How to run C++ library with OpenCV on the other computer (linux)?

Question

I wrote a small project using C++, OpenCV 2.2 and g++ in Ubuntu 11.04. I need to make a library (.so would be better), but I want it to run on the other computer, without OpenCV installed.
I've tried to build dynamic library using -shared and -fPIC flags for g++, and copied OpenCV .so libs to the working directory. Actually I need only core and feature2d, but actually it requested lot's of other libs, including highgui, which also has many dependencies.
I tried static linking, using -Wl,-Bstatic flags, but also unsuccessfully. Did someone has the same problems? I would appreciate any kind of help.

Answer 1

It is possible to build OpenCV without dependencies from system libraries. To turn of all the dependencies for OpenCV 2.2 on Linux you can run cmake with following arguments:

cmake -DWITH_1394=OFF -DWITH_CUDA=OFF -DWITH_EIGEN2=OFF -DWITH_FFMPEG=OFF -DWITH_GSTREAMER=OFF -DWITH_GTK=OFF -DWITH_OPENEXR=OFF -DWITH_PVAPI=OFF -DWITH_QT=OFF -DWITH_TBB=OFF -DWITH_UNICAP=OFF -DWITH_V4L=OFF -DWITH_XINE=OFF -DUSE_IPP=OFF -DOPENCV_BUILD_3RDPARTY_LIBS=ON ..

But in this case you will not be able to use many of functions form highgui module:

• video reading and writing
• working with camera
• all functions working with GUI (like imshow)