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byAdrianRosebrockonOctober26,2015inOpenCV3,RaspberryPi,Tutorials
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AfewweeksagoRaspbianJessiewasreleased,bringinginatonofnew,greatfeatures.
However,theupdatetoJessiealsobrokethepreviousOpenCV+PythoninstallinstructionsforRaspbian
Wheezy:
InstallOpenCV2.4withPython2.7bindingsonRaspbianWheezy.
InstallOpenCV3.0withPython2.7/Python3+bindingsonRaspbianWheezy.
SincePyImageSearchhasbecometheonlinedestinationforlearningcomputervision+OpenCVonthe
RaspberryPi,IdecidedtowriteanewtutorialoninstallingOpenCV3withPythonbindingsonRaspbian
Jessie.
Asanadditionalbonus,IvealsoincludedavideotutorialthatyoucanusetofollowalongwithmeasIinstall
OpenCV3onmyownRaspberryPi2runningRaspbianJessie.
http://www.pyimagesearch.com/2015/10/26/howtoinstallopencv3onraspbianjessie/
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Thisvideotutorialshouldhelpaddressthemostcommonquestions,doubts,andpitfallsthatarisewheninstalling
OpenCV+PythonbindingsontheRaspberryPiforthefirsttime.
Assumptions
ForthistutorialIamgoingtoassumethatyoualreadyownaRaspberryPi2withRaspbianJessieinstalled.
Otherthanthat,youshouldeitherhave(1)physicalaccesstoyourPi2andcanopenupaterminalor(2)remote
accesswhereyoucanSSHin.IllbedoingthistutorialviaSSH,butaslongasyouhaveaccesstoaterminal,it
reallydoesntmatter.
Thequickstartvideotutorial
Beforewegetthistutorialunderway,letmeaskyoutwoquickquestions:
1.IsthisyourfirsttimeinstallingOpenCV?
2.AreyoujustgettingstartedlearningLinuxandhowtousethecommandline?
Ifyouansweredyestoeitherofthesequestions,Ihighlysuggestthatyouwatchthevideobelowandfollowalong
withmeasaguideyoustepbysteponhowtoinstallOpenCV3withPythonbindingsonyourRaspberryPi2
runningRaspbianJessie:
Otherwise,ifyoufeelcomfortableusingthecommandlineorifyouhavepreviousexperienceusingthecommand
line,feelfreetofollowthetutorialbelow.
InstallingOpenCV3onRaspbianJessie
InstallingOpenCV3isamultistep(andeventimeconsuming)processrequiringyoutoinstallmany
dependenciesandprerequisites.Theremainderofthistutorialwillguideyoustepbystepthroughtheprocess.
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Tomaketheinstallationprocesseasier,Iveincludedtimingsforeachstep(whenappropriate)soyouknowwhen
tostickbyyourterminal,grabacupofcoffee,orgoforanicelongwalk.
IfyoureanexperiencedLinuxuserorhavealreadyinstalledOpenCVonaRaspberryPi(oranotherother
system)before,youcanlikelyjustfollowthestepsoutlinedbelow.
However,ifthisisyourfirsttimeinstallingOpenCV(oryoudonthavemuchpriorexposuretotheLinuxoperating
systemsandthecommandline),Ihighlyrecommendthatyouwatchthevideoaboveandfollowalongwith
measIshowyouhowtoinstallOpenCV3onyourRasberryPirunningRaspbianJessie.
Thatsaid,letsgetstartedinstallingOpenCV3.
Step#1:Installdependencies
Thefirstthingweshoulddoisupdateandupgradeanyexistingpackages,followedbyupdatingtheRaspberryPi
firmware.
Installing OpenCV 3 on Raspbian Jessie
1 $ sudo apt-get update
2 $ sudo apt-get upgrade
3 $ sudo rpi-update
Shell
Timing:3m33s
YoullneedtorebootyourRaspberryPiafterthefirmwareupdate:
1 $ sudo reboot
Shell
Nowweneedtoinstallafewdevelopertools:
1 $ sudo apt-get install build-essential git cmake pkg-config
Shell
Timing:51s
NowwecanmoveontoinstallingimageI/OpackageswhichallowustoloadimagefileformatssuchasJPEG,
PNG,TIFF,etc.:
1 $ sudo apt-get install libjpeg-dev libtiff5-dev libjasper-dev libpng12-dev
Shell
Timing:42s
Free21daycrashcourse
JustlikeweneedimageI/Opackages,wealsoneedvideoI/Opackages.Thesepackagesallowustoload
oncomputervision&
variousvideofileformatsaswellasworkwithvideostreams:
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1 $ sudo apt-get install libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev
libswscale-dev libv4l-dev
2 $ sudo apt-get install libxvidcore-dev libx264-dev engines,butdon'tknowwheretostart?Letme
Timing:58s
Shell
help.I'vecreatedafree,21daycrashcoursethat
ishandtailoredtogiveyouthebestpossible
introductiontocomputervision.Soundgood?Enter
WeneedtoinstalltheGTKdevelopmentlibrarysowecancompilethe highgui submoduleofOpenCV,which

youremailbelowtostartyourjourneytobecoming
acomputervisionmaster.
