How to install OpenCV 2.0 on win32

Question

I need to install OpenCV on Win32. I do not have it installed currently. I downloaded OpenCV-2.0.0a-win32.exe and ran it. What the heck do I do now? There are no .lib\'s a

Answer 1

For version 2.0, you must build the project from source.

Here's what you will need:

1. The OpenCV installer.
2. CMake. Here's the CMake installer.
3. Instructions for using CMake to install OpenCV-2.0.01-win32. Those instructions need an extra step if you are using a vc++ Express edition. In that case you must un-check ENABLE_OPENMP when running the CMake GUI.
4. Instructions for setting up an application project. (Thanks to mloskot for this find.)