Install OpenCV Instructions

sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install cmake git libgtk2.0-dev pkg-config libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev
sudo apt-get install python-dev python-numpy libtbb2 libtbb-dev libjpeg-dev libpng-dev libtiff-dev libjasper-dev libdc1394-22-dev
mkdir ~/Documents/temp
cd ~/Documents/temp
git clone https://github.com/opencv/opencv.git
cd opencv
git checkout 3.3.1
cd ..
git clone https://github.com/opencv/opencv_contrib.git
cd opencv_contrib
git checkout 3.3.1
cd ..
cd opencv
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE \
      -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
      -D INSTALL_C_EXAMPLES=ON \
      -D INSTALL_PYTHON_EXAMPLES=ON \
      -D WITH_TBB=ON \
      -D WITH_V4L=ON \
      -D WITH_QT=ON \
      -D WITH_OPENGL=ON \
      -D OPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH=../../opencv_contrib/modules \
      -D BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON ..
make -j8
sudo make install
sudo sh -c 'echo "/usr/local/lib" >> /etc/ld.so.conf.d/opencv.conf'
sudo ldconfig
find /usr/local/lib/ -type f -name "cv2*.so"
cd [path to your python local env sit-packages from line 31]
ln -s [path to your dist-packages of cv2] cv2.so