I just found another one as a archive download on sourceforge open- cv linux say 'Platform-independent', from here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=22870&package_id=16948 ... opencv-linux Latest 1.1pre1 Notes (2008-10-19 21:17) opencv-1.1pre1.tar.gz Mirror 22301291 16022 Platform-Independent loic