Installing OpenCV.md

Installing OpenCV

Currently, executing this command is the quickest and easiest way to get opencv, as well as opencv python.

• sudo apt-get install libopencv-dev python-opencv

Otherwise, you can follow the guides here for respective OS/Platforms.

• http://opencv.org/quickstart.html
• https://github.com/peterbraden/node-opencv

You may also want to get TBB(Threading Building Blocks) to enable multi-core support(Object Training)

• For Object Training it’s a must
• sudo apt-get install libtbb-dev
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/android-opencv/wgcNL-PfGpM
• https://www.threadingbuildingblocks.org/

Additional Python Libraries:

• matplotlib
  • sudo apt-get install matplotlib
  • How to arrange Subplots
    • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3584805/in-matplotlib-what-does-111-means-in-fig-add-subplot111
• numpy
  • sudo apt-get install python-imaging
  • sudo apt-get install python-numpy python-scipy python-matplotlib ipython ipython-notebook python-pandas python-sympy python-nose