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allowsustodisplayimagestoourscreenandbuildsimpleGUIinterfaces:
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Shell
1 $ sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev
Timing:2m48s
LET'SDOIT!
VariousoperationsinsideofOpenCV(suchasmatrixoperations)canbeoptimizedusingaddeddependencies:
Shell
1 $ sudo apt-get install libatlas-base-dev gfortran
Timing:50s
Lastly,wellneedtoinstallthePython2.7andPython3headerfilessowecancompileourOpenCV+Python
bindings:
1 $ sudo apt-get install python2.7-dev python3-dev
Shell
Step#2:GrabtheOpenCVsourcecode
Atthispointwehaveallofourprerequisitesinstalled,soletsgrabthe 3.0.0 versionofOpenCVfromthe
OpenCVrepository.(Note:AsfutureversionsofOpenCVarereleasedjustreplacethe 3.0.0 withthemost
recentversionnumber):
1 $ cd ~
2 $ wget -O opencv.zip https://github.com/Itseez/opencv/archive/3.0.0.zip
3 $ unzip opencv.zip
Shell
Timing:2m29s
ForthefullinstallofOpenCV3(whichincludesfeaturessuchasSIFTandSURF),besuretograbthe
opencv_contribrepoaswell.(Note:Makesureyour opencv and opencv_contrib versionsmatchup,
otherwiseyouwillrunintoerrorsduringcompilation.Forexample,ifIdownloadv3.0.0of opencv ,thenIllwantto
downloadv3.0.0of opencv_contrib aswell):
1 $ wget -O opencv_contrib.zip https://github.com/Itseez/opencv_contrib/archive/3.0.0.zip
2 $ unzip opencv_contrib.zip
Shell
Timing:1m54s
Free21daycrashcourse
Step#3:SetupPython
oncomputervision&
ThefirststepinsettingupPythonforourOpenCVcompileistoinstall pip ,aPythonpackagemanager:
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1 $ wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
2 $ sudo python get-pip.py
Timing:26s
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Shell
engines,butdon'tknowwheretostart?Letme
help.I'vecreatedafree,21daycrashcoursethat
ishandtailoredtogiveyouthebestpossible
introductiontocomputervision.Soundgood?Enter
IvediscussedbothvirtualenvandvirtualenvwrappermanytimesonthePyImageSearchblogbefore,especially
youremailbelowtostartyourjourneytobecoming
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withintheseinstallationtutorials.InstallingthesepackagesiscertainlynotarequirementtogetOpenCVand
PythonupandrunningonyourRaspberryPi,butIhighlyrecommendthatyouinstallthem!
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Using virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper allowsyoutocreateisolatedPythonenvironments,separatefrom

yoursysteminstallofPython.ThismeansthatyoucanrunmultipleversionsofPython,withdifferentversionsof
LET'SDOIT!
packagesinstalledintoeachvirtualenvironmentthissolvestheProjectAdependsonversion1.x,butProject
Bneeds4.xproblemthatoftenarisesinsoftwareengineering.
Again,itsstandardpracticeinthePythoncommunitytousevirtualenvironments,soIhighlysuggestthatyou
startusingthemifyouarenotalready:
Shell
1 $ sudo pip install virtualenv virtualenvwrapper

2 $ sudo rm -rf ~/.cache/pip
Timing:17s
After virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper havebeeninstalled,weneedtoupdateour ~/.profile fileand
insertthefollowinglinesatthebottomofthefile:
1 # virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper
2 export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/.virtualenvs
3 source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
Shell
Youcanuseyourfavoriteeditortoeditthisfile,suchas vim , emacs , nano ,oranyothergraphicaleditor

includedintheRaspbianJessiedistribution.Again,allyouneedtodoisopenthefilelocatedat
/home/pi/.profile andinsertthelinesaboveatthebottomofthefile.
Nowthatyour ~/.profile hasbeenupdated,youneedtoreloaditsothechangescantakeaffect.Toforcea
reloadofthe ~/.profile fileyoucan(1)logoutandlogbackin,(2)closeyourterminalandopenupanewone,
or(3)justusethe source command:
1 $ source ~/.profile
Shell
Note:Youlllikelyneedtorunthe source ~/.profile commandeachtimeyouopenupanewterminaltoensure

yourenvironmenthasbeensetupcorrectly.
ThenextstepistocreateourPythonvirtualenvironmentwherewellbedoingourcomputervisionwork:
1 $ mkvirtualenv cv
Shell
Theabovecommandwillcreateavirtualenvironmentnamed cv usingPython2.7.
IfyouwantPython3,runthiscommandinstead:
1 $ mkvirtualenv cv -p python3
Shell
Again,itsimportanttonotethatthe cv Pythonenvironmentisentirelyindependentfromthedefaultversionof
PythonincludedinthedownloadofRaspbianJesse.
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Ifyoueverrebootyoursystem,logoutandlogbackin,oropenupanewterminal,youllneedtousethe workon
commandtoreaccessthe cv virtualenvironment,otherwiseyoullbeusingthesystemversionofPython
instead:
Shell
1 $ source ~/.profile
2 $ workon cv
Youcanensureyouareinthe cv virtualenvironmentbyexaminingyourcommandline.Ifyouseethetext(cv)
precedingyourprompt,thenyouareinthe cv virtualenvironment:
Figure1:Makesureyouseethe(cv)textonyourprompting,indicatingthatyouareinthecvvirtual
environment.
