I have OpenCV 2.4.11 and now I am porting some of my codes to OpenCV3, in the meanwhile I still have to do work on 2.4.11. So I have been installing and uninstalling, going back and forth between 2.4.11 and 3. Is there a way to have both installed and select which one to use? e.g. at compilation time?, that will help me a lot. What has to be done? How to select them?
Certainly, you can have multiple instances of OpenCV installed and being used concurrently. You will have to adjust some environment variables. For example, on Windows, you will have to change the value in PATH to point to correct directory for DLLs. Same on Linux. Much easier than installing/uninstalling the entire package.
Thanks!! I am on the part about setting the environment variables. I got the two installations (opencv 2 and 3) working but I was wondering if there is a way to set the environment variables automatically. Right now I change them in the .bashrc file depending on which version I will be using.
In my experience, on Linux Ubuntu, the fastest way is to build both versions and keep the build folders somewhere on your system. Whenever you want to install a specific version, run sudo make -j 6 install inside that build folder. This will automatically change all links and environment variables.
Asked: 2015-08-18 22:31:05 -0600
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Last updated: Aug 18 '15
