WindowsBuildInstruction.md

How to build on Windows with Visual Studio 2013

1. Requirement for building LSD Slam from source

CMake 2.8+

Visual Studio 2013

2. Dependencies (Boost, OpenCV, G2O)

They can be built from source or download my prebuilt from Shared folder

For building dependencies from sources

Boost 1.5+

Download prebuilt from Boost.org is also fine. Make sure you get the prebuilts for Visual studio 2013 (VC12).

OpenCV 2.8+

NOTE: downloading prebuilt from OpenCV.org won't work. You need to build from source. Download source from OpenCV.org. Build using CMake configuration.

G2O

Download source from https://github.com/williammc/g2o. Build using CMake configuration.

3. Now, build the LSD Slam source

Using CMake-gui to configure.

Step 1: Start configuration with pressing Configure in CMake-GUI.

Note: you need to select "specify generator for this project" to Visual Studio 2013 and "Use default native compilers". Results looks like this:

This will output build files in selected build folder (e.x.: ~/lsd-slam/build-x86-vc12). There are errors and warning, but don't worry; this will disappear if you do the next steps correctly.

Step2: Edit dependencies' paths in 'LsdSlamDependencies_Config.cmake'

The file locates in the build folder (e.x.: ~/lsd-slam/build-x86-vc12/LsdSlamDependencies_Config.cmake) For instance, it looks like this:

Step3: Go back to CMake-GUI and press Configure again, and then press Generate

The results would look like this:

Step4: Open and build from Visual Studio 2013.

Double click on "set_paths_and_run_vc.bat" file in the build folder (e.x.: ~/lsd-slam/build-x86-vc12/set_paths_and_run_vc.bat)

There you go, you can build and run sample app now.

Good luck & have fun!