Otherwise,youarenotinthe cv virtualenvironment:
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Figure2:Ifyoudonotseethe(cv)textonyourprompt,thenyouarenotinthecvvirtualenvironment.
Ifthisisthecase,youneedtorunthe source and workon commandsabove.

Assumingthatyouareinthe cv virtualenvironment,wecaninstallNumPy,animportantdependency
whencompilingthePythonbindingsforOpenCV.Youmightwanttograbacupofcoffeeorgoforawalkwhile
NumPydownloadsandinstalls:
1 $ pip install numpy
Shell
Timing:16m10s
Step#4:CompileandinstallOpenCV
Atthispoint,wearereadytocompileOpenCV.
First,makesureyouareinthe cv virtualenvironment:
Shell
1 $ workon cv
Followedbysettingupthebuild:
1 $ cd ~/opencv-3.0.0/
2 $ mkdir build
3 $ cd build
4 $ cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE \
5
-D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
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-D INSTALL_C_EXAMPLES=ON \
7
-D INSTALL_PYTHON_EXAMPLES=ON \
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-D OPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH=~/opencv_contrib-3.0.0/modules \
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-D BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON ..
Shell
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Update(3January2016):InordertobuildOpenCV 3.1.0 ,youneedtoset -D INSTALL_C_EXAMPLES=OFF

(ratherthan ON )inthe cmake command.ThereisabugintheOpenCVv3.1.0CMakebuildscriptthatcan
causeerrorsifyouleavethisswitchon.Onceyousetthisswitchtooff,CMakeshouldrunwithoutaproblem.
Beforeyoumoveontothecompilationstep,makesureyouexaminetheoutputofCMake!
Scrolldownthesectiontitled Python 2 and Python 3 .
IfyourecompilingOpenCV3forPython2.7,thenyoullwanttomakesurethe Python 2 sectionlookslike
this(highlighted)inred:
Figure3:EnsuringthatPython2.7willbeusedforthecompile.
Noticehowboththe Interpreter and numpy variablespointtothe cv virtualenvironment.

Similarly,ifyourecompilingOpenCVforPython3,thenmakesurethe Python 3 sectionlookslikethis:
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Figure4:EnsuringthatPython3willbeusedforthecompile.
Again,boththe Interpreter and numpy variablesarepointingtoour cv virtualenvironment.

Ineithercase,ifyoudonotseethe cv virtualenvironmentforthesevariablesMAKESUREYOUAREINTHE
cv VIRTUALENVIRONMENTPRIORTORUNNINGCMAKE!
Nowthatourbuildisallsetup,wecancompileOpenCV:
Shell
1 $ make -j4
Timing:1h35m
The -j4 switchstandsforthenumberofcorestousewhencompilingOpenCV.Sinceweareusinga
RaspberryPi2,wellleverageallfourcoresoftheprocessorforafastercompilation.
However,ifyour make commanderrorsout,Iwouldsuggeststartingthecompilationoveragainandonlyusing
onecore:
Shell
1 $ make clean
2 $ make
Usingonlyonecorewilltakemuchlongertocompile,butcanhelpreduceanytypeofstrangeracedependency
conditionerrorswhencompiling.
AssumingOpenCVcompiledwithouterror,allweneedtodoisinstallitonoursystem:
Shell
1 $ sudo make install

2 $ sudo ldconfig
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Step#5:Finishingtheinstall
Werealmostthere!Justafewmorethingsandwellbe100%done.
ForPython2.7:
ProvidedyoufinishedStep#4withouterror,OpenCVshouldnowbeinstalledin
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages :
1 $ ls -l /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/
2 total 1636
3 -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 1675144 Oct 17 15:25 cv2.so
Shell
Note:InsomeinstancesOpenCVcanbeinstalledin /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (notethe distpackages ratherthan site-packages ).Ifyoudonotfindthe cv2.so bindingsin site-packages ,besureto
check dist-packages aswell.
ThelaststephereistosymlinktheOpenCVbindingsintothe cv virtualenvironment:
1 $ cd ~/.virtualenvs/cv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/
2 $ ln -s /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cv2.so cv2.so
Shell
ForPython3:
OpenCVshouldnowbeinstalledin /usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages :
Shell
1 $ ls /usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/
2 cv2.cpython-34m.so
Forsomereason,unbeknownsttome,whencompilingthePython3bindingstheoutput .so fileisnamed

cv2.cpython-34m.so ratherthan cv2.so .
Luckily,thisisaneasyfix.Allweneedtodoisrenamethefile:
1 $ cd /usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/
2 $ sudo mv cv2.cpython-34m.so cv2.so
Shell
FollowedbysymlinkingOpenCVintoour cv virtualenvironment:
1 $ cd ~/.virtualenvs/cv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/
2 $ ln -s /usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/cv2.so cv2.so
Shell
Step#6:VerifyingyourOpenCV3install
Atthispoint,OpenCV3shouldbeinstalledonyourRaspberryPirunningRaspbianJessie!
