You may be correct. The way I understand it, those extra libs are only there in the desktop versions, not mobile, but it's definitely possible I misunderstood.

You may be correct. The way I understand it, those extra libs are only there in the desktop versions, not mobile, but it's definitely possible I misunderstood. Still, even tho it was frustrating and felt like a waste of time, learning to compile a big project like OpenCV taught me alot, and all or part of that will probably be useful in the future anyway :) even as a dot point on a resumé It improved my shell scripting skills, and helped me understand how C++ links, and what library files actually contain etcetera Whether cmake is good or bad, and whether it was necessary for my project or not, now I have successfully used Cmake to compile a big library! I have to statically link it anyway, so compiling OpenCV separately and manually allows me to cut it down and make build changes etc that might be useful, as well as forces me to look at how it's structured and understand it better. Thanks for your help!