Can't install opencv from source

Question

It's OpenCV-2.4.0

cd opencv
mkdir release
cd release
cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local -D BUILD_PYTHON_SUPPORT=ON -D BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON ..
make

Error:

In file included from OpenCV-2.4.0/modules/core/src/system.cpp:460:
OpenCV-2.4.0/release/modules/core/version_string.inc:35:1: warning: missing terminating " character
In file included from OpenCV-2.4.0/modules/core/src/system.cpp:460:
OpenCV-2.4.0/release/modules/core/version_string.inc:35: error: missing terminating " character
OpenCV-2.4.0/release/modules/core/version_string.inc:36:11: error: too many decimal points in number
OpenCV-2.4.0/release/modules/core/version_string.inc:36:29: error: invalid suffix "st" on integer constant
OpenCV-2.4.0/release/modules/core/version_string.inc:40:29: warning: character constant too long for its type
OpenCV-2.4.0/release/modules/core/version_string.inc:57: error: stray ‘@’ in program
OpenCV-2.4.0/release/modules/core/version_string.inc:57: error: stray ‘@’ in program
OpenCV-2.4.0/release/modules/core/version_string.inc:68:10: error: #include expects "FILENAME" or <FILENAME>
OpenCV-2.4.0/release/modules/core/version_string.inc:71: error: stray ‘\’ in program
OpenCV-2.4.0/release/modules/core/version_string.inc:71:9: warning: missing terminating " character
OpenCV-2.4.0/release/modules/core/version_string.inc:71: error: missing terminating " character
OpenCV-2.4.0/release/modules/core/version_string.inc:74:23: warning: missing terminating " character
OpenCV-2.4.0/release/modules/core/version_string.inc:1515: error: stray ‘\’ in program
OpenCV-2.4.0/release/modules/core/version_string.inc:1515:4: warning: missing terminating " character
OpenCV-2.4.0/release/modules/core/version_string.inc:1515: error: missing terminating " character
OpenCV-2.4.0/release/modules/core/version_string.inc: In function ‘const std::string& cv::getBuildInformation()’:
OpenCV-2.4.0/release/modules/core/version_string.inc:36: error: expected ‘,’ or ‘;’ before ‘version’
OpenCV-2.4.0/release/modules/core/version_string.inc:138: error: ‘z_stream’ was not declared in this scope
OpenCV-2.4.0/release/modules/core/version_string.inc:140: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘typedef’
OpenCV-2.4.0/release/modules/core/version_string.inc:161: error: ‘gz_header’ was not declared in this scope
OpenCV-2.4.0/release/modules/core/version_string.inc:163: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘typedef’
OpenCV-2.4.0/release/modules/core/version_string.inc:1505: error: ‘ZEXTERN’ was not declared in this scope
OpenCV-2.4.0/release/modules/core/version_string.inc:1505: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘const’
OpenCV-2.4.0/release/modules/core/version_string.inc:1511: warning: no return statement in function returning non-void
OpenCV-2.4.0/release/modules/core/version_string.inc: At global scope:
OpenCV-2.4.0/release/modules/core/version_string.inc:1515: error: expected unqualified-id before ‘)’ token
OpenCV-2.4.0/modules/core/src/system.cpp:462: error: expected unqualified-id before ‘return’
OpenCV-2.4.0/modules/core/src/system.cpp:465: error: ‘string’ does not name a type
OpenCV-2.4.0/modules/core/src/system.cpp:474: error: ‘string’ does not name a type
OpenCV-2.4.0/modules/core/src/system.cpp:503: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of ‘Exception’ with no type
OpenCV-2.4.0/modules/core/src/system.cpp:503: error: expected ‘,’ or ‘...’ before ‘&’ token
OpenCV-2.4.0/modules/core/src/system.cpp: In function ‘void error(int)’:
OpenCV-2.4.0/modules/core/src/system.cpp:506: error: ‘exc’ was not declared in this scope
OpenCV-2.4.0/modules/core/src/system.cpp:510: error: ‘exc’ was not declared in this scope
OpenCV-2.4.0/modules/core/src/system.cpp:526: error: ‘exc’ was not declared in this scope
OpenCV-2.4.0/modules/core/src/system.cpp: At global scope:
OpenCV-2.4.0/modules/core/src/system.cpp:543: error: expected declaration before ‘}’ token
make[2]: *** [modules/core/CMakeFiles/opencv_core.dir/src/system.cpp.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [modules/core/CMakeFiles/opencv_core.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

What should i do?

Answer 1

I was having the same problem building OpenCV-2.4.0 on Debian 6.0. Looking at release/modules/core/version_string.inc showed the missing " also a missing comment /*, which occurred in using zlib v1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3. I reconfigured with BUILD_ZLIB and had no problems.