Windows 11 Real-Time Object Detection Dependencies

in•sane
4 min readSep 17, 2023

Darknet is an open source neural network framework written in C, and CUDA. It is used with YOLO, You Only Look Once, which is a Real-Time Object Detection system.

Operating System: Windows 11 22H2

Shell: PowerShell Version 7.3.6

Run the following Windows Package Manager commands in PowerShell to install the essential development tools and 7-zip from Ninite.

iwr -Uri "https://ninite.com/7zip/ninite.exe" -OutFile "C:\Ninite7ZipInstaller.exe"
saps -Path "C:\Ninite7ZipInstaller.exe"
del "C:\Ninite7ZipInstaller.exe"
winget install Git.Git
winget install Kitware.CMake
winget install nsis.nsis
winget install Microsoft.VisualStudio.2022.Community

7-zip, Git Version Control, CMake Build System, Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (To Create Windows Installers), and Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition should now be installed.

Open Visual Studio Installer and Choose Modify

Select Desktop development with C++and .NET desktop development

Some information for what is to come:

Microsoft VCPKG will handle open-source C++ libraries.

OpenCV is a C, and C++ library that is used for real-time computer-vision applications. It is used for object recognition, image and video processing, augmented reality, and more.

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