Install OpenCV on OSX with python bindings

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Installing OpenCV with Python Bindings

OSX Install instructions

Install Homebrew

$ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Install Python 2.7.x

Add this line to ~/.profile

export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH

Now install Python

$ brew install python

Install Virtualenv & VirtualenvWrapper

Install virtualenv: sudo pip install virtualenv.

Install virtualenvwrapper sudo pip install virtualenvwrapper.

Navigate to you're home directory cd $HOME.

Make a folder to house virtual enviroments mkdir .virtualenvs.

add source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh to you're .bash_login file.

Make a Virtual Enviroment before installing OpenCV mkvirvirtualenv <name>

Install OpenCV

Install opencv brew install homebrew/science/opencv

Create Symlinks for Python Bindings

ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/opencv/2.4.9/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cv.py cv.py

ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/opencv/2.4.9/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cv2.so cv2.so

Testing Python Bindings Open a python shell & type import cv