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Error: undefined reference to `cvReleaseImage' (opencv + Qt)

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  • SGaistS Offline
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    SGaist
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    wrote on last edited by
    #2

    Hi and welcome to devnet,

    You are not telling the build system where to find your opencv libraries
    You need to add something like:
    @
    LIBS += -LD:/opencv/build/lib/correct_architecture_folder
    @

    I would also advise to change all back slashes for forward slashes in your paths to avoid problems (Qt will translate them for you)

    Hope it helps

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    • R Offline
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      RodMckay
      wrote on last edited by
      #3

      my fault , I forgot to add that here

      .pro
      @
      #-------------------------------------------------

      Project created by QtCreator 2013-09-11T03:55:37

      #-------------------------------------------------

      QT += core

      QT -= gui

      TARGET = camera_onConsole
      CONFIG += console
      CONFIG -= app_bundle

      TEMPLATE = app

      INCLUDEPATH += D:\opencv\build\include

      LIBS += -LD:\opencv\build\x86\mingw\lib

      LIBS += -lopencv_highgui246
      -lopencv_imgproc246
      -lopencv_objdetect246

      SOURCES += main.cpp
      @

      maybe , this helps us to find a solution

      my dll files path : LIBS += -LD:\opencv\build\x86\mingw\lib

      and contents of the folder

      !http://www.qtcentre.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=9595&d=1379296529(contents of the dll folder)!

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      • R Offline
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        RodMckay
        wrote on last edited by
        #4

        @INCLUDEPATH += D:/opencv/build/include

        LIBS += -LD:/opencv/build/x86/mingw/lib

        LIBS += -lopencv_highgui246
        -lopencv_imgproc246
        -lopencv_objdetect246@

        I wrote codes include slashe in this way but there is still the same error

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        • SGaistS Offline
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          SGaist
          Lifetime Qt Champion
          wrote on last edited by
          #5

          You are missing opencv_core

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          • R Offline
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            RodMckay
            wrote on last edited by
            #6

            thank you very much . I run at the end :D

            there is another problem , I think it's my fault but I know where is that

            Application Output :
            excited with code 0

            and I couldn't see my image , do u have any suggestions?

            I try to change .jpg with .png but again I couldn't see the image

            thanks again

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            • SGaistS Offline
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              SGaist
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              wrote on last edited by
              #7

              Are you sure cvWaitKey(0) is the right value ?

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              • R Offline
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                RodMckay
                wrote on last edited by
                #8

                yes, it's value is right, now I don't know what I can do for the program

                just I wanted to write a simple program to start opencv but I couldn't

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                • SGaistS Offline
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                  SGaist
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                  wrote on last edited by
                  #9

                  AFAIK, cvWaitKey(0) will wait for 0 ms so your application will show/hide your image too fast for you to see

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                    RodMckay
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #10

                    thanks for your reply but it doesn't show again , I'm tired to try that

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                    • SGaistS Offline
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                      SGaist
                      Lifetime Qt Champion
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #11

                      Use cvWaitKey(-1) so it won't timeout, also you should check whether opencv needs windows style path e.g.

                      @IplImage* img = cvLoadImage("D:\image.jpg");@

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                        Negar_mg
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #12

                        Hi,
                        I followed this tutorial:
                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox6NFWE8xg4

                        this is my .pro file:

                        QT -= gui

                        CONFIG += c++11 console
                        CONFIG -= app_bundle

                        SOURCES +=
                        main.cpp

                        qnx: target.path = /tmp/$${TARGET}/bin
                        else: unix:!android: target.path = /opt/$${TARGET}/bin
                        !isEmpty(target.path): INSTALLS += target
                        INCLUDEPATH += C:\Qt\opencv_cv2\OPENCV1\include
                        LIBS += -LC:\Qt\opencv_cv2\OPENCV1\build-qt\lib
                        -lopencv_calib3d249d
                        -lopencv_contrib249d
                        -lopencv_core249d
                        -lopencv_features2d249d
                        -lopencv_flann249d
                        -lopencv_gpu249d
                        -lopencv_highgui249d
                        -lopencv_imgproc249d
                        -lopencv_legacy249d
                        -lopencv_ml249d
                        -lopencv_nonfree249d
                        -lopencv_objdetect249d
                        -lopencv_ocl249d
                        -lopencv_photo249d
                        -lopencv_stitching249d
                        -lopencv_superres249d
                        -lopencv_ts249d
                        -lopencv_video249d
                        -lopencv_videostab249d

                        this is my main file:

                        #include <iostream>

                        #include <opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp>
                        #include <opencv2/imgproc/imgproc.hpp>
                        #include <opencv2/core/core.hpp>

                        using namespace cv;
                        using namespace std;

                        int main()
                        {
                        string imgloc="D:/ide/111.png";

                        Mat image = imread(imgloc);
                        

                        // Check for failure
                        if (image.empty())
                        {
                        cout << "Could not open or find the image" << endl;
                        return -1;
                        }

                        String windowName = "opencv"; //Name of the window
                        
                        namedWindow(windowName); // Create a window
                        
                        imshow(windowName, image); // Show our image inside the created window.
                        
