How to compile OpenCV on Windows?

Opencv 2.0 wont compile/run?

• Brand new to opencv 2.0 never used it before. (Yes did spend 2 hours looking through docs/google before posting) Tried looking all over the net for help with this. found lots of people having the same problems and not being resolved, or its out of date and using opencv 1.1 The following printscreen shows the error message i get, a simple link error, and the fact that i have added the opencv to the environment includes. http://img1.uploadscreenshot.com/images/orig/3/7815491432-orig.jpg the following shows me setting up environment library http://www.uploadscreenshot.com/image/52629/4705017 and this shows me adding to the project properties additional dependencies http://www.uploadscreenshot.com/image/52630/7412598 What i'm really not sure on is the dll's do i need to remake them due to using MSVC++ 2008? should they look like this with the 200's? http://www.uploadscreenshot.com/image/52631/1366574 Just to recap, did include to includes and library in environment settings, then did add additional dependencies according to someone online (probably wrong). Any help would be appreciated. Stu

• Answer:

  OpenCV2.0 did compile for me. I did have problems with 1.1, however Ubuntu has it built ready to install. I'm Linux, I used the recipe from wiki willowgarage. Linking is hard work while building. Anyhoo, I ended up with libcv libcvaux libcxcore libhighgui // those are the c headers links to cv.h, cvaux.h... etc. // there is a huge collection of cpp, python, perl hook libs that I'll never use. Instead I prefer Java as it makes a better front-end. I mention all that because OpenCV is huge. It does many things. You will have to tell us what project goal you have in mind and perhaps I can point you to the shortest path.