How to install OpenCV on Windows and enable it for PyCharm without using the package manager
I finally figured out on how to solve this issue:
Steps to follow:
- Install Python 2.7.10
- Install Pycharm(If you have not done it already)
- Download and install the OpenCV executable.
- Add OpenCV in the system path(%OPENCV_DIR% = /path/of/opencv/directory)
- Goto C:\opencv\build\python\2.7\x86 folder and copy cv2.pyd file.
- Goto C:\Python27\DLLs directory and paste the cv2.pyd file.
- Goto C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages directory and paste the cv2.pyd file.
- Goto PyCharm IDE and goto DefaultSettings>PythonInterpreter.
- Select the Python which you have installed on Step1.
- Install the packages numpy,matplotlib and pip in pycharm.
- Restart your PyCharm.
- PyCharm now has OpenCV library installed and working.