Below Python packages are to be downloaded and installed to their default locations.
1.1. Python-2.7.x.
1.2. Numpy.
1.3. Matplotlib (Matplotlib is optional, but recommended since we use it a lot in our tutorials).
Install all packages into their default locations. Python will be installed to C:/Python27/.
After installation, open Python IDLE. Enter import numpy and make sure Numpy is working fine.
Download latest OpenCV release from sourceforge site and double-click to extract it.
Goto opencv/build/python/2.7 folder.
Copy cv2.pyd to C:/Python27/lib/site-packeges.
Open Python IDLE and type following codes in Python terminal.
import cv2 print cv2.version If the results are printed out without any errors, congratulations !!! You have installed OpenCV-Python successfully.