#prepare jetson nano
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt full-upgrade --autoremove
# get rid of old installation
sudo apt-get purge *libopencv*
# install everything we need for compile
sudo apt install -y \
build-essential \
curl \
git \
gfortran \
liblapacke-dev \
libavcodec-dev \
libavformat-dev \
libavresample-dev \
libcaffe-cpu-dev \
libdc1394-22-dev \
libgflags-dev \
libgoogle-glog-dev \
libgstreamer1.0-dev \
libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev \
libgtk2.0-dev \
libgphoto2-dev \
libjpeg-dev \
libpng-dev \
libtheora-dev \
libmp3lame-dev \
libswscale-dev \
libtbb-dev \
libtbb2 \
libtiff-dev \
libv4l-dev \
libavcodec-dev \
libavformat-dev \
libhdf5-dev \
libxvidcore-dev \
libx264-dev \
libatlas-base-dev \
libblas-dev \
libcurl4-gnutls-dev \
liblapack-dev \
libeigen3-dev \
libswscale-dev \
libprotobuf-c-dev \
libprotobuf-dev \
libprotoc-dev \
protobuf-compiler \
pkg-config \
python-dev \
python-numpy \
python-pip \
python3-pip \
python-tk \
python3-tk \
python3-numpy \
python2.7-dev \
python3-dev \
qt5-qmake \
qttools5-dev-tools \
qt5-default \
libcurl4-openssl-dev \
libssl-dev \
libeigen-stl-containers-dev \
python-qt4-dev \
libtesseract-dev
#prepare for installing a recent version of cmake
#install cmake from source
cd ~
sudo apt remove --purge cmake
sudo apt install libcurl4-openssl-dev
curl -L https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.15.2/cmake-3.15.2.tar.gz -o cmake-3.15.2.tar.gz
tar xf cmake-3.15.2.tar.gz
cd cmake-3.15.2
./bootstrap --prefix=/usr --parallel=j$(nproc)
make -j$(nproc)
sudo make install
# test (optional)
cmake --version
# cmake version 3.15.2
# CMake suite maintained and supported by Kitware (kitware.com/cmake).
curl -L https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
sudo -H pip install virtualenv virtualenvwrapper
remove old cache
sudo rm -rf ~/.cache/pip
# virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper
export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/.virtualenvs
# we use python3 as a standard in virtual environment
export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON=/usr/bin/python
source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON3=/usr/bin/python3
source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
# setting this permanently
echo -e "\n# virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/.virtualenvs" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON=/usr/bin/python" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON3=/usr/bin/python3" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh" >> ~/.bashrc
