OpenCV application (not library) linking errors

Question

After significant bit of searching around, I am still feeling quite clueless as to what is going on.

I have written a OpenCV simple application (more-or-less based on a tutorial), but getting it build has been a challenge. Here's the code:-

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <cv.h>
#include <highgui.h>


int main()
{
    CvCapture *cam;

    cam = cvCaptureFromFile("http://[email protected]:2002/videostream.cgi");
    if (cam == NULL) {
        printf("camera is null\n");
    }
    else {
        printf("camera is non-null\n");
    }

    cvNamedWindow("Mycam", 0);

    while (cvWaitKey(10) != atoi("q")) {
        double t1 = (double) cvGetTickCount();
        IplImage *img = cvQueryFrame(cam);
        double t2 = (double) cvGetTickCount();
        printf("time: %gms  fps: %.2g\n", (t2-t1)/(cvGetTickFrequency() * 1000.), 1000./((t2-t1)/(cvGetTickFrequency() * 1000.)));
        cvShowImage("Mycam", img);
    }

    cvReleaseCapture(&cam);
}

And here's what my Makefile looks like:

ipcamcap: ipcamcap.c
    g++ `pkg-config --cflags --libs opencv` -o ipcamcap ipcamcap.c

Finally, here are the errors I get --

/home/icarus/Projects/ipcamcap$ make
g++ `pkg-config --cflags --libs opencv` -o ipcamcap ipcamcap.c
/tmp/ccV5YLqQ.o: In function `main':
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0xf): undefined reference to `cvCreateFileCapture'
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0x41): undefined reference to `cvNamedWindow'
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0x4b): undefined reference to `cvGetTickCount'
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0x61): undefined reference to `cvQueryFrame'
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0x6a): undefined reference to `cvGetTickCount'
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0x8c): undefined reference to `cvGetTickFrequency'
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0xd6): undefined reference to `cvGetTickFrequency'
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0x118): undefined reference to `cvShowImage'
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0x122): undefined reference to `cvWaitKey'
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0x147): undefined reference to `cvReleaseCapture'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [ipcamcap] Error 1
/home/icarus/Projects/ipcamcap$

On the host, I can see that --

/home/icarus/Projects/ipcamcap$ echo `pkg-config --cflags --libs opencv`

-I/usr/local/include/opencv -I/usr/local/include -L/usr/local/lib -lopencv_core -lopencv_imgproc -lopencv_highgui -lopencv_ml -lopencv_video -lopencv_features2d -lopencv_calib3d -lopencv_objdetect -lopencv_contrib -lopencv_legacy -lopencv_flann /home/icarus/Projects/ipcamcap$

And, I do have the libs on this host as well --

/home/icarus/Projects/ipcamcap$ ls -l /usr/local/lib/libopencv_core.so*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      21 2012-02-28 11:44 /usr/local/lib/libopencv_core.so -> libopencv_core.so.2.3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      23 2012-02-28 11:44 /usr/local/lib/libopencv_core.so.2.3 -> libopencv_core.so.2.3.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2169691 2012-02-28 11:16 /usr/local/lib/libopencv_core.so.2.3.1

of course, apart from all the other OpenCV libraries.

Edited:

Note that I started with compiling the program with "gcc" compiler, but the errors were lot more, like -

