Installing OpenCV on OSX Yosemite (with Static Libraries)

Installing OpenCV on OSX Yosemite (with Static Libraries)

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Instructions

Unzip it and add the folders SharedLibs and StaticLibs within the repository

Download opencv from the source website

Install the OSX program CMAKE

In CMAKE:

• Add the OpenCV repository as the source
• Add the SharedLibs Folder as the build
• Click Configure
• Select Unix-Makefile and hit “okay”

In the red output that appears: Uncheck BUILD_SHARED_LIBS Uncheck BUILD_TESTS For the variable CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT, add the SDK path (check in Terminal that this folder still exists) “/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.19.sdk”. Add x86_64 to CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES, this tells it to compile against the current system Uncheck WITH_1394 Uncheck WITH_FFMPEG

Now navigate to the StaticLibs folder and make: $ cd <path/to/your/opencv/staticlibs/folder/> $ make (This will take awhile) $ sudo make install