Butbeforewewrapthistutorialup,letsverifythatyourOpenCVinstallationisworkingbyaccessingthe cv
virtualenvironmentandimporting cv2 ,theOpenCV+Pythonbindings:
Shell
1 $ workon cv
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3
4
5
$ python
>>> import cv2
>>> cv2.__version__
'3.0.0'
Youcanseeascreenshotofmyterminalbelow,indicatingthatOpenCV3hasbeensuccessfullyinstalled:
Figure5:OpenCV3+Python3bindingshavebeensuccessfullyinstalledonmyRaspberryPi2running
RasbianJessie.
Troubleshooting
Q.WhenItrytousethe mkvirtualenv or workon commands,Igetanerrorsayingcommandnotfound.
A.GobacktoStep#3andensureyour ~/.profile filehasbeenupdatedproperly.Onceyouhaveupdatedit,
besuretorun source ~/.profile toreloadit.
Q.AfterIreboot/logout/openupanewterminal,Icannotrunthe mkvirtualenv or workon commands.
A.Anytimeyourebootyoursystem,logoutandlogbackin,oropenupanewterminal,youshouldrun source
~/.profile tomakesureyouhaveaccesstoyourPythonvirtualenvironments.
Q.WhenIopenupaPythonshellandtype import cv2 ,Igetthedreaded ImportError: No module named cv2
error.
A.Thereasonforthiserrorishardtodiagnose,mainlybecausetherearemultipleissuesthatcouldbecausing
thisproblem.Forstarters,makesureyouareinthe cv virtualenvironmentusing workon cv .Ifthe workon
commandisgivingyouproblems,thenseethepreviousquestionsinthissection.Fromthere,youllwantto
investigatethe site-packages directoryofyour cv virtualenvironmentlocatedin
~/.virtualenvs/cv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ or ~/.virtualenvs/cv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/ ,
respectively.Makesurethatthesymlinkpathtothe cv2.so fileisvalid.Ifyoudonotknowhowtodo
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this,pleaseconsultthevideotutorialatthetopofthispost.
So,whatsnext?
Congrats!Youhaveabrandnew,freshinstallofOpenCVonyourRaspberryPiandImsureyourejustitching
toleverageyourRaspberryPitobuildsomeawesomecomputervisionapps.
ButImalsowillingtobetthatyourejustgettingstartedlearningcomputervisionandOpenCV,andyoure
probablyfeelingabitconfusedandoverwhelmedonwhereexactlytostart.
Personally,Imabigfanoflearningbyexample,soagoodfirststepwouldbetoreadthisblogposton
accessingyourRaspberryPiCamerawiththe picamera module.Thistutorialdetailstheexactstepsyouneedto
taketo(1)capturephotosfromthecameramoduleand(2)accesstherawvideostream.
Andifyourereallyinterestedinlevelingupyourcomputervisionskills,youshoulddefinitelycheckoutmybook,
PracticalPythonandOpenCV+CaseStudies.Mybooknotonlycoversthebasicsofcomputervisionandimage
processing,butalsoteachesyouhowtosolverealworldcomputervisionproblemsincludingfacedetectionin
imagesandvideostreams,objecttrackinginvideo,andhandwritingrecognition.
AllcodeexamplescoveredinthebookareguaranteedtorunontheRaspberryPi2andPi3aswell!Most
programswillalsorunontheB+andZeromodels,butmightbeabitslowduetothelimitedcomputingpowerof
theB+andZero.
SoletsputyourfreshinstallofOpenCVonyourRaspberryPitogoodusejustclickheretolearnmore
abouttherealworldprojectsyoucansolveusingyourRaspberryPi+PracticalPythonandOpenCV.
Summary
InthislessonwelearnedhowtoinstallOpenCV3withPython2.7andPython3bindingsonyourRaspberryPi2
runningRaspbianJessie.Iprovidedtimingsforeachstepsoensureyoucanplanyourinstallaccordingly.
ItsalsoworthmentioningthatIprovideOpenCVv2.4andv3installinstructionsforRaspbianWheezyinthe
followingposts:
InstallOpenCV2.4withPython2.7bindingsonRaspbianWheezy.
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InstallOpenCV3.0withPython2.7/Python3+bindingsonRaspbianWheezy.
Ifyourunintoanyissuesduringtheinstallationprocess,pleaseseetheTroubleshootingsection
above.Additionally,Iwouldsuggestwatchingthevideotutorialatthetopofthisposttoaidyouinthesetup
process.
Beforeyougo
ItendtocoveralotofgreatcomputervisionprojectsusingOpenCVandtheRaspberryPi,soconsiderentering
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274ResponsestoHowtoinstallOpenCV3onRaspbianJessie
AnastasiosSelalmazidisOctober26,2015at12:56pm#
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GreatguideAdrian.Iwaslookingforwardforthis.Workedlikeacharmforpython2.7.
Iamgoingtoinstallitnowforpython3.
Thankyou!!!
AdrianRosebrockOctober27,2015at4:52am#
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Awesome,ImgladitworkedforyouAnastasios!
