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Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: libstdc++5
This is a simple fix, just grab the libstdc++5 package for your architecture from here:
http://packages.debian.org/stable/base/libstdc++5
Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu Karmic
57.7s – 30.4s
I Just saw the Windows 7 advert for how quick they have made Windows 7 boot so I did a simple test on my laptop by comparing the times taken to load up Windows 7 and Ubuntu Karmic, I loaded grub and stopped it loading either OS by pressing [...]
Yesterday I was having trouble installing OpenCV on Ubuntu Karmic, but now it’s compiled and loading programs with GUI’s .
Heres how I got it installed:
First install some needed packages
sudo apt-get install build-essential libgtk2.0-dev
Now you need to grab FFmpeg for the install to work
svn checkout svn://svn.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg/trunk ffmpeg
The svn didn’t work for [...]
UPDATE
I now have it working and wrote a guide of how I got it to work -
http://alexsleat.com/2009/12/02/howto-install-opencv-in-ubuntu-karmic-9-10/
END UPDATE
I found a great guide on getting OpenCV to install on Ubuntu Karmic (9.10) – http://ivkin.net/2009/11/installing-opencv-2-0-on-ubuntu-9-10-karmic-koala/
Most the comments show the guide works however I have a couple of problems:
Firstly when reloading the libraries to make opencv show up
ldconfig [...]
In: Ubuntu
20 Nov 2009To enable Ctrl + Alt + Backspace to restart the X server under Ubuntu Karmic Koala (9.10) do the following:
System > Preferences > Keyboard
Then under “Layouts” click on the “Layout Options…” button to bring up a new window
About halfway down this list is the “Key sequence to kill the X server” clicking on that reveals [...]

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