From 0ab32e53b26c5ee6eb0638d8b8d7b3fb3c7ce339 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oleg Pipikin <oleg.pipikin@intel.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 19:40:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Link samples statically to OpenCV

---
 samples/cpp/fetch_opencv.cmake              | 20 ++++----------------
 samples/cpp/image_generation/CMakeLists.txt | 16 ----------------
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

diff --git a/samples/cpp/fetch_opencv.cmake b/samples/cpp/fetch_opencv.cmake
index f075b8bc63..55b769e6ac 100644
--- a/samples/cpp/fetch_opencv.cmake
+++ b/samples/cpp/fetch_opencv.cmake
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ function(ov_genai_link_opencv target_name)
         set(required_components core imgproc videoio imgcodecs)
     endif()
 
+    set(OpenCV_STATIC ON)
     find_package(OpenCV QUIET COMPONENTS ${required_components})
 
     if(NOT OpenCV_FOUND)
@@ -16,7 +17,9 @@ function(ov_genai_link_opencv target_name)
             cmake_policy(SET CMP0135 NEW)
         endif()
 
-        set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ON)
+        set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
+        set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+        set(OPENCV_ENABLE_PLUGINS OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
         set(WITH_FFMPEG ON)
         set(WITH_PROTOBUF OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
         set(WITH_GSTREAMER OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
@@ -67,21 +70,6 @@ function(ov_genai_link_opencv target_name)
             target_include_directories(${target_name} PRIVATE
                 ${OPENCV_MODULE_opencv_${component}_LOCATION}/include)
         endforeach()
-
-        if(LINUX)
-            set_target_properties(${target_name} ${opencv_targets} PROPERTIES
-                INSTALL_RPATH "$ORIGIN/../lib"
-                INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH ON)
-        elseif(APPLE)
-            set_target_properties(${target_name} ${opencv_targets} PROPERTIES
-                INSTALL_RPATH "@loader_path/../lib"
-                INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH ON)
-        endif()
-
-        # Signal to callers that OpenCV was built from source via FetchContent,
-        # so target-scoped CMake can emit any runtime deployment rules it needs
-        # (e.g., installing the fetched DLLs next to a Windows sample EXE).
-        set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY OV_GENAI_FETCHED_OPENCV TRUE)
     else()
         set(opencv_targets ${OpenCV_LIBS})
         if(OpenCV_INCLUDE_DIRS)
diff --git a/samples/cpp/image_generation/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/cpp/image_generation/CMakeLists.txt
index 94358783bc..fde6898ed3 100644
--- a/samples/cpp/image_generation/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/cpp/image_generation/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,22 +54,6 @@ set_target_properties(denoising_process PROPERTIES
     # Ensure out of box LC_RPATH on macOS with SIP
     INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH ON)
 
-# Windows: when OpenCV was built from source via FetchContent, deploy the
-# component DLLs next to denoising_process.exe in samples_bin/. The Windows
-# loader has no rpath, and install/samples_bin/ is not on PATH at runtime
-# unless the user puts it there. Skipped when find_package found a system
-# OpenCV, since those installs ship their own runtime path.
-get_property(_ov_genai_opencv_fetched GLOBAL PROPERTY OV_GENAI_FETCHED_OPENCV)
-if(WIN32 AND _ov_genai_opencv_fetched)
-    install(FILES "$<TARGET_FILE:opencv_core>"
-                  "$<TARGET_FILE:opencv_imgproc>"
-                  "$<TARGET_FILE:opencv_imgcodecs>"
-                  "$<TARGET_FILE:opencv_videoio>"
-            DESTINATION samples_bin/
-            COMPONENT samples_bin
-            EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-endif()
-
 install(TARGETS denoising_process
         RUNTIME DESTINATION samples_bin/
         COMPONENT samples_bin

From a1a711d3f20845f0dba793972487b3d001a6fc4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oleg Pipikin <oleg.pipikin@intel.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2026 08:02:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Apply comments

---
 samples/cpp/fetch_opencv.cmake | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/samples/cpp/fetch_opencv.cmake b/samples/cpp/fetch_opencv.cmake
index 55b769e6ac..ee148dfd4b 100644
--- a/samples/cpp/fetch_opencv.cmake
+++ b/samples/cpp/fetch_opencv.cmake
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function(ov_genai_link_opencv target_name)
             cmake_policy(SET CMP0135 NEW)
         endif()
 
-        set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
+        set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
         set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
         set(OPENCV_ENABLE_PLUGINS OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
         set(WITH_FFMPEG ON)

From e5856e01854cd0ac33e4592200fd545920035cb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oleg Pipikin <oleg.pipikin@intel.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:15:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Apply comments

---
 samples/cpp/fetch_opencv.cmake | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/samples/cpp/fetch_opencv.cmake b/samples/cpp/fetch_opencv.cmake
index ee148dfd4b..1bf91bdd6c 100644
--- a/samples/cpp/fetch_opencv.cmake
+++ b/samples/cpp/fetch_opencv.cmake
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ function(ov_genai_link_opencv target_name)
     set(OpenCV_STATIC ON)
     find_package(OpenCV QUIET COMPONENTS ${required_components})
 
+    if(OpenCV_FOUND AND OpenCV_SHARED)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Found a shared OpenCV, but a static one is required. Set -DOpenCV_DIR to a static build or make it undiscoverable.")
+    endif()
+
     if(NOT OpenCV_FOUND)
         include(FetchContent)