Question: HI! I'm trying to install opencv and use it with python, but when I compile it I get no errors but I can't import cv module from python:

```
patrick:release patrick$ python
Python 2.6.1 (r261:67515, Feb 11 2010, 00:51:29) 
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import cv
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named cv

```

The code I used to compile it is this:

```
cd opencv
mkdir release
cd release
cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local -D BUILD_PYTHON_SUPPORT=ON
make
sudo make install

```

how can I get it working with python?

Answer: 
```
easy_install pip
pip install opencv-python --user
export PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH

```

Maybe you will use `sudo`,

and the path of installed may not be like mentioned.
If you have you want a simple and quick install in Windows, you can download [Python(x,y)](http://python-xy.github.io). This distribution includes OpenCv. Be sure to specify that you want to install OpenCV in the installation setup, because it is not installed by default.