1Installation in iOS {#tutorial_ios_install} 2=================== 3 4Required Packages 5----------------- 6 7- CMake 2.8.8 or higher 8- Xcode 4.2 or higher 9 10### Getting the Cutting-edge OpenCV from Git Repository 11 12Launch GIT client and clone OpenCV repository from [here](http://github.com/itseez/opencv) 13 14In MacOS it can be done using the following command in Terminal: 15 16@code{.bash} 17cd ~/<my_working _directory> 18git clone https://github.com/Itseez/opencv.git 19@endcode 20 21Building OpenCV from Source, using CMake and Command Line 22--------------------------------------------------------- 23 24-# Make symbolic link for Xcode to let OpenCV build scripts find the compiler, header files etc. 25 @code{.bash} 26 cd / 27 sudo ln -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer Developer 28 @endcode 29 30-# Build OpenCV framework: 31 @code{.bash} 32 cd ~/<my_working_directory> 33 python opencv/platforms/ios/build_framework.py ios 34 @endcode 35 36If everything's fine, a few minutes later you will get 37\~/\<my_working_directory\>/ios/opencv2.framework. You can add this framework to your Xcode 38projects. 39 40Further Reading 41--------------- 42 43You can find several OpenCV+iOS tutorials here @ref tutorial_table_of_content_ios. 44