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Simple steps to run the trackers on Windows 7 using Visual Studio 2013, cmake and OpenCV 3.0. It is assumed that a 64bit Windows is installed. If you use a 32bit Windows, update to 64bit.
- Download "OpenCV for Windows" from www.opencv.org.
- Execute the file. It is a self-extracting archive. Throughout this tutorial,
h:\opencv_3_0_rc1is used as install path for opencv: - Setup the required OpenCV Paths:
- Right-click on Computer -> Properties -> Advanced System Settings -> Environment Variables
- On the
System variablesscroll list, selectPathand clickEdit. CAUTION: if you screw up your environment variables, you can break your system. Thus, ensure that you do not change anything else!: Prepend:H:\opencv_3_0_rc1\opencv\build\x64\vc12\bin;and clickok. - Click on
newand create a system variable with nameOPENCV_DIRand valueH:\opencv_3_0_rc1\opencv\build\x64\vc12
- Download cmake Windows Installer from http://www.cmake.org/
- Execute it. Install it anywhere on your system. Use default options for the rest of the dialogues.
- If you don't have Visual Studio: Microsoft provides a free version (Read the license terms and ensure that these apply to you!): https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-community-vs.aspx
- Install it anywhere on your system.
- Download https://github.com/klahaag/cf_tracking/archive/master.zip to
H:\