>want to use OpenCV library on Windows
>download the library
>copy it to the projekt folder
>add two lines of code in the Visual Studio projekt file
>it just werks

>want to use OpenCV library on Linux (Mint)
>download the library from github
>have to compile the shit myself (took almost an hour)
>have to install the shit after compiling
>have to install additional libraries
>have to set environment variables and shit
>need to configure the cmake file
>after 3 hours of fiddling it partly works

See, this is why no sane person uses Linux

>>105643794 (OP)
>type "vcpkg install opencv"
>add two lines to cmakelists.txt file
voila

>>105643794 (OP)
>>105643868
Oh and, visual studio has native cmake support nowadays too, it's the de-facto standard for everything except gamedev projects