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AldiDecember9,2015at11:54pm#
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HelloAdrianthanksforyourtutorialitwasgreat.IvejustfollowedtroughyourguideandIam
abletodotheexamplefromyoursitebutHowcanIruntheexamplefromtheopencv?
Thankyouforyourattention
AdrianRosebrockDecember10,2015at6:50am#
REPLY
HeyAldi,ImnotsurewhatyoumeanbyruntheexamplefromOpenCV?Mosttutorialson
thisblogpostassumeyouareexecutingaPythonscriptviacommandlineargument.Iwouldsuggest
goingthroughamorerecentpost,likethisononpedestriandetectiontoseehowPythonfilesare
createdandexecuted.Alternatively,ifyourejustgettingstartedusingPythonandOpenCV,Practical
PythonandOpenCVwouldbeagoodstart.
SupraOctober28,2015at6:30am#
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ItworkedforModelB+w/outusingvirtualenvwrapperbyusingpython3merely.
AdrianRosebrockNovember3,2015at10:40am#
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AsImentionedinthepost,usingvirtualenvironmentsisentirelyoptional.ButIdohighly
recommenditforPythondevelopment.
MichaelNovember4,2015at12:24am#
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check.ThanksMaestro!
BrianNovember4,2015at9:03pm#
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WhenItrytounzipOpenCVitgetsabouthalfwaythroughandthenIgetawriteerror,askingifmy
diskisfull.Thisisabrandnew16gigclass10microSDwithJessieinstalled.Itcantpossiblybefullalready.I
triedthewgetagainthinkingthedownloadwascorruptbutitstillgivesmeawriteerror.Anyideas?
Ahha!Iwasabletosuccessfullyunzipopencv.
Acriticalstepthatyoumightwanttomentionbeforerunningtheunzipopencv.zipcommand:
NavigatetotheRaspberryPiConfigurationToolandselectEXPANDFILESYSTEM
Hopethathelpssomeone!
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ThanksforthetipBrian!I(incorrectly)madetheassumptionthateveryonehadalready
expandedtheirfilesystemsfully.
MattNovember21,2015at12:55pm#
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Hi,
MyRaspberryPi2wontallowmetoexpandthefilesystemlikeBrianmentioned.IusedNOOBSto
installRaspbianJessieandamusingan8GBmicroSDbutonly1GBisavailableoncetheoperating
systemisinstalled.
Anyhelpwouldbemuchappreciated
Matt
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Normallytoexpandthefilesystemallyouneedtodoisrunraspiconfig,selectthefirst
optiontoExpandfilesystem,andreboot.Thatshouldexpandyour8GBcard.Makesureyou
rebootafterrunningthecommand.Ifyourestillnotgettingyourfilesystemexpanded,either(1)
yourfilesystemhasalreadybeenexpandedor(2)somethingveryoddisgoingonandyou
shouldconsulttheRaspberryPidocumentation.
RogerJanuary6,2016at8:07am#
REPLY
HowdyMatt
IranintothesameissueyouexpereinednotbeingabletoexpandthememoryonSDcard
runningNOOBSversionforrsapi.
So,IdecidedtodirectlyddthersapianoswithoutalltheootherosesontoSDCard.Isuggestthis
toyou,too.
JustdownloadtheraspianosandcopyviaddcommandinLinuxCLIorwithanadditional
softwareunderwindowssorryIamnotawareofagoodonesinceIamnotworkingwithwindows.
Googlemayhelphere.
Regards,
Roger
MattJanuary20,2016at10:58am#
HiRoger,
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YesIhavedonethesameanditworksnow.
Thanks
Matt
KevinFebruary8,2016at12:50pm#
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Areyousureyoureusingtheentire16GB?Haveyouexpandedtherootpartition,orareyou
runningJessiefromtheinstallerimage?Seehttps://coderwall.com/p/mhj8jw/raspbianhowtoresizethe
rootpartitiontofillsdcardorothersonhowtogetthefull16GB
SigiNovember15,2015at4:54pm#
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HiAdrian,
thankyouforthisgreattutorialitworkedlikeacharmrpi2jessipython3opencv3
Ihaveascriptforcircledetectionthatrunswellonrpi2wheezypython2opencv2.
butwithopencv3itcrashesattheline:
wp=
cv2.HoughCircles(blurred,cv2.cv.CV_HOUGH_GRADIENT,1,75,param1=50,param2=12,minRadius=7,maxRadius=9))
withthiserrormessage:
AttributeError:moduleobjecthasnoattributecv
WhatcanIdo?
Thanksinadvance
Sigi
AdrianRosebrockNovember16,2015at3:35pm#
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ForOpenCV3,youllneedtochangecv2.cv.CV_HOUGH_GRADIENTto:cv2.HOUGH_GRADIENT.
SigiWeichenriederNovember17,2015at4:01pm#
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HiAdrian,
thatworked:))Thankyou!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sigi
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Awesome,ImgladitworkedSigi!
kkNovember20,2015at6:21am#
Hi,Itriedhttps://www.pyimagesearch.com/2014/07/14/3wayscomparehistograms
usingopencvpython/withrpi2jessipython2.7opencv3.0installationasguidedinthis
post.