                        waitKey(0); // Wait for any keystroke in the window
                        
                        
                        return 0;
                        

                        }

                        and this is my log output:

                        14:38:00: Running steps for project opencvtest10...
                        14:38:00: Starting: "C:\Qt\Qt5.12.11\5.12.11\mingw73_32\bin\qmake.exe" C:\Users\test\Documents\opencvtest10\opencvtest10.pro -spec win32-g++ "CONFIG+=debug" "CONFIG+=qml_debug"
                        Info: creating stash file C:\Users\test\Documents\build-opencvtest10-Desktop_Qt_5_12_11_MinGW_32_bit-Debug.qmake.stash
                        14:38:04: The process "C:\Qt\Qt5.12.11\5.12.11\mingw73_32\bin\qmake.exe" exited normally.
                        14:38:04: Starting: "C:\Qt\Qt5.12.11\Tools\mingw730_32\bin\mingw32-make.exe" -f C:/Users/test/Documents/build-opencvtest10-Desktop_Qt_5_12_11_MinGW_32_bit-Debug/Makefile qmake_all
                        mingw32-make: Nothing to be done for 'qmake_all'.
                        14:38:05: The process "C:\Qt\Qt5.12.11\Tools\mingw730_32\bin\mingw32-make.exe" exited normally.
                        14:38:05: Starting: "C:\Qt\Qt5.12.11\Tools\mingw730_32\bin\mingw32-make.exe" -j4
                        C:/Qt/Qt5.12.11/Tools/mingw730_32/bin/mingw32-make -f Makefile.Debug
                        mingw32-make[1]: Entering directory 'C:/Users/test/Documents/build-opencvtest10-Desktop_Qt_5_12_11_MinGW_32_bit-Debug'
                        g++ -c -fno-keep-inline-dllexport -g -std=gnu++11 -Wall -W -Wextra -fexceptions -mthreads -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DWIN32 -DMINGW_HAS_SECURE_API=1 -DQT_QML_DEBUG -DQT_CORE_LIB -I..\opencvtest10 -I. -I........\Qt\opencv_cv2\OPENCV1\include -I........\Qt\Qt5.12.11\5.12.11\mingw73_32\include -I........\Qt\Qt5.12.11\5.12.11\mingw73_32\include\QtCore -Idebug -I........\Qt\Qt5.12.11\5.12.11\mingw73_32\mkspecs\win32-g++ -o debug\main.o ..\opencvtest10\main.cpp
                        g++ -Wl,-subsystem,console -mthreads -o debug\opencvtest10.exe debug/main.o -LC:\Qt\opencv_cv2\OPENCV1\build-qt\lib -lopencv_calib3d249d -lopencv_contrib249d -lopencv_core249d -lopencv_features2d249d -lopencv_flann249d -lopencv_gpu249d -lopencv_highgui249d -lopencv_imgproc249d -lopencv_legacy249d -lopencv_ml249d -lopencv_nonfree249d -lopencv_objdetect249d -lopencv_ocl249d -lopencv_photo249d -lopencv_stitching249d -lopencv_superres249d -lopencv_ts249d -lopencv_video249d -lopencv_videostab249d C:\Qt\Qt5.12.11\5.12.11\mingw73_32\lib\libQt5Cored.a
                        debug/main.o: In function main': C:\Users\test\Documents\build-opencvtest10-Desktop_Qt_5_12_11_MinGW_32_bit-Debug/../opencvtest10/main.cpp:14: undefined reference to cv::imread(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, int)'
                        C:\Users\test\Documents\build-opencvtest10-Desktop_Qt_5_12_11_MinGW_32_bit-Debug/../opencvtest10/main.cpp:25: undefined reference to cv::namedWindow(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, int)' C:\Users\test\Documents\build-opencvtest10-Desktop_Qt_5_12_11_MinGW_32_bit-Debug/../opencvtest10/main.cpp:27: undefined reference to cv::imshow(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, cv::_InputArray const&)'
                        collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
                        mingw32-make[1]: *** [Makefile.Debug:65: debug/opencvtest10.exe] Error 1
                        mingw32-make: *** [Makefile:38: debug] Error 2
                        mingw32-make[1]: Leaving directory 'C:/Users/test/Documents/build-opencvtest10-Desktop_Qt_5_12_11_MinGW_32_bit-Debug'
                        14:38:13: The process "C:\Qt\Qt5.12.11\Tools\mingw730_32\bin\mingw32-make.exe" exited with code 2.
                        Error while building/deploying project opencvtest10 (kit: Desktop Qt 5.12.11 MinGW 32-bit)
                        When executing step "Make"
                        14:38:13: Elapsed time: 00:13.

