Error building opencv on a raspberry pi 3 - opencv

Question

I was following this example and received the following error when running make
In file included from /root/src/opencv-3.1.0/modules/videoio/src/cap_ffmpeg.cpp:45:0:
/root/src/opencv-3.1.0/modules/videoio/src/cap_ffmpeg_impl.hpp: In member function ‘bool OutputMediaStream_FFMPEG::open(const char*, int, int, double)’:
/root/src/opencv-3.1.0/modules/videoio/src/cap_ffmpeg_impl.hpp:2207:41: warning: ignoring return value of ‘int avformat_write_header(AVFormatContext*, AVDictionary**)’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result]
avformat_write_header(oc_, NULL);
^
Linking CXX shared library ../../lib/libopencv_videoio.so
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libx264.a(common.o): relocation R_ARM_MOVW_ABS_NC against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/local/lib/libx264.a: error adding symbols: Bad value
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
modules/videoio/CMakeFiles/opencv_videoio.dir/build.make:215: recipe for target 'lib/libopencv_videoio.so.3.1.0' failed
make[2]: *** [lib/libopencv_videoio.so.3.1.0] Error 1
CMakeFiles/Makefile2:4058: recipe for target 'modules/videoio/CMakeFiles/opencv_videoio.dir/all' failed
make[1]: *** [modules/videoio/CMakeFiles/opencv_videoio.dir/all] Error 2
Makefile:147: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2

Answer 1

I have successfully installed opencv on Raspberry Pi 3 by following the steps in the link http://www.pyimagesearch.com/2015/02/23/install-opencv-and-python-on-your-raspberry-pi-2-and-b/
The changes i made while following the steps are:
Use 'aptitude' instead of 'apt-get' and accept all recommendations given
Before following Step 11, run 'source ~/.profile'. To quit, run 'deactivate'
Hope this helps :)