Script to build OpenCV 3.4.2 from source into an Anaconda virtual environment on a Linux Mint 19 machine.

buildOpenCV.zsh

#!/usr/bin/zsh
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# buildOpenCV.zsh -                                                           #
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# Script to build OpenCV 3.4.2 from source into an Anaconda virtual           #
# environment on a Linux Mint 19 machine.                                     #
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# Install requirements
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake unzip pkg-config
sudo apt-get install libjpeg-dev libpng-dev libtiff-dev
sudo apt-get install libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev libv4l-dev
sudo apt-get install libxvidcore-dev libx264-dev
sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-dev
sudo apt-get install libatlas-base-dev gfortran
sudo apt-get install python3-dev

# Move to Downloads folder
cd ~/Downloads
wget -O opencv.zip -c https://github.com/opencv/opencv/archive/3.4.2.zip
wget -O opencv_contrib.zip -c https://github.com/opencv/opencv_contrib/archive/3.4.2.zip
unzip opencv.zip
unzip opencv_contrib.zip

# Create virtual environment
conda create -y --name cv numpy
conda activate cv

# Generate make files and install
cd opencv-3.4.2
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE \
    -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/anaconda3/envs/cv \
    -D INSTALL_PYTHON_EXAMPLES=ON \
    -D INSTALL_C_EXAMPLES=OFF \
    -D OPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH=~/Downloads/opencv_contrib-3.4.2/modules \
    -D PYTHON_EXECUTABLE=~/anaconda3/envs/cv/bin/python \
    -D BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON ..
make -j4
make install
ldconfig -n ~/anaconda3/envs/cv/lib

# Verify that it worked
python -c "import cv2; print(cv2.__version__)"

# Cleanup
cd ~/Downloads
rm opencv.zip opencv_contrib.zip
rm -rf opencv-3.4.2 opencv_contrib-3.4.2
cd

# Deactivate virtual environment
conda deactivate

Hi Clamytoe,

I am trying to build the opencv with anaconda3 and I am facing the below error:
/home/opencv_contrib/modules/xfeatures2d/src/boostdesc.cpp:653:20: fatal error: boostdesc_bgm.i: No such file or directory
#include "boostdesc_bgm.i"
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Any help is greatly appreciated.