                        is there anyone who knows solution of this problems ? thanks for replies

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                        • SGaistS Offline
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                          SGaist
                          Lifetime Qt Champion
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #13

                          Hi and welcome to devnet,

                          Do you have OpenCV built for the correct architecture ?
                          Is it built with MinGW ?

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                          • SGaistS SGaist

                            Hi and welcome to devnet,

                            Do you have OpenCV built for the correct architecture ?
                            Is it built with MinGW ?

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                            mrjj
                            Lifetime Qt Champion
                            wrote on last edited by mrjj
                            #14

                            @SGaist

                            Hi
                            The video contains links to a Qt build version it seems. ( 3rd link in the text below)
                            But its for 5.4 ( and seems to contain virus/unclean ) so I could not check what
                            was actually inside.

                            and it seems the poster is using
                            Qt5.12.11 so I guess that is why it won't link.

                            @Negar_mg

                            I think you might have better luck with
                            https://wiki.qt.io/How_to_setup_Qt_and_openCV_on_Windows
                            The other video is using something that is really old.

                            Unless it must be Qt 54. ofc. even if very, very old.

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                              Negar_mg
                              wrote on last edited by Negar_mg
                              #15

                              i am using
                              Qt5.12.11 ,
                              OpenCV-2.4.9- Qt 5.4,
                              opencv-4.5.2-vc14_vc15
                              windows10

                              i did that link's steps but i have some errors in cmake.
                              this is logs:

                              {
                              sizeof(void) = 4 on 64 bit processor. Assume 32-bit compilation mode
                              Found PythonInterp: C:/Users/test/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python37/python.exe (found suitable version "3.7", minimum required is "2.7")
                              CMake Warning at cmake/OpenCVDetectPython.cmake:81 (message):
                              CMake's 'find_host_package(PythonInterp 2.7)' found wrong Python version:

                              PYTHON_EXECUTABLE=C:/Users/test/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python37/python.exe

                              PYTHON_VERSION_STRING=3.7

                              Consider providing the 'PYTHON2_EXECUTABLE' variable via CMake command line
                              or environment variables

                              Call Stack (most recent call first):
                              cmake/OpenCVDetectPython.cmake:271 (find_python)
                              CMakeLists.txt:614 (include)

                              Could NOT find Python2 (missing: Python2_EXECUTABLE Interpreter)
                              Reason given by package:
                              Interpreter: Wrong major version for the interpreter "C:/Users/test/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python37/python.exe"

                              }

                              {
                              Performing Test HAVE_CXX_WNO_ENUM_COMPARE_SWITCH - Failed
                              Could NOT find JNI (missing: JAVA_AWT_LIBRARY JAVA_JVM_LIBRARY JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH2 JAVA_AWT_INCLUDE_PATH)
                              VTK is not found. Please set -DVTK_DIR in CMake to VTK build directory, or to VTK install subdirectory with VTKConfig.cmake file
                              ADE: Download: v0.1.1f.zip
                              Try 1 failed
                              CMake Warning at cmake/OpenCVDownload.cmake:202 (message):
                              ADE: Download failed: 35;"SSL connect error"

                              For details please refer to the download log file:

                              C:/Qt/opencv_cv2/opencv/release/CMakeDownloadLog.txt

                              Call Stack (most recent call first):
                              modules/gapi/cmake/DownloadADE.cmake:5 (ocv_download)
                              modules/gapi/cmake/init.cmake:19 (include)
                              cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake:298 (include)
                              cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake:361 (_add_modules_1)
                              modules/CMakeLists.txt:7 (ocv_glob_modules)