(Correlation,cv2.cv.CV_COMP_CORREL)
throwserrormessage:
AttributeError:moduleobjecthasnoattributecv
Issimilarchangerequired?But,
(Correlation,cv2.CV_COMP_CORREL),
throwserroreither:
AttributeError:moduleobjecthasnoattributeCV_COMP_CORREL
Tryusingcv2.HISTCMP_CORREL.
NichtenNovember16,2015at6:49pm#
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HelloAdrian,
IhavesuccessfullyinstalledOpenCV3withPython3.4onRaspbianJessie.thank,youforyourgreatwork:).
ButIhavesomeproblemwithpackagepythonserial.Howtoinstallitinvirtualenvwithpython3?Itype
commandworkoncvandImtryingtoinstallit,buttheOSreturninformationthatitisalreadyinstalled.ButI
cantimportserialinpython3.Icandoitwithpython2.WhatImdoingwrong?
~Nichten
REPLY
CongratsongettingOpenCV3installed,thatsgreat!Ipersonallyhavenotusedpythonserial
beforesoIamunfamiliarwithit.IbelieveinWheezythatyouhadtoinstallandrunitasroot,butwith
Jessieyoucaninstallitandrunitasasnormaluseristhatcorrect?
Itsoundslikeyoumayhaveinstalledpythonserialviaaptgetwhichiswhyitsnotworkingforyou.Ifyou
do:
1 $ workon cv
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2 $ pip install pyserial
Itshouldworkforyou.
DeepakJanuary11,2016at11:25pm#
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HelloAdrian,
Iamalsofacingthesameissuewithserialmodule.Ihavetriedpipinstallpyserial.EventhenIamnot
abletoimporttheserialmoduletocvvirtualenv.Outsidethevirtualenv,serialmoduleisworkingfine.
Pleaseadvice.
AdrianRosebrockJanuary12,2016at6:26am#
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SinceIamnotapyserial/GPIOuser,Imhonestlynotsureabouttheproblem.Iveadded
thistomyqueueasapotentialnewblogposttohelpresolvetheissue.
YvderFebruary23,2016at5:12pm#
Please,havesomeonegottheissuefixed?Iamfacingthesameissuewithpyserial
inCVvirtualenv.
Thanks.
EddieMitchellNovember19,2015at12:42am#
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Beautifulwalkthrough.workedlikeacharmandimsuperexcitedtodiveintocomputervision.getting
yourbook[s]forchristmas!keepuptheawesomeworkAdrian!
ThanksforthekindwordsEddie!
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Imgladthetutorialworkedforyou.
kkNovember20,2015at8:03am#
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HelloAdrian,
Thanksforthegreatwork.WithmyinstallationofOpenCV3.0withPython2.7onRaspbianJessie,Im
runningyourblogcodesonebyone.Imreallyenjoyingit.
ButIhaveaproblemwithinstallingscipy.pipinstallnumpyworks,butpipinstallscipyisfailed.Iwonderif
Imtheonlyonewhoissufferingfromtheproblem.
Itwouldbegreatlyappreciatedifyoucouldhelpme.Thanksinadvance.
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DidyougetanerrormessagewheninstallingScipy?AndwhichRaspberryPimodelareyou
using?
arminNovember21,2015at2:22pm#
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Hello
Thanksforyourtutorials,accordingtotheseinstructionsImtryingtobuildandcompileopencv3onRPI2
runningubuntumate15.10,butimfacingthiserrorincompilationstep:
makefile:136recipefortargetallfailed
error2
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HeyArminthistutorialisdedicatedtoinstallingOpenCVonRaspbianJessie.Theoreticallythe
samestepscanbeappliedtoUbuntuMate,butIhavenotpersonallytriedthemonUbuntuMatebefore.If
youregettinganerrorwhenrunningthemakecommand,moretimesthannotitsduetoamissing
dependency.Makesureyouhaveranallofthepreviousaptgetcommandstopullintherequired
prerequisites.
MarijnDecember31,2015at6:11am#
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Iranintoasimilarerrorwhenmakingwithmakej4onanPiB+.Ithendidmakecleanfollowed
bythenormalmakecommand.Itookanother10+hours,butfinishedwithouterrorsafterthat.Andwas
abletofinishtheguide.
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IfyoureusingaB+,thendefinitelyonlyusemakeinsteadofmakej4.TheB+doesnothave
fourcoreslikethePi2doessoitmakesrunningintodependencyissuesduringcompilealotmore
likely.
NicoNovember22,2015at6:28am#
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HelloAdrian
Thanksforyourgreatwalkthroughsandtutorials.IsuccessfullyinstalledOpenCV3andPython3onmyPi2
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withcameramoduleandstep6ofthispostreturnstheexpectedresults.
WhenItriedtorunthebasicmotiondetectionscriptfromyourarticle
(http://www.pyimagesearch.com/2015/05/25/basicmotiondetectionandtrackingwithpythonandopencv/)
nothinghappend.Icreatedthescript,openedcommandline,changedtothevirtualenvcvandtriedtorunthe
scriptwiththiscommand:pythonbasic_motion.pyAfterhittingexecutenothinghappensfor2secondsand
thenanewcommandlineshowsupwaitingforinput.Nowindowsappeartoshowmethelivecameraview.
