# Make: fatal error: too many errors emitted, stopping now

**URL:** <https://forum.opencv.org/t/make-fatal-error-too-many-errors-emitted-stopping-now/20527>\
**Category:** Python\
**Tags:** build, apple, homebrew\
**Created:** [March 15, 2025, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/make-fatal-error-too-many-errors-emitted-stopping-now/20527 "2025-03-15T08:47:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![executive](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.opencv.org/executive/32/12189_2.png) [@executive](https://forum.opencv.org/u/executive)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/make-fatal-error-too-many-errors-emitted-stopping-now/20527/1 "2025-03-15T08:47:53Z")

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I am having a really hard time compiling opencv. I’ve been at this for hours.  
cmake seems to complete fine, but make fails with many errors. If anybody could help me figure out the next step I would be really grateful please. I’m doing everything from a v-env.

> <https://github.com/exekutive/logs/blob/main/opencv-cmakelog.txt>

> <https://github.com/exekutive/logs/blob/main/opencv-cmakelog2.txt>

MacOS 15, ARM64  
Python 3.13.2  
openCV 3.0.0

```auto
Package Version
---------- -------
numpy 2.2.3
pip 25.0.1
setuptools 76.0.0

```

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**Author:** ![executive](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.opencv.org/executive/32/12189_2.png) [@executive](https://forum.opencv.org/u/executive)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/make-fatal-error-too-many-errors-emitted-stopping-now/20527/2 "2025-03-15T08:48:37Z")

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Make logs

> <https://github.com/exekutive/logs/blob/main/opencv-makelog.txt>

> <https://github.com/exekutive/logs/blob/main/opencv-makelog2.txt>

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**Author:** ![berak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@berak](https://forum.opencv.org/u/berak)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/make-fatal-error-too-many-errors-emitted-stopping-now/20527/3 "2025-03-15T10:53:29Z")

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> [@executive](#):
>
> openCV 3.0.0
> 
> ```auto
> 
> ```

why bother with sth that outdated ? why even build from src, if it’s python ?

please consider NOT doing any of this & instead try a plain:

```
pip install opencv-contrib-python

```

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**Author:** ![executive](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.opencv.org/executive/32/12189_2.png) [@executive](https://forum.opencv.org/u/executive)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 5:56am UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/make-fatal-error-too-many-errors-emitted-stopping-now/20527/4 "2025-03-16T05:56:31Z")

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> [@berak](#):
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> why bother with sth that outdated ?

I couldn’t get FFMPEG to compile with 3.4 or 4.0.  
Possibly related issue:

> **[\#7059 (Compile error in ffmpeg git master with opencv 3.4.1)
          – FFmpeg](https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/7059)**

> [@berak](#):
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> why even build from src, if it’s python ?

I was just following instructions

> **[OpenCV: Installation in MacOS](https://docs.opencv.org/3.4.9/d0/db2/tutorial_macos_install.html)**

> [@berak](#):
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> instead try a plain:
> 
> `pip install opencv-contrib-python`

will this allow opencv libraries to be used outside of python?