                              OpenCV Python: during development append to PYTHONPATH: C:/Qt/opencv_cv2/opencv/release/python_loader
                              Could NOT find PkgConfig (missing: PKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE)
                              FFMPEG: Download: opencv_videoio_ffmpeg.dll
                              Try 1 failed
                              CMake Warning at cmake/OpenCVDownload.cmake:202 (message):
                              FFMPEG: Download failed: 35;"SSL connect error"

                              For details please refer to the download log file:

                              C:/Qt/opencv_cv2/opencv/release/CMakeDownloadLog.txt

                              Call Stack (most recent call first):
                              3rdparty/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.cmake:20 (ocv_download)
                              modules/videoio/cmake/detect_ffmpeg.cmake:14 (download_win_ffmpeg)
                              modules/videoio/cmake/init.cmake:7 (include)
                              modules/videoio/cmake/init.cmake:18 (add_backend)
                              cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake:298 (include)
                              cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake:361 (_add_modules_1)
                              modules/CMakeLists.txt:7 (ocv_glob_modules)

                              FFMPEG: Download: opencv_videoio_ffmpeg_64.dll
                              Try 1 failed
                              CMake Warning at cmake/OpenCVDownload.cmake:202 (message):
                              FFMPEG: Download failed: 35;"SSL connect error"

                              For details please refer to the download log file:

                              C:/Qt/opencv_cv2/opencv/release/CMakeDownloadLog.txt

                              Call Stack (most recent call first):
                              3rdparty/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.cmake:20 (ocv_download)
                              modules/videoio/cmake/detect_ffmpeg.cmake:14 (download_win_ffmpeg)
                              modules/videoio/cmake/init.cmake:7 (include)
                              modules/videoio/cmake/init.cmake:18 (add_backend)
                              cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake:298 (include)
                              cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake:361 (_add_modules_1)
                              modules/CMakeLists.txt:7 (ocv_glob_modules)

                              FFMPEG: Download: ffmpeg_version.cmake
                              Try 1 failed
                              CMake Warning at cmake/OpenCVDownload.cmake:202 (message):
                              FFMPEG: Download failed: 35;"SSL connect error"

                              For details please refer to the download log file:

                              C:/Qt/opencv_cv2/opencv/release/CMakeDownloadLog.txt

                              Call Stack (most recent call first):
                              3rdparty/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.cmake:20 (ocv_download)
                              modules/videoio/cmake/detect_ffmpeg.cmake:14 (download_win_ffmpeg)
                              modules/videoio/cmake/init.cmake:7 (include)
                              modules/videoio/cmake/init.cmake:18 (add_backend)
                              cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake:298 (include)
                              cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake:361 (_add_modules_1)
                              modules/CMakeLists.txt:7 (ocv_glob_modules)

                              }

                              {
                              Performing Test HAVE_CXX_WNO_UNUSED_PRIVATE_FIELD - Failed
                              CMake Warning at cmake/OpenCVGenSetupVars.cmake:54 (message):
                              CONFIGURATION IS NOT SUPPORTED: validate setupvars script in install
                              directory
                              Call Stack (most recent call first):
                              CMakeLists.txt:1010 (include)

                              }

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                                SGaist
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                                wrote on last edited by
                                #16

                                What exactly are you trying to build ?

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                                  Negar_mg
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #17

                                  I want to write a program to display an image or video from a webcam using Qt and Open CV.
                                  But I was not able to add Open CV to QT. When I used the following link, I encountered those errors in CMake.
                                  /................................................................................................
                                  https://wiki.qt.io/How_to_setup_Qt_and_openCV_on_Windows
                                  /...............................................................................................
                                  And when I used the link from YouTube that I sent in the first comment, I encountered those errors in Qt.

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                                    SGaist
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                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #18

                                    From the looks of it, the OpenCV 4 you downloaded is built with Visual Studio, thus you have to use a Visual Studio build of Qt as well as mixing C++ compilers is not possible.

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                                      Negar_mg
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #19

                                      You mean you think I can not use opencv with Qt?
                                      Is there no way?

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                                      • Negar_mgN Negar_mg

                                        You mean you think I can not use opencv with Qt?
                                        Is there no way?

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                                        jsulm
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                                        @Negar_mg said in Error: undefined reference to &#x60;cvReleaseImage' (opencv + Qt):

                                        You mean you think I can not use opencv with Qt?

                                        No, that's not what @SGaist means.
                                        What he means is that you can't mix binaries built with different C++ compilers.
                                        And because OpenCV you downloaded was built using compiler from Microsoft Visual Studio you also need Qt built with this compiler. So, simply install MSVC2017 or MSVC2019 Qt.

                                        https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                                          Negar_mg
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #21

                                          thanks alot :)

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