The2secondsgapisprobablythetimeittakestoimportOpenCV.Itriedtorunthecommandassudo,Ihave
giventhescriptdifferentpermissionsandIhavechangedsomecode.Sadlynothinghelpedtosolvemy
problem.Commandsasraspistillworkperfectlynicesotherecan_tbeanycameraissues.
FYIIamworkingwiththePisGUIandnotviaSSH.
Iwouldgreatlyappreciateyourhelp.Thanksinadvance.
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Thebasicmotiondetectionscriptusesthecv2.VideoCapturefunctionwhichcanrequire
additionaldriversforthePi.Irecommendusingthispostformotiondetectionsinceitis100%outofthe
boxworkablewiththePiandthePicameramodule.
NicoNovember22,2015at9:47am#
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ThanksAdrianthehomesurveillancetutorialworkslikeacharm!
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Awesome,ImgladtohearitNico!
GaryNovember25,2015at1:40pm#
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Help!IjustupgradedtoJessie,andsomethingbrokeonthepreviouslystablevirtualenvironmentI
setupusingyourinstructionsforPython2.7,OpenCV2.XandWheezy.
TheupgradetoJessieseemedtogowell,butIamnowseeingsomethingbrokenwiththevirtual
environment.Symptom:
1.IfItryandexecuteanypythoninthevirtualenvironmentIhadpreviously,pythonimportfails.Forinstance,
tryingtoimportdiatomiteisfailing.
2.IfIgointoPython,andmanuallyimportdatetime,itfails.
3.IfIamNOTinthevirtualenvironment,andgointoPython,Icanimportdatetimejustfine.
HowcanIrepairthevirtualenvironmenthere?DoIhavetogothroughallofthestepsabove,oraretheir
shortcutsthatarefasterandsimpler?
ThanksAdrian!!
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HeyGaryjusttoclarify,didyouupgradefromWheezytoJessie?Ordidyoudoafreshinstall
ofJessie?Imassumingtheformer.Unfortunately,Ihavenevertriedupgradingbefore,onlyinstallingona
freshOS.HopefullyanotherPyImageSearcherreadercanhelpyououtwiththisone!
GaryNovember25,2015at2:12pm#
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Iupgraded.Ifollowedallstepsherehttps://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?
f=66&t=121880&sid=e513ef7fd4458647baf1abc6ac1ae30ewhichseemstobewhatmostfolksare
pointingtoforthebestupgradepath.Theupgradeseemedtogowell.
Oneotherclueforanyreader..ifIloadthevirtualenvironment,andthenperformstep6aboveto
verifyalliswell,IgetanerrorfromPythonontheimportcv2statement:
ImportError:numpy.core.multiarrayfailedtoimport
Odd.IfIgoto~/.virtualenvs/cv/lib/python2.7/sitepackages,numpyisstillthere.
Makesmewonderifthebindings/symlinkissomehowtrashed?
hopingtoavoidhavingtoreinstalleverythingabove.Ifanyonehasanyexperienceonupgradinga
previouslystableWheezyvirtualenvironmenttoJessie,pleaseletmeknow.
Thanks
Onemorething,ifIgotocheckthelinkssetupinStep5theyarestillvalidandshowingappropriately
inthevirtualenvsdirectoryaswellaswhenusingthereadlinkcommand.Hmmmmmmm
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Asyousuggested,itsoundslikeyoursymlinkshavebeendestroyed.Icantspeakforall
theotherpackagesonyoursystem,butforOpenCVyoushouldbeabletorecreatethemusing
thelncommandlikewedidinthistutorial.AtthatpointyoushouldhaveOpenCVback.
Ihatetosayit,butyoulllikelyneedtodoareinstall.Iveranintoissueswheremysymlinks
wheredestroyed(onOSX,notRaspbian)andeverysincethenIneveranupgradetothelatest
OS.IfIwanttoupgrade,Ihavetocommitfullyandreinstallfromscratch.Ittakesawhileanditsa
lotofeffort,butitsthebestguaranteethatyouredevelopmentenvironmentwillbe100%setup
correctly.
GaryLeeNovember26,2015at12:25pm#
Ahinttoothers.Ireinstallednumpyanditseemedtogeteverythingbackinorder.
Weird.Ialso(justtobesafe)decidedtostartfreshwithanewinstallofeverything.Thanksfor
agreattutorialforgettingthisdone.Ifothersdecidetofollowtheupgradepath,reinstalling
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numpymaybethesolution.
RobJonesNovember28,2015at5:23pm#
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AdrianThisallworked*great*andIinstalledpicamera[array]inthecvvirtualenvIamableto
readimageframesfromthecamera,processthemandoutputthem
Imusingpython2.7
NowIwanttobringRPi.GPIOintothemixthatworksfinebyitselfoutsidethecvvirtualenvasJessie
includesRPi.GPIOv0.6.0a3bydefaultthisgivesyouaccesstotheGPIOpinswithouthavingtoberoot.
ButthecvvirtualenvdoesnotseethisandthelatestversionofRPi.GPIOavailablebypipis0.5.11which
wontcutit
HowcanIgetv0.6.0a3installedinthevirtualenv?
Compilefromsourceinsidethatenv?
