apt-get install man-db;
added call to imlib_create_cropped_scaled_image in CustomImageEx.cpp--Imlib_GetFrame()...dropped frame rate from ~7.5-8 fps to ~4.2 fps;
installed OpenCV from instructions at http://docs.opencv.org/doc/tutorials/introduction/linux_install/linux_install.html#linux-installation;
apt-get install libcv-dev libcv2.3 libcvaux-dev libcvaux2.3 libhighgui-dev libhighgui2.3 libopencv-calib3d-dev libopencv-calib3d2.3 libopencv-contrib-dev libopencv-contrib2.3 libopencv-core-dev libopencv-core2.3 libopencv-dev libopencv-features2d-dev libopencv-features2d2.3 libopencv-flann-dev libopencv-flann2.3 libopencv-gpu-dev libopencv-gpu2.3 libopencv-highgui-dev libopencv-highgui2.3 libopencv-imgproc-dev libopencv-imgproc2.3 libopencv-legacy-dev libopencv-legacy2.3 libopencv-ml-dev libopencv-ml2.3 libopencv-objdetect-dev libopencv-objdetect2.3 libopencv-video-dev libopencv-video2.3 opencv-doc python-opencv libfaad-dev libgsm1-dev libogg-dev libschroedinger-dev libspeex-dev libtheora-dev libvorbis-dev;
added /root/opencv-2.4.8/release/* to .gitignore