include nonfree openCV 2.4.10 on ubuntu

11
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I've installed OpenCV on ubuntu using this link and I'm trying to use SURF descriptor. I knew that they changed the location of these type of descriptors to the nonfree module so we need to include it, which is something like this: #include "opencv2/nonfree/features2d.hpp". The problem is that I'm getting this error at compile time: opencv2/nonfree/features2d.hpp no such file or directory.

Any idea how to fix it?

EDITED: The other parts of openCV are working fine. I'm including the following libraries and everything is looking good:

#include "opencv2/core/core.hpp"
#include "opencv2/features2d/features2d.hpp"
#include "opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp"
#include "opencv2/calib3d/calib3d.hpp"
#include "opencv2/legacy/legacy.hpp"

I checked the inlcude folder in my OpenCV directory and the nonfree folder is there. Moreover, it's the only library that I can't access within QTCreator (The environment I'm using) because I tried to include all the other librairies found in the Inlcude folder and they looked good.

EDITED2: You can see a screenshot of what I saw when I ran make VERBOSE=1 on this link

So not sure where to look? Actually, I did not find the nonfree folder in ../usr/include/opencv2/

Thanks.

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opencvubuntusurf
Have you tried using #include <opencv2/nonfree/features2d.hpp> (use < > instead of " ") – usr1234567
I tried them both and got same error. – Maystro
Run make with `VERBOSE=1" and check whether the right directory is passed. – usr1234567
@usr1234567, edited question – Maystro
You should find the path in the command invoking the compiler after a -I. If the path after the -I together with opencv2/nonfree/features2d.hpp is a valid header, it should work. If this is not the case, copy the part invoking the compiler and add the right -I with the path. If that works, try to add the include path in your CMake appropriately. – usr1234567

3 Answers

42
votes

Actually, I just updated openCV using the following commands then it worked:

sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:xqms/opencv-nonfree
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install libopencv-nonfree-dev
10
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sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:xqms/opencv-nonfree
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libopencv-nonfree-dev

---this answer works well for me, thanks @Maystro

after this step, just link your program to -lopencv_nonfree, or you cannot access to surf.

0
votes

This worked for me:

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:xqms/opencv-nonfree
sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:jeff250/opencv
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libopencv-dev
sudo apt-get install libopencv-nonfree-dev

Here's where I found it:

https://askubuntu.com/a/1141214/689474