OpenCV2.0 ( or OpenCV2.1) and swig python interface install with python2.6
tar xjvf OpenCV-2.0.0.tar.bz2 cd OpenCV-2.0.0 mkdir release cd release cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local -D BUILD_PYTHON_SUPPORT=ON .. #( or ccmake .. then edit by GUI menu) make sudo make install sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cv.so /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/ sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/opencv /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/ sudo ldconfig
also work on OpenCV2.1