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vcpkg and include folders for opencv

Hello all,

I've recently encountered a weird bug on my end.

Basically, when I install the opencv package, vcpkg copies the built library in this folder

.\vcpkg_installed\x86-windows\x86-windows\include\opencv2.4

This means, when I try to include the files in my code I have to write them like this:

#include <opencv2.4/opencv2/opencv.hpp>

Now if I try to build you can already imagine what happens. I get a compiler error telling my that inside opencv.hpp the following include #include "opencv2/opencv_modules.hpp" couldn't be resolved.

It makes sense since the folders opencv2 and opencv should be placed directly under the include folder.

Has anyone experienced this? Does anyone know how I could fix it without moving the folders by hand?

Thanks in advance!

PS: I already tried with the package opencv and it's the same. It puts the library under .\vcpkg_installed\x86-windows\x86-windows\include\opencv4\opencv2


Edit: I guess I can just modify my project properties to include that additional include directory. But then my question is, shouldn't vcpkg take care of this exactly?

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