Problem with Cross Compiling OpenCV Application for Xilinx Zynq – ARM on Ubuntu Linux OS

Problem: When cross compiling an OpenCV-2.4.9 application for the Zynq – ARM using a Makefile on Ubuntu 14.04, it generated the following error: “make: Circular Makefile.out <- Makefile dependency dropped” I could not understand what caused it and the solutions found on web pointed towards some sort of circular dependencies. I checked and rechecked again …
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Problem with Cross Compiling OpenCV for Xilinx Zynq – ARM with FFmpeg on Ubuntu Linux OS

Problem: I followed the instructions mentioned by Xilinx at http://www.wiki.xilinx.com/OpenCV+Installation in order to cross compile the OpenCV-2.4.9 with FFmpeg for Xilinx Zynq Platform on Ubuntu 14.04. While configuring the FFmpeg, it gave me the following warning: “WARNING: arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabi-pkg-config not found, library detection may fail.” The FFmpeg did compile ok and generated all the necessary SO files …
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Installing Altera Modelsim on 64-bit Ubuntu 14.04 – Linux

I downloaded and the ModelSim-Altera Starter Edition for Linux from Altera (now part of Intel) website at the following webpage: http://dl.altera.com/?product=modelsim_ae#tabs-2 I then installed it on the 64-bit Ubuntu-14.04. After which I ran the following command from within the bin directory of the installed Modelsim and despite the executable present I got the following error: command$> …
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Cross Compiling OpenCV for Xilinx Zynq Arm on Ubuntu Linux OS

I am writing this to keep a log for myself and others whenever I want to cross compile OpenCV for Xilinx Zynq – ARM platform for Ubuntu 14.04. I have followed instructions mentioned on Xilinx-Wiki however I had to tweak quite a few instructions for me at a few places in order to successfully compile OpenCV. I …
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