How to install opencv2.2.0 on ubuntu 10.10

This is how to build and install OpenCV 2.2 on Ubuntu 10.10.

First, install the dependencies from the repositories:

sudo apt-get install build-essential libgtk2.0-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libjpeg62-dev libtiff4-dev cmake libswscale-dev libjasper-dev

Download the source code:

wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencvlibrary/files/opencv-unix/2.2/OpenCV-2.2.0.tar.bz2

Extract, create the build directory:

tar xfv OpenCV-2.2.0.tar.bz2
rm OpenCV-2.2.0.tar.bz2
cd OpenCV-2.2.0
mkdir opencv.build
cd opencv.build

Configure, make and install:

cmake ..
make
sudo make install

To configure the library, edit the following file (might be empty):

sudo gedit /etc/ld.so.conf.d/opencv.conf

and add the line

/usr/local/lib

Then run:

sudo ldconfig

Finally, edit the file:

sudo gedit /etc/bash.bashrc

and add the following lines at the end:

PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH