OpenCV docker dev env

Installation

See the official docker documentation for a general overview of docker and how to install:

https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/linux/

Build and launch docker image

Build the docker image, create a container and launch it:

git clone https://github.com/erstrom/docker-opencv.git
cd docker-opencv
./docker-build.sh
./docker-run.sh

docker-build.h can be replaced with docker-build-eclipse-pydev.sh if eclipse + pydev support is wanted.

The eclipse and pydev bundles will be downloaded with the script eclipse_pydev_install.sh.

The download paths can be overridden by setting ECLIPSE_URL and PYDEV_URL environment variables from the Dockerfile.

docker-build.h and docker-run.sh should only be run once unless several containers are needed. In this case docker-run.sh must be modified with different --name options for each container.

docker-run.sh wraps docker run and adds a few options for convenience.

Since docker-run.sh adds the -i and -t options, the container will be launched in interactive mode. In order to leave the interactive session and stop the running container, type exit

Launch an already created container

docker-start.sh is used to launch an already created container:

cd docker-opencv
./docker-start.sh

OpenCV

OpenCV is built from source using the build_opencv.sh script. It will fetch the source code from the public OpenCV git repositories and build the version specified by the OPENCV_VERSION environment variable.

OPENCV_VERSION must be a valid git tag in both the opencv and opencv_contrib repositories.