Compiling and executing C++ programs

• Browse to the directory of your cpp program and open a terminal in that folder.

• Create a CMake file name CMakeLists.txt in the same directory as your project :

              cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
              project( ProjectName )
              find_package( OpenCV REQUIRED )`
              add_executable( ProjectName your_program_main_file.cpp )
              target_link_libraries( ProjectName ${OpenCV_LIBS} ) 

• Now we can generate the executable so as to run the program. To do so execute

 cmake .

followed by

 make 

on the terminal. The execution will run successfully and create binaries if there are no errors.

• To execute your compiled program enter ./ProjectName