Installing OpenCV v3.1.0 on MacOS

install.txt

1. Clone the git repo into ~/opencv
2. Clone the opencv_contrib repo into ~/opencv_contrib
3. In both dirs, run git checkout 3.1.0
4. In ~/opencv, mkdir build; cd build; and run the cmake command below:

cmake -D WITH_CUDA=OFF -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
-D PYTHON2_PACKAGES_PATH=/Users/siddmahen/miniconda2/envs/tensorflow/lib/python2.7/site-packages \
-D PYTHON2_LIBRARY=/Users/siddmahen/miniconda2/envs/tensorflow/bin \
-D PYTHON2_INCLUDE_DIR=/Users/siddmahen/miniconda2/envs/tensorflow/include/python2.7 \
-D INSTALL_C_EXAMPLES=OFF -D INSTALL_PYTHON_EXAMPLES=ON \
-D BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON \
-D OPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH=~/opencv_contrib/modules ..

where the appropriate flags are modified.

5. Always in ~/opencv/build, run make; make install