Next I create two more directories (i) an install directory which will be the target for my installation of OpenCV and, (ii) another named build_opencv for building the sources in. I should now be in the top level opencv directory that contains the two aforementioned repositories. The extra modules are optional and contain experimental algorithms and features but in my opinion they are good to have for development purposes.įirst make a top level opencv directory, change directories into it and clone the two repositories then checkout the most recent tagged release versions which are 4.2.0 as of the date of writing this article. In addition to the main source I will pull down the extra contribution modules for install as well. $ brew install cmake Installing OpenCV from Source with CMakeīefore I can build and install OpenCV I must clone its source repo from GitHub.

CMake can be easily installed using brew as follows. I use CMake in this tutorial to build and install OpenCV for C++ as well as run the demo project. $ /bin/bash -c '$(curl -fsSL )' Installing CMakeĬMake is a cross platform build tool popular among native C/C++ developers. To install Homebrew execute this command from your terminal.

Homebrew, aka brew, is a software package manager for the Mac OS platform that is heavily used among developers. Since installing XCode is covered quite well by Apple Developer Support and a very common task among technologists utilizing Mac OS platforms I will simple link to Apple's docs for that part.

In order to utilize the popular Mac OS clang compiler you should have XCode and the XCode tools installed.

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