OpenCV Bootstrap with Python

# Follow the installation instructions below in order to install OpenCV + Python 2.7 in a Ubuntu 14.04 distribution # # Python 2.7 Installation # # Make sure you are in our home directory cd ~ # Upgrade any currently installed packages (may take a long time) sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade # Install Tools: sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake git pkg-config # Install File Format Libs sudo apt-get install libjpeg8-dev libtiff5-dev libjasper-dev libpng12-dev # Install Image -> GUI handler sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev # Just in case we want to do any Video Processing: sudo apt-get install libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev libv4l-dev # Install OpenCV Optimisation Libs sudo apt-get install libatlas-base-dev gfortran # Install Python Package Manager (PIP) wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py sudo -H python get-pip.py # Install Python 2.7 sudo -H apt-get install python2.7-dev # Install Python library numpy as it is used by Python for Image representation. sudo pip install numpy # Install OpenCV # # Get the latest OpenCV build from GitHub cd ~ git clone https://github.com/Itseez/opencv.git cd opencv git checkout 3.1.0 # Get the contributed libraries too cd ~ git clone https://github.com/Itseez/opencv_contrib.git cd opencv_contrib git checkout 3.1.0 # Build cd ~/opencv $ mkdir build $ cd build $ cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE \ -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \ -D INSTALL_C_EXAMPLES=OFF \ -D INSTALL_PYTHON_EXAMPLES=ON \ -D OPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH=~/opencv_contrib/modules \ -D BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON .. # Compile OpenCV make -j4 # Install OpenCV # sudo make install sudo ldconfig # Test your installation # python import cv2 cv2.__version__ # The above should return 3.1.0 (The OpenCV Version you installed) # Exit python interpreter and return to terminal exit()