Beginning OpenCV

I assume that you have installed OpenCV on your Linux machine. If you are having any problems installing OpenCV 2.3.1 you can view my previous post or  http://www.marcolancini.it/other/opencv_install_231.php

I would recommend you to go through OpenCV documentation.

C/C++
Python

C

Load images in C

#include
#include<opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp>

int main()
{
    IplImage* img = cvLoadImage("/home/jay/Pictures/python.jpg",CV_LOAD_IMAGE_COLOR);
    cvNamedWindow("opencvtest",CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE);
    cvShowImage("opencvtest",img);
    cvWaitKey(0);
    cvReleaseImage(&img);
    return 0;
}

To compile C program,
Let’s assume the file is opencvtest.c

$ gcc -ggdb `pkg-config --cflags opencv` -o `basename opencvtest.c .c` opencvtest.c `pkg-config --libs opencv`
$ ./opencvtest


C++

Load images in C++

#include<opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp>
using namespace cv;

int main()
{

    Mat img = imread("/home/jay/Pictures/python.jpg",CV_LOAD_IMAGE_COLOR);
    imshow("opencvtest",img);
    waitKey(0);

    return 0;
}

To compile C++ program,
Let’s assume the file is opencvtest.cpp

$ g++ -ggdb `pkg-config --cflags opencv` -o `basename opencvtest.cpp .cpp` opencvtest.cpp `pkg-config --libs opencv`
$ ./opencvtest


Note: Always include OpenCV header files in C and C++ as

#include "opencv2/core/core_c.h"
#include "opencv2/core/core.hpp"
#include "opencv2/flann/miniflann.hpp"
#include "opencv2/imgproc/imgproc_c.h"
#include "opencv2/imgproc/imgproc.hpp"
#include "opencv2/video/video.hpp"
#include "opencv2/features2d/features2d.hpp"
#include "opencv2/objdetect/objdetect.hpp"
#include "opencv2/calib3d/calib3d.hpp"
#include "opencv2/ml/ml.hpp"
#include "opencv2/highgui/highgui_c.h"
#include "opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp"
#include "opencv2/contrib/contrib.hpp"

Note: Never compile a file in the following manner.
$ gcc -ggdb `pkg-config --cflags opencv` -o `basename opencvtest.c` opencvtest.c `pkg-config --libs opencv`
It will make your .c file to output file.

To avoid any problems like this, I have made a bash script to compile opencv programs.
Making a Bash Script to Compile OpenCV:

It’s kind of boring typing all this stuff. So, I created a bash file to compile OpenCV programs.
Name it .compile_opencv.sh and keep it in your home directory.

echo "compiling $1"
if [[ $1 == *.c ]]
then
    gcc -ggdb `pkg-config --cflags opencv` -o `basename $1 .c` $1 `pkg-config --libs opencv`;
elif [[ $1 == *.cpp ]]
then
    g++ -ggdb `pkg-config --cflags opencv` -o `basename $1 .cpp` $1 `pkg-config --libs opencv`;
else
    echo "Please compile only .c or .cpp files"
fi
echo "Output file => ${1%.*}"

Add an alias in .bashrc or .bash_aliases

alias opencv="~/.compile_opencv.sh"

$ opencv opencvtest.c
$ ./opencvtest


Python

Loading images in Python

from cv2.cv import *

img = LoadImage("/home/jay/Pictures/python.jpg")
NamedWindow("opencv")
ShowImage("opencv",img)
WaitKey(0)

$ python filename.py

P.S. Finals getting over soon. Excited to go home.