Imnottotallyontopofpip/virtualenvssoImreluctanttojusttryit
Imhopingthatyouhavealreadydealtwiththis
thanks!
Rob
Ifiguredouttheanswertomyownquestion:^)
YoujustmanuallycopyoverthesystemRPipackagefilesintothevirtualenvironmentlikethis:
$cpr/usr/lib/python2.7/distpackages/RPi~/.virtualenvs/cv/lib/python2.7/site
packages/
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HeyRobforfuturereferenceyoucanusepipandinstallitintoyourvirtualenvironment.This
isthepreferredmethodratherthancopyingfilesdirectly:
$pipinstallrpi.gpio
PhilipNovember29,2015at10:05am#
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HiAdrian,
Thankyouforyourexcellenttutorial.Everythingworkedperfectlyexceptforafewerrorsinstallingnumpy.
Uninstallingandreinstallingfixedthat.IalsoranoutofspacebuildingOpenCVasIwasusingNoobs.
FormattingtheSDcardandjustusingtheJessieimagefilefreedupenoughspacefortheinstall.
ImjustwonderingifyouhavehadanyexperiencewithdriversforwebcamsonthePi?WhenIuseanyofmy
webcamsandtrytoget/setattributessuchasCV2.CAP_PROP_FPS,Igetthefollowingerror:
VIDEOIOERROR:V4L:Property(16)notsupportedbydevice
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Ivegotthelibv4llibraryinstalledandtheWITH_LIBV4LbooleanissettoONintheopencvbuild
configuration.
IvegoogledbutIhaventcomeupwithanythingsofar.Weird!:/
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HeyPhilipImsorrytosaythatIdonthavemuchexperienceusingwebcamdriversforthe
RaspberryPi.IeitherusetheactualPicameraboardoraLogitech920Cwhichworksoutofthebox.Be
suretocheckthispageofcompatibleUSBwebcamsfortheRaspberryPitoseeifthereareanyknown
issueswithit.
SKNovember29,2015at1:46pm#
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HiAdrian,
Thereisexcellentcontentonyourwebsitethanksyousomuch!
IhavearequestwillyoubeabletoprepareatutorialtoinstallOpenCVwithQT,VTK,andtheseadditional
performancelibraries(CUDA,etc)forRaspberryPi(allthatitcansupport)andlinuxcomputers?Thankyou
forallyoudo,Iamconsideringbuyingoneofyourpackages.
SK
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ItssomethingthatIcancertainlylookinto.
rapNovember30,2015at10:19am#
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Thanksfortheinstructions!However,couldyoupleasetellifthiswillworkforC++aswellasIwonder
aboutthevirtualenvironmentpart?IfIinstallforPython3accordingtotheseinstructionsistheopencvlibrary
accessibleforC++fromthedefaultenvironmenttooorwhatshouldbedoneotherwise.Thanks!
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Onceyourunmakeinstall,youhaveOpenCVfullyinstalled(asfarasC++isconsidered).The
PythonvirtualenvironmentshavenoimpactontheC++installation.
rapNovember30,2015at7:27pm#
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Thanks!
MauDecember6,2015at11:14am#
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HiAdrian,mightIbeabletocompilingwithraspberryb+512?
Thanksforyourtutorials.
Mau
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ThistutorialshouldworkwiththeRaspberryPiB+however,IhighlyencourageyoutouseaPi2
forcomputervision,especiallyifyouwanttodoanytypeofvideoprocessing.
BobDecember8,2015at7:30pm#
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IsitbadifIaccidentallyranmakecleanagainafterthelongmakeprocessbutcanceleditalmost
immediately?
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Technicallyno,youcanjustrunmakecleanagainandletitfinishcleaningup.However,youwill
needtorunmakeagain.Justtobesafe,Iwouldsuggestdeletingyourbuilddirectory,recreatingit,and
thenrunningcmakejusttomakesureyouarestartingfresh.
BirkanDecember10,2015at12:33pm#
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canwedeleteopencv3.0.0andopencv_contrib3.0.0foldersaftersuccesfullinstallation?
AdrianRosebrockDecember10,2015at2:22pm#
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Yes,onceyouhaveOpenCVinstalledyoucansafelydeletetheopencv3.0.0and
opencv_contrib3.0.0directories.
BirkanDecember12,2015at4:44pm#
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Thanks..
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mohamedaboamerDecember12,2015at6:50pm#
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itsaysnoenoughspacewhendownloadingopencv
(wgetOopencv.ziphttps://github.com/Itseez/opencv/archive/3.0.0.zip)
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Ifyouregettinganerrorthatthereisnotenoughspacetodownloadthe.zipfile,thenyourmicro
SDcardisfilled.EitherdeleteunneededfilestomakeroomforOpenCVormakesureyouhavealready
ranraspiconfigtoensuretheentiremicroSDcardisavailableforusage.
BrianDecember12,2015at10:09pm#
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Justtoclarify,doesthisinstallation(OpenCV3.0.0,Jessie,RPI2)runtheOpenCVscriptsinmulti
coremode?
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No,itdoesnotdirectlyleveragemultiplecores.Youllneedtowriteyourownscriptstodistribute
processestomultiplