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A quick guide to setting up and installing OpenCV for using in the Netbeans integrated development environment in Linux. Step 1: Download and extract OpenCV for Linux Versions of OpenCV can be downloaded from here: http://opencv.org/downloads.html Save it to the location of your choice. Open a command prompt, navigate to the download location and unzip:

Some hints and tips on how to overcome an annoying little gotcha that causes the Linux-based NetBeans IDE to freeze when trying to create a new project: Instead of presenting the user with the options for creating a new project as shown in the screenshot below, the screen remains stuck with the egg timer, and does not allow the user to proceed:

A brief and hopefully to the point on getting up and running with OpenGL in an Ubuntu Linux environment. For setting up OpenGL in Windows / Visual Studio environments, please see this post . My choice of integrated development environment for C++ development for this example is Netbeans 7.3.

1. Create a new project In the File menu, select New Project: