The best Linux environment to develop for JeVois is Ubuntu 16.10 (amd64 is what we use, 32 bit version may work just as well). Do not install the OpenCV packages that come with Ubuntu. You will compile OpenCV from source or download a pre-compiled image of it as part of the installation of the JeVois development kit.
No IDE at this stage, we just use plain emacs to edit the source code and scripts are provided to automate compilation.