How to Install OpenCV on Ubuntu 12.04

+ To install OpenCV 2.4.2 or 2.4.3 on the Ubuntu 12.04 operating system, first install a developer environment to build OpenCV. sudo apt-get -y install build-essential cmake pkg-config Install Image I/O libraries sudo apt-get -y install libjpeg62-dev sudo apt-get -y install libtiff4-dev libjasper-dev Install the GTK dev library sudo apt-get -y install libgtk2.0-dev Install Video I/O libraries sudo apt-get -y install libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev libv4l-dev Optional - install support for Firewire video cameras sudo apt-get -y install libdc1394-22-dev Optional - install video streaming libraries sudo apt-get -y install libxine-dev libgstreamer0.10-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev Optional - install the Python development environment and the Python Numerical library sudo apt-get -y install python-dev python-numpy Optional - install the parallel code processing library (the Intel tbb library) su