Linux installation notes for OpenCV (30 minutes to an hour)
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Download latest Linux OpenCV tarball from SourceForge
	SourceForge OpenCV page found by googling 'opencv'
	typical tarball name = opencv-1.0.0.tar.gz

gunzip opencv-1.0.0.tar.gz
tar xBpf opencv-1.0.0.tar
cd opencv-1.0.0
emacs INSTALL &
	- follow Linux installation notes, which are basically:
./configure
make
<become superuser>
make install
(ignore the ldconfig command suggested in INSTALL notes)
add /usr/local/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf (at the end)
add /usr/local/lib permanently to LD_LIBRARY_PATH (e.g., in .cshrc)
/usr/local/lib and /usr/local/include/opencv have what you need,
so use them in your Makefile (see typical Makefile example elsewhere)

see my demo programs and Makefile to get started

take a look at samples/c of this release
take a look at docs/opencvman_old.pdf (OpenCV Reference Manual)
	in the OpenCV release (especially Chapter 13 on 
	camera/reconstruction and Chapter 14 on image handling)
	for some command documentation.
the best documentation is online at opencvlibrary.sourceforge.net
	(see 'Documentation of Functions')