Build OpenCV under Mac OS X

Install OpenCV on Mac OS X

1. Install Xcode on Mac OS X computer.
2. Download OpenCV source package (for Linux) from SourceForge.
3. Unpack the source package
4. Generate Makefile.in/am
   autoreconf -i --force
5. Configure
   ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --with-python --with-swig
   
6. Build and test building result
   make
   make check
7. Install
   make install
   
8. Building applications
   g++ -o capcam main.cc -I /usr/local/include/opencv -L/usr/local/lib -lcxcore -lcv -lcvaux -lhighgui -lml
   

Other sources of information:

• Introduction to programming with OpenCV