Step 1: Install pure Raspbian OSĭownload official image file “ RASPBIAN STRETCH WITH DESKTOP” (Image with desktop based on Debian Stretch, Version: November 2017 , Release date: , Kernel version: 4.9). If you want to make your own installation, please see the following steps. You can download ,unzip and burn it to your SD card (at least 16GB) if you don’t care the installation details. I have prepared an img file (made in Dec 19 2017) that compiled ROS and OpenCV, you can download it here, file size is around 4GB in Google Drive. This instruction covers the installation of ROS Kinetic (Robot Operating System ) and OpenCV-3.3.1 on the Raspberry Pi 2 or 3 with Raspbian Stretch.