Python wrapper installation¶

Under Windows¶

Assuming you have installed OpenCV into C:/Program Files/OpenCV, Here is a quick howto:

1. Launch a terminal (Demarrer -> Executer -> cmd)
2. Then change the working directory:

    cd C:/Program Files/OpenCV/interfaces/swig/python

3. Then, launch the python setup script:

    python.exe setup-for-win-py install

4. ok, it's done! try to import opencv module on python script

    from opencv.cv import *

Under Linux¶

Ubuntu:

Very easy: launch this command line on terminal:

 apt-get install python-opencv