Shell script to install OpenCV 2.3 on your debian machine

opencv_install

echo "Installing OpenCV 2.4.2"
mkdir OpenCV
cd OpenCV
echo "Removing any pre-installed ffmpeg and x264"
sudo apt-get remove remove ffmpeg x264 libx264-dev
echo "Installing Dependenices"
sudo apt-get install libopencv-dev
sudo apt-get install build-essential checkinstall cmake pkg-config yasm
sudo apt-get install libtiff4-dev libjpeg-dev libjasper-dev
sudo apt-get install libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev libdc1394-22-dev libxine-dev libgstreamer0.10-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev libv4l-dev
sudo apt-get install python-dev python-numpy
sudo apt-get install libtbb-dev
sudo apt-get install libqt4-dev libgtk2.0-dev
echo "Downloading ffmpeg"
wget http://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-0.11.1.tar.bz2
echo "Installing ffmpeg"
tar -xvf ffmpeg-0.11.1.tar.bz2
cd ffmpeg-0.11.1/
./configure --enable-gpl --enable-libfaac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --enable-nonfree --enable-postproc --enable-version3 --enable-x11grab
make
sudo make install
cd ..
echo "Downloading v4l"
wget http://www.linuxtv.org/downloads/v4l-utils/v4l-utils-0.8.8.tar.bz2
echo "Installing v4l"
tar -xvf v4l-utils-0.8.8.tar.bz2
cd v4l-utils-0.8.8/
make
sudo make install
cd ..
echo "Downloading OpenCV 2.4.2"
wget -O OpenCV-2.4.2.tar.bz2 http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencvlibrary/files/opencv-unix/2.4.2/OpenCV-2.4.2.tar.bz2/download
echo "Installing OpenCV 2.4.2"
tar -xvf OpenCV-2.4.2.tar.bz2
cd OpeCV-2.4.2
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/your_login/opt/opencv_intall -D BUILD_PYTHON_SUPPORT=ON -D BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON ..
make
sudo make install
sudo echo “/usr/local/lib” >> /etc/ld.so.conf
sudo ldconfig
echo "OpenCV 2.4.2 ready to be used"