# create a virtual environment
cd ~
mkvirtualenv cv_python3 -p python3
mkvirtualenv cv_python2 -p python
# this should give you
# Already using interpreter /usr/bin/python3
# Using base prefix '/usr'
# New python executable in /home//.virtualenvs/cv/bin/python3
# Also creating executable in /home//.virtualenvs/cv/bin/python
# Installing setuptools, pip, wheel…
# done.
# virtualenvwrapper.user_scripts creating /home//.virtualenvs/cv/bin /predeactivate
# virtualenvwrapper.user_scripts creating /home//.virtualenvs/cv/bin/postdeactivate
# virtualenvwrapper.user_scripts creating /home//.virtualenvs/cv/bin/preactivate
# virtualenvwrapper.user_scripts creating /home/.virtualenvs/cv/bin/postactivate
# virtualenvwrapper.user_scripts creating /home//.virtualenvs/cv/bin/get_env_details
# (cv) @jetson:~/opencvComplete/opencv-4.1.1/release
# the "(cv) in fromt of @jetson is the important one. If you do not see #this yet, try it with
workon cv
# if you want to leave the virtual environment, simple do it with
# "deactivate" + ctrl
(cv) … pip install numpy
# we need MORE MEMORY for the build
# check memory:
sudo swapon --show
# on a jetson nano it gives you
# bNAME TYPE SIZE USED PRIO
# /dev/zram0 partition 494,6M 0B 5
# /dev/zram1 partition 494,6M 0B 5
# /dev/zram2 partition 494,6M 0B 5
# /dev/zram3 partition 494,6M 0B 5
# create a swap file - for building opencv4.1.1 3G additional swap were tested o.k.
# allocate the file:
sudo fallocate -l 3G /swapfile
# only root should have access to this file:
sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
# create the file->
sudo mkswap /swapfile
# activate the swap file ->
sudo swapon /swapfile
# test if everything is o.k.->
#
sudo swapon --show
# another test ->
sudo free -h
# adjust swapiness - first lets see what we have now ->
cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
# set swapiness to a value of e.g. 10 -> (for me the default was o.k.)
sudo sysctl vm.swappiness=10
# do not forget to remove the swap file after compiling when you are
# working on an SD-card!
# deactivate it with ->
sudo swapoff -v /swapfile
# remove it ->
sudo rm /swapfile
# protobuf -fix
# If you have protobuf installed, then configure your build with
# -BUILD_PROTOBUF=OFF and -WITH_PROTOBUF=ON
# If you do NOT have protobuf installed, just ensure you have #-BUILD_PROTOBUF=ON
# It worked for me with OpenCV 4.1.1 on Ubuntu 18.4.3 with CUDA 10.0
# get the sources
cd ~
curl -L https://github.com/opencv/opencv/archive/4.1.1.zip -o opencv-4.1.1.zip
curl -L https://github.com/opencv/opencv_contrib/archive/4.1.1.zip -o opencv_contrib-4.1.1.zip
unzip opencv-4.1.1.zip
unzip opencv_contrib-4.1.1.zip
cd opencv-4.1.1/
# prepare build folder
mkdir release && cd release
# fix eigen bug (important to get eigen running)
sudo ln -s /usr/include/eigen3/Eigen /usr/include/Eigen
cmake --system-curl -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE \
-D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
-D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE \
-D OPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH=../../opencv_contrib-4.1.1/modules \
-D OPENCV_ENABLE_NONFREE=ON \
D ENABLE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS=OFF \
-D WITH_CUDA=ON \
-D CUDA_ARCH_BIN="5.3" \
-D CUDA_ARCH_PTX="" \
-D CUDA_FAST_MATH=1 \
-D BUILD_PERF_TESTS=OFF \
-D BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
-D BUILD_DOCS=OFF \
-D WITH_JASPER=OFF \
-D BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON \
-D INSTALL_PYTHON_EXAMPLES=ON \
-D INSTALL_C_EXAMPLES=OFF \
-D INSTALL_PYTHON_EXAMPLES=OFF \
-D WITH_TBB=ON \
-D WITH_HDF=ON \
-D WITH_OPENMP=ON \
-D WITH_JAVA=OFF \
-D WITH_GSTREAMER=ON \
-D WITH_LIBV4L=ON \
-D WITH_EIGEN3=ON \
-D PYTHON2_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/include/python2.7 \
-D PYTHON2_LIBRARIES=/usr/lib/python2.7/config-aarch64-linux-gnu/libpython2.7.so \
-D PYTHON2_NUMPY_INCLUDE_DIRS=/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/core/include \
-D PYTHON3_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/include/python3.6 \
-D PYTHON3_LIBRARIES=/usr/lib/python3.6/config-3.6m-aarch64-linux-gnu/libpython3.6.so \
-D PYTHON3_NUMPY_INCLUDE_DIRS=/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/numpy/core/include \
-D WITH_QT=ON \
-D BUILD_OPENCV_PYTHON2=ON \
-D BUILD_OPENCV_PYTHON3=ON \
-D PYTHON2_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/python2.7 \
-D PYTHON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/python \
-D BUILD_WITH_DEBUG_INFO=OFF \
-Wno-dev \
-Wno-undef \
-Wno-strict-aliasing \
..
make -j$(nproc)
sudo make -j$(nproc) install
cd /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/cv2/python-3.6/
ln -s cv2.so cv2.cpython-36m-aarch64-linux-gnu.so
sudo ldconfig
sudo swapon --show
sudo swapoff -v /swapfile
sudo swapon --show
sudo rm /swapfile
workon cv_python3
(cv) pip install numpy -vv
