Quick note to self on getting OpenCV up on Linux with EPD.
When you run cmake (ccmake for the curses gui), toggle the advanced options. The python includes, binary, and lib directories are options that only show as advanced options. Change these to reflect your location for EPD. After running make, the cv.so library that python gets its functions from gets installed by default to /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cv.so. Copy it instead to EPD_INSTALL_DIR/lib/python2.7/site-packages. You should be good to go, now.
Also, one other problem:
Ubuntu 11.04 has pulled the old switcheroo on library locations. If you've installed all the dev versions of the necessary libraries (libjpeg, libpng, libtiff, libzip were my problem libraries), you also need to create symlinks from their new locations to the locations that OpenCV's make/CMake is expecting to find them:
ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjpeg.so /usr/lib/libjpeg.so
ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng.so /usr/lib/libpng.so
ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtiff.so.4 /usr/lib/libtiff.so
ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so /usr/lib/libz.so
This hint courtesy of:
http://www.nigeldunn.com/2011/05/14/ubuntu-11-04-libjpeg-so-libpng-so-php-installation-issues/
It's been about a month now since leaving the UK, and I've been meaning to reflect a bit on my experience. I'm definitely glad to be back in California - my goodness, the sun is great! During my time in the UK, I was very negative about the place. Looking back, I've seen some redeeming and somewhat interesting qualities that I'd like to record here. Unfortunately, I've put this off for so long that only a couple of particular comments come to mind:
The relationship of (car) drivers in the UK is like the relationship of pedestrians in the US. I found drivers there to be generally extremely skilled (aware of their space) and very polite. In the US, when you're walking around somewhere, most of the time people will be very polite about space, and apologize for running into you. Interestingly, the converse is also true - US drivers are comparatively awful relative to the UK, though pedestrians are extremely assertive about space there, and a trip to the store can be quite stressful for an introvert like me.
Of course, my time at the lab stands out as a high point - the SuperSTEM family was really something special to be part of.
More later, if I remember.
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