How to properly install Python on OSX for use with OpenCV?

Question

I spent the past couple of days trying to get opencv to work with my Python 2.7 install. I kept getting an error saying that opencv module was not found whenever I try \"import

Answer 1

Installing OpenCV with Homebrew

brew tap homebrew/homebrew-science
brew install opencv

Setting up Python

Depending on your install location - OS X Default

cd /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/

or - Homebrew Python

cd /usr/local/lib/python2.7

Then create the symbolic link

ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/opencv/2.4.9/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cv.py cv.py
ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/opencv/2.4.9/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cv2.so cv2.so

The above method sourced from a blog post.