-way
5. make -j 2
6. sudo make install
7. sudo ldconfig # linux only
For the list of prerequisities and more detailed installation guide,
please, see http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki/InstallGuide
Known issues:
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- Some (actually, quite many) of SWIG-based Python bindings do not work.
The problem is being investigated
- Some correctness tests occasionally fail; in 99% of cases those
are known problems in the tests.
- Some tests in cvtest and mltest require test data (otherwise the respective
tests will fail, which is normal), that is not included
into the package to save space. The data can be retrieved from
http://opencvlibrary.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/opencvlibrary/trunk/opencv_extra
Then run cvtest as
./cvtest -d <the_path_to_opencv_extra>/testdata/cv
and mltest as
./mltest -d <the_path_to_opencv_extra>/testdata/ml
- The reference manual does not include description of most of
the new functionality from cvaux.
As soon as the documentation will be updated, it will be uploaded to
http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/index.html
Stay tuned!
