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How to install openCV 3.* for use with python 3.* in Windows 10

Is there a 'for dummies' list of instructions to install openCV 3.* for use with Python 3.* on Windows 10?

A Hello-World of sorts? The OpenCV site doesn't appear to have one.

I am happy to use whatever IDE but as I have used Sublime Text 2 I would prefer to keep doing so.

I have spent quite a bit of time developing a reasonably complex and succesful C++ 2.* openCV application in Visual Studio and managed (with some effort) to get that development environment working for me, but when it comes to cmake/builds/github/source/compilers and all the configurations required for Python I am facing too many free variables and unknowns (and my own ignorance regarding these things).

In all the tutorials, SE Q&A and other internet dialog I've discovered there is jargon heavy and includes missed steps and assumed knowledge.

Potentially irrelevant info (??) follows:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26489867/opencv-for-python-3-x-under-windows looks good, but cmake is complaining:

"CMake Error: CMake was unable to find a build program corresponding to "MinGW Makefiles". CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM is not set."

Which is probably something to do with my selection of 'Sublime Text 2 - minGW' in 'configure'. Maybe not, no idea, the answer given doesn't suggest which option I'm meant to chose and why...

How to install openCV 3.* 3.x for use with python 3.* 3.x in Windows 10

Is there a 'for dummies' list of instructions to install openCV 3.* 3.x for use with Python 3.* 3.x on Windows 10?

A Hello-World of sorts? The OpenCV site doesn't appear to have one.

I am happy to use whatever IDE but as I have used Sublime Text 2 I would prefer to keep doing so.

I have spent quite a bit of time developing a reasonably complex and succesful C++ 2.* openCV application in Visual Studio and managed (with some effort) to get that development environment working for me, but when it comes to cmake/builds/github/source/compilers and all the configurations required for Python I am facing too many free variables and unknowns (and my own ignorance regarding these things).

In all the tutorials, SE Q&A and other internet dialog I've discovered there is jargon heavy and includes missed steps and assumed knowledge.

Potentially irrelevant info (??) follows:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26489867/opencv-for-python-3-x-under-windows looks good, but cmake is complaining:

"CMake Error: CMake was unable to find a build program corresponding to "MinGW Makefiles". CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM is not set."

Which is probably something to do with my selection of 'Sublime Text 2 - minGW' in 'configure'. Maybe not, no idea, the answer given doesn't suggest which option I'm meant to chose and why...