Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.4-426

Chapter 10. Graphics and Font Libraries

opencv-4.12.0

Introduction to opencv

The opencv package contains graphics libraries mainly aimed at real-time computer vision.

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Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the books.

Package Information

Additional Downloads

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One additional file that starts with "ippicv" (integrated performance primitives) will be automatically downloaded during the cmake portion of the build procedure. This download is specific to the system architecture.

opencv Dependencies

Required

CMake-4.1.2 and libarchive-3.8.2

Recommended

FFmpeg-7.1.2, gst-plugins-base-1.26.6, GTK-3.24.51, jasper-4.2.8, libavif-1.3.0, libexif-0.6.25, libjpeg-turbo-3.0.1, libpng-1.6.50, libtiff-4.7.1, libwebp-1.6.0, OpenJPEG-2.5.4, v4l-utils-1.32.0, and xine-lib-1.2.13

Optional

apache-ant-1.10.15, Doxygen-1.15.0, Java-24.0.2, NumPy-2.3.4, Protobuf-33.0, ATLAS, blas, Cuda, Eigen, OpenEXR, GDAL, lapack, libdc1394, Threading Building Blocks (TBB), and VTK - The Visualization Toolkit,

Installation of opencv

If you downloaded the optional modules, unpack them now: 

tar -xf ../opencv_contrib-4.12.0.tar.gz

Install opencv by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr        \
      -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release         \
      -D ENABLE_CXX11=ON                  \
      -D BUILD_PERF_TESTS=OFF             \
      -D WITH_XINE=ON                     \
      -D BUILD_TESTS=OFF                  \
      -D ENABLE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS=OFF   \
      -D CMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_RPATH=ON      \
      -D BUILD_WITH_DEBUG_INFO=OFF        \
      -D OPENCV_GENERATE_PKGCONFIG=ON     \
      -D CMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5 \
      -W no-dev  ..                       &&
make

The package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

-D CMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5: This switch allows building this package with cmake-4.0 or newer.

-D CMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_RPATH=ON: This switch makes cmake remove hardcoded library search paths (rpath) when installing a binary executable file or a shared library. This package does not need rpath once it's installed into the standard location, and rpath may sometimes cause unwanted effects or even security issues.

-D WITH_XINE=ON: This switch instructs the make procedure to use xine-lib-1.2.13.

-D ENABLE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS=OFF: This switch is needed for compatibility with gcc-6.1 and later.

-D OPENCV_GENERATE_PKGCONFIG=ON: This switch tells the build system to generate a pkg-config file for other packages to detect and link to the libraries installed by this package.

-D OPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH=../opencv_contrib-4.12.0/modules: instructs the build system to build additional modules. Some packages in BLFS (such as gst-plugins-bad-1.26.6) need these modules to build components that use OpenCV.

Contents

Installed Programs: opencv_annotation, opencv_interactive-calibration, opencv_model_diagnostics, opencv_version, opencv_visualisation, opencv_waldboost_detector, and setup_vars_opencv4.sh
Installed Libraries: libopencv_aruco.so, libopencv_bgsegm.so, libopencv_bioinspired.so, libopencv_calib3d.so, libopencv_ccalib.so, libopencv_core.so, libopencv_datasets.so, libopencv_dnn_objdetect.so, libopencv_dnn.so, libopencv_dnn_superres.so, libopencv_dpm.so, libopencv_face.so, libopencv_features2d.so, libopencv_flann.so, libopencv_freetype.so, libopencv_gapi.so, libopencv_hfs.so, libopencv_highgui.so, libopencv_imgcodecs.so, libopencv_img_hash.so, libopencv_imgproc.so, libopencv_intensity_transform.so, libopencv_line_descriptor.so, libopencv_mcc.so, libopencv_ml.so, libopencv_objdetect.so, libopencv_optflow.so, libopencv_phase_unwrapping.so, libopencv_photo.so, libopencv_plot.so, libopencv_quality.so, libopencv_rapid.so, libopencv_reg.so, libopencv_rgbd.so, libopencv_saliency.so, libopencv_shape.so, libopencv_signal.so, libopencv_stereo.so, libopencv_stitching.so, libopencv_structured_light.so, libopencv_superres.so, libopencv_surface_matching.so, libopencv_text.so, libopenct_tracking.so, libopencv_video.so, libopencv_videoio.so, libopencv_videostage.so, libopencv_wechat_qrcode.so, libopencv_xfeatures2d.so, libopencv_ximgproc.so, libopencv_xobjdetect.so, and libopencv_xphoto.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/opencv4, /usr/lib/cmake/opencv4, /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/cv2, /usr/share/licenses/opencv4, /usr/share/opencv4, and /usr/share/java/opencv4