gcc `pkg-config --cflags --libs opencv` -o ipcamcap ipcamcap.c
/tmp/cc9zt8fA.o: In function `cvDecRefData':
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0x9f2): undefined reference to `cvFree_'
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0xa7a): undefined reference to `cvFree_'
/tmp/cc9zt8fA.o: In function `cvGetRow':
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0xb91): undefined reference to `cvGetRows'
/tmp/cc9zt8fA.o: In function `cvGetCol':
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0xbbf): undefined reference to `cvGetCols'
/tmp/cc9zt8fA.o: In function `cvReleaseMatND':
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0xbd9): undefined reference to `cvReleaseMat'
/tmp/cc9zt8fA.o: In function `cvSubS':
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0xd35): undefined reference to `cvAddS'
/tmp/cc9zt8fA.o: In function `cvCloneSeq':
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0xd6e): undefined reference to `cvSeqSlice'
/tmp/cc9zt8fA.o: In function `cvSetNew':
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0xddb): undefined reference to `cvSetAdd'
/tmp/cc9zt8fA.o: In function `cvGetSetElem':
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0xe84): undefined reference to `cvGetSeqElem'
/tmp/cc9zt8fA.o: In function `cvEllipseBox':
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0xf69): undefined reference to `cvEllipse'
/tmp/cc9zt8fA.o: In function `cvFont':
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0xfa6): undefined reference to `cvInitFont'
/tmp/cc9zt8fA.o: In function `cvReadIntByName':
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0x1094): undefined reference to `cvGetFileNodeByName'
/tmp/cc9zt8fA.o: In function `cvReadRealByName':
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0x1147): undefined reference to `cvGetFileNodeByName'
/tmp/cc9zt8fA.o: In function `cvReadStringByName':
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0x11bd): undefined reference to `cvGetFileNodeByName'
/tmp/cc9zt8fA.o: In function `cvReadByName':
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0x11fd): undefined reference to `cvGetFileNodeByName'
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0x1213): undefined reference to `cvRead'
/tmp/cc9zt8fA.o: In function `cvCreateSubdivDelaunay2D':
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0x124f): undefined reference to `cvCreateSubdiv2D'
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0x126a): undefined reference to `cvInitSubdivDelaunay2D'
/tmp/cc9zt8fA.o: In function `cvContourPerimeter':
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0x1442): undefined reference to `cvArcLength'
/tmp/cc9zt8fA.o: In function `cvCalcHist':
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0x1472): undefined reference to `cvCalcArrHist'
/tmp/cc9zt8fA.o: In function `main':
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0x15bb): undefined reference to `cvCreateFileCapture'
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0x15ed): undefined reference to `cvNamedWindow'
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0x15f7): undefined reference to `cvGetTickCount'
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0x160d): undefined reference to `cvQueryFrame'
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0x1616): undefined reference to `cvGetTickCount'
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0x1638): undefined reference to `cvGetTickFrequency'
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0x167e): undefined reference to `cvGetTickFrequency'
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0x16bf): undefined reference to `cvShowImage'
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0x16c9): undefined reference to `cvWaitKey'
ipcamcap.c:(.text+0x16e9): undefined reference to `cvReleaseCapture'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [ipcamcap] Error 1

all c methods are giving you undefined reference error, just go C++... — Matteo
– Matteo, Commented Mar 8, 2012 at 9:07
@Banthar, I was using "gcc" earlier, and the linker errors were several page-fulls. I've also attempted to change <stdio.h> to <cstdio> with 'using namespace std;' etc., renaming file to .cpp, but of course, the code is still very C'ish. — bdutta74
– bdutta74, Commented Mar 8, 2012 at 9:14
Try gcc -o ipcamcap ipcamcap.c `pkg-config --cflags --libs opencv`. — Piotr Praszmo
– Piotr Praszmo, Commented Mar 8, 2012 at 9:38
@icarus74: Yes, I mean something like that. Also check if the names do match exactly (no additional underscores, no C++ demangled names etc.) — PlasmaHH
– PlasmaHH, Commented Mar 8, 2012 at 9:44

Piotr Praszmo · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-08 09:55:50Z

8

gcc `pkg-config --cflags --libs opencv` -o ipcamcap ipcamcap.c

The order of flags sometimes matter. Try:

gcc -o ipcamcap ipcamcap.c `pkg-config --cflags --libs opencv`

You can get more information here.

answered Mar 8, 2012 at 9:55

Piotr Praszmo

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bdutta74 Over a year ago

Thanks, esply for sharing the reference explaining significance of linker options and relevance of their ordering.

Matteo · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-08 09:49:11Z

5

Be sure you are correctly including and linking all library files.

I specified library's search path with the following:

-L/usr/local/lib
-lopencv_core -lopencv_highgui

and obviously included libraries for the compiler:

-I/usr/local/include/opencv

and compiled correctly your code snippet.

answered Mar 8, 2012 at 9:49

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bdutta74 Over a year ago

Thanks Matteo. Upvoted, but I think the main issue that had me caught was the order of compiler options.

Matteo Over a year ago

@icarus74 yeah that was definitively the problem. Still I suggest passing to the OpenCV C++ interface, it's neat and easy to use een with low experience.. ;)

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