1、下载最新版本openCV，官方连接http://opencv.org/，我用的是openCV-2.4.4，下载完成点击exe文件，运行软件，将openCV库解压到你所要安装的目录中，注意目录不要包含中文。我直接解压D：\。点击Extract开始解压。
2、配置电脑属性，右键点击我的电脑，选择属性，点击高级设置，选择环境变量，在环境变量对话框中找到用户变量和系统变量分别新增opencv和path的用户变量。路径如下图。以及path的环境变量。
3、配置好系统的环境变量，打开vs，新建一个基于控制台win32的空项目。我的项目名称是myfirstopencv.然后找到Propert烤恤鹇灭y Manager.在Debug|Win32添加OpenCv_Debug_Setting.配置完include Directories和Library Directories。然后点击Linker->Input->Additional ｄependencies.将下面这19个opencv库加到这里opencv_ml2413d.libopencv_calib3d2413d.libopencv_contrib2413d.libopencv_core2413d.libopencv_features2d2413d.libopencv_flann2413d.libopencv_gpu2413d.libopencv_highgui2413d.libopencv_imgproc2413d.libopencv_legacy2413d.libopencv_objdetect2413d.libopencv_ts2413d.libopencv_video2413d.libopencv_nonfree2413d.libopencv_ocl2413d.libopencv_photo2413d.libopencv_stitching2413d.libopencv_superres2413d.libopencv_videostab2413d.lib在Release|Win32添加OpenCv_Release_Setting.配置include Directories和Library Directories与Debug|Win32的配置相同。然后点击Linker->Input->Additional ｄependencies的配置与上一步的配置唯一不同的是去掉所有的d.opencv_ml2413.libopencv_calib3d2413.libopencv_contrib2413.libopencv_core2413.libopencv_features2d2413.libopencv_flann2413.libopencv_gpu2413.libopencv_highgui2413.libopencv_imgproc2413.libopencv_legacy2413.libopencv_objdetect2413.libopencv_ts2413.libopencv_video2413.libopencv_nonfree2413.libopencv_ocl2413.libopencv_photo2413.libopencv_stitching2413.libopencv_superres2413.libopencv_videostab2413.lib到此所有配置完成。然后保存所增加的属性设置
4、我们用一个简单的程序来检查刚刚的配置是否成功。#include<iostream>#include<core/core.hpp>#include<h足毂忍珩ighgui/highgui.hpp>using namespace cv;using namespace std;int main(){//读入图片，注意图片路径Mat image=imread("D:\\lena.jpg");//图片读入成功与否判定if(!image.data){cout<<"you idiot！where did you hide lena！"<<endl;//等待按键system("pause");return -1;}//创建一个名字为“Lena”的图像显示窗口，（不提前声明也可以）namedWindow("Lena",1);//显示图像imshow("Lena",image);//等待按键waitKey();return 0;}
5、程序运行结果如图所示。要想永久配置opencv。每次 建立项目将OpenCv_Debug_Setting，OpenCv_Release_Setting添加到Property Manager的Debug|Win32和Release|Win32。