# Is it possible to use libjpeg-turbo and OpenCV side by side?

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**Created:** [January 2, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/is-it-possible-to-use-libjpeg-turbo-and-opencv-side-by-side/652 "2021-01-02T18:53:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/is-it-possible-to-use-libjpeg-turbo-and-opencv-side-by-side/652/1 "2021-01-02T18:53:31Z")

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Hi,

I tried to use libjpeg-turbo and OpenCV side by side but then `cv::imread` fails to read an image (same problem as [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59945307/cvimread-fails-in-c-project-when-we-mix-opencv-and-dlib)).

I tried building libjpeg-turbo as shared library so that there is no libjpeg.a as part of libjpeg-turbo. But then, libjpeg is missing and reading images is not possible.

Do you know of any way that I could have libjpeg-turbo and OpenCV side by side?

Thanks and regards