Minimal build Python OpenCV 2.4.3

I am using OpenCV Python bindings to call a function matchTemplate

. This is the only function I need. To be able to call matchTemplate

, I have to post the python bindings for OpenCV cv2.pyd

with my (Windows) application, which weighs in at a massive 9MB.

Is there a way to build (Python bindings) OpenCV in such a way that only the modules I need are included in cv2.pyd

? matchTemplate

seems to be part of a module imgproc

, so I guess I only really need OpenCV core

and imgproc

.

I have already tried playing with the OpenCV CMake options and I think I only managed to create some modules. However, as soon as I disable one module, say calib3d

by setting CMake BUILD_OPENCV_calib3d

to false, I also "lose" the Python build. In other words, when I use CMake to generate Visual Studio solution files to create all modules except calib3d

and python

, the Visual Studio solution contains all modules, but calib3d

also python

. I tried to remake the module CMakeLists file by python

removing calib3d

from the callocv_add_module

ocv_add_module(python BINDINGS opencv_core opencv_flann ...)

      

        
        
        
      

    

and setting the included headers

set(opencv_hdrs
    "${OPENCV_MODULE_opencv_core_LOCATION}/include/opencv2/core/core.hpp"
    ...

      

        
        
        
      

    

Unfortunately, to no avail. Does anyone know how to do this?

I am building Microsoft Visual Studio 2012.

Thank!