installation

*********** System Info ***********
Window 7 - 64 bit
IDE: Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2013 version 12.0.21005.1


*********** Required Files ***********

Boost Version 1.56.0 - www.boost.org              		(Prerequisite for nnForge)
- Free, peer-reviewed, portable C++ source libraries.

OpenCV - opencv.org Version 3.0.0			  	(Prerequisite for nnForge)
- Interfaces designed for computational efficiency.
- Version 3.0.0 in alpha and not stable.

CUDA Toolkit version 6.5 - https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit	(For CUDA backend)
- C/C++ development environment for GPU-accelerated applications.

nnForge Version 1.1.8 - http://milakov.github.io/nnForge/
- Library for training convolutional and fully-connected neural networks. CPU/GPU backends..


*********** OpenCV Installation ***********

1. extract to a folder

2.a Set the OpenCV enviroment variable and add it to the systems path
	setx -m OPENCV_DIR "path to opencv foder"

Example: setx -m OPENCV_DIR "C:\opencv\build"

For using OpenCV library in form of “Dynamic-link libraries” (DLL):
2.b Add the bin folders path to the systems path
Command Prompt:
	 setx -m PATH "%PATH%;Path to opencv folder"

Example: setx -m PATH "%PATH%;%OPENCV_DIR%\x64\vc12\bin"

3. Check if we have added the path
- open new command prompt
	echo %Path%
-There should be the path to opencv folder at the end

4. Open a project in Visual Studio 2013 or create a new one

- Go to Solution Explorer > select Project and right click > Properties > Configuration > and select All Configurations

- In left tree menu select Configuration Properties > C/C++ > General > Additional Include Directories > Add $(OPENCV_DIR)\Include in right section

- In left tree menu select Configuration Properties > C/C++ > Linker > General > Additional Library Directories > Add $(OPENCV_DIR)\x64\vc12\lib in right section

- In left tree menu select Configuration Properties > C/C++ > Linker > Input > Additional Dependencies > select Edit and add below lib files

	opencv_ts300d.lib
	opencv_world300d.lib


*********** Boost Installation ***********
1. extract to a folder
2. Open a project in Visual Studio 2013
3. Go to Solution Explorer > select Project and right click > Properties
4. Select Configuration Properties > C/C++ > General > Additional Include Directories
5. Enter the path to the Boost root directory, for example
    C:\boost_1_56_0
6. In Configuration Properties > C/C++ > Precompiled Headers, change Use Precompiled Header (/Yu) to Not Using Precompiled Headers


*********** CUDA Installation ***********
1. Click on "CUDA Tookit* .exe file


*********** nnForge Installation ***********
1. extract to a folder
2. Open a project in Visual Studio 2013
3. Go to Solution Explorer > select Project and right click > Properties
4. Select Configuration Properties > C/C++ > General > Additional Include Directories
5. Enter the path to the nnForge root directory, for example
    C:\nnForge