How to setup Qt and openCV on Windows

How to setup Qt and openCV on Windows

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Introduction

WARNING: The below procedures are incomplete, and not functional.

This article shows how to install both Qt and openCV, and build a basic OpenCV example. This article assumes Windows 7 has just been installed.

This article uses information from the following pages: http://docs.opencv.org/2.4/doc/tutorials/introduction/windows_install/windows_install.html?highlight=installation http://www.laganiere.name/opencvCookbook/chap1s1_2.shtml

Windows, source of openCV, old version

This section is a direct copy of this guide. Only minor changes are done to make it work with a newer version of Qt.

Windows, precompiled binaries, new versions

Install OpenCV

Download the newest version from sourceforge . At the time of this writing, opencv-3.2.0-vc14.exe (118MB) is the latest version. Execute the program, then enter a location with at least 460MB free. This how to assumes OpenCV to be extracted to "d:\", so the folder d:\opencv exists.

Install Qt

Download the Qt installer from www.qt.io, then choose "Download now" This will then download qt-unified-windows-x86-2.0.5-online.exe Execute the program, then choose the following settings:

welcome next
qt account skip
setup-Qt next
installation folder: D:\Qt
select components: next (accept defaults)
License Agreement: agree and next
start menu shortcuts: next
ready to install: install

Adjust Qt

Run D:\Qt\MaintenanceTool.exe then use the following options:

maintain Qt: Qt Account: Skip
Setup Qt: Add or remove components: Next
Select components: Qt-Qt5.8-MinGW 5.3.0 32 bit
Select components: tools-MinGW 5.3.0 32 bit: next :update