Installing openCV 2.4.2 on Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) - macos

Question

I'm trying to install openCV 2.4.2 (not the newest version but stable version compatible with newer OS X according to several sources) on Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks). I have tried installing from source and using homebrew but neither works. I get the following error when I try installing it:
build Marieke$ make
[ 25%] Building CXX object modules/ts/CMakeFiles/opencv_ts.dir/src/precomp.cpp.o
In file included from /users/Marieke/Downloads/OpenCV-2.4.2/modules/ts/src/precomp.cpp:1:
In file included from /users/Marieke/Downloads/OpenCV-2.4.2/modules/ts/src/precomp.hpp:2:
In file included from /users/Marieke/Downloads/OpenCV-2.4.2/modules/ts/include/opencv2/ts/ts.hpp:40:
/users/Marieke/Downloads/OpenCV-2.4.2/modules/ts/include/opencv2/ts/ts_gtest.h:1657:13: fatal error:
'tr1/tuple' file not found
# include <tr1/tuple> // NOLINT
^
1 error generated.
make[2]: *** [modules/ts/CMakeFiles/opencv_ts.dir/src/precomp.cpp.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [modules/ts/CMakeFiles/opencv_ts.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2
I don't know how to solve this and I have tried several things already (I do now have newest versions of Xcode, cmake, ffmpeg, faac, faad, qt, ...) so if anybody can help me, that would be much appreciated, thanks!

Answer 1

Run the following commands assuming you have brew installed.
brew tap homebrew/science
brew install opencv

Answer 2

Use macports. Once you install macports, just run
sudo port install opencv
at the command prompt.
This other stackoverflow question is mostly correct for how to start using the macports version of opencv in Xcode.
Here are some more up-to-date instructions for using the macports version of OpenCV from Xcode 5:
Create a new Xcode project as OS X Application -> Command Line Tool, etc.
Click the target in the upper left
Click the Build Settings tab
Scroll down to (or search for) the Search Paths section
Under User Header Search Paths add /opt/local/include
Click the Build Phases tab
Click Link Binary with Libraries
Choose the required libraries from /opt/local/lib
At least, add libopencv_core.dylib
If you want pre-set command-line arguments, go to Product -> Scheme -> Edit Scheme (⌘<)
Click the Run tab on the left
Click the Arguments tab
Enter arguments into Arguments Passed on Launch
Done!

Answer 3

You can try to install opencv from homebrew, I met the same problem with cmake in my 10.9 and finally I found the solution from Chris Muktar. Here are the steps:
Make sure xcode-select --install Xcode command line tools 5.0.1 are installed.
Install python using brew - brew install python.
pip update
pip install numpy
brew linkapps
Add export PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/Cellar/opencv/2.4.6.1/lib/python2.7/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH to .bash_profile in your home directory
brew install opencv
In the last step I came across the Error: No available formula for opencv. In this case, you should first run the command brew tap homebrew/science.
Good Luck

Answer 4

This may be related to the current issues with Qt on Mavericks.
See: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/pull/23793
I'd try installing the current patched homebrew keg for qt, and then installing opencv:
brew update
brew uninstall opencv
brew uninstall qt
brew install -v https://raw.github.com/cliffrowley/homebrew/patched_qt/Library/Formula/qt.rb --HEAD
brew install opencv
Caution to the wind: the qt build took me about an hour to complete

Answer 5

Thanks for the answers!
I ended up with the following solution: I added #define GTEST_USE_OWN_TR1_TUPLE 1 to ts_gtest.h. Probably not the prettiest solution but I don't need gtest for anything else so it works for me.

Answer 6

You could disable ts module in CMakeCache.txt file:
//Include opencv_ts module into the OpenCV build
BUILD_opencv_ts:BOOL=OFF
I mean that there is no reason to modify existing code.

Answer 7

I think you really need to do a configuration and that is it.
I tried your problems and I think steps are as follow:
open terminal in mac
in the terminal, check you have cmake and ccmake. If not, please type "brew install cmake"
go to your downloaded opencv folder, make a new folder by typing "mkdir build", then "cd build"
in this build folder, check you have gcc and g++ installed.
now, doing configuration by type "ccmake .. -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/bin/gcc -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/bin/g++", type "c" first for configuration then exit by "e" then "g" for generating!
you should be in terminal again now! then please type "make"
type "sudo make install", and now the opencv is installed, check it by type "brew list", and you should see the opencv there
type "brew linkapps"
do a test if you have python, by typing "import cv", and it should be working!