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📺 OpenCV C++ Mac M1 Installation Tutorial Video

Commands you need

We need homebrew installed in our system

brew install cmake

mkdir Open_CV && cd Open_CV

git clone https://github.com/opencv/opencv.git

mkdir build && cd build

cmake ../opencv/ .

arch -arm64 cmake ../opencv/ -DWITH_QT=OFF -DWITH_OPENGL=OFF -DFORCE_VTK=OFF -DWITH_TBB=OFF -DWITH_GDAL=OFF -DWITH_XINE=OFF -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DBUILD_ZLIB=OFF -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF .

arch -arm64 sudo make -j 4

arch -arm64 sudo make install
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chriskery commented Mar 4, 2025

Hello, I dont know if you have already solve this problem or not, but the way I solve is by reinstall homebrew and make sure you are installing the arm version instead of X86

same problem and resolved by reinstall homebrew

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2black0 commented Sep 25, 2025

is it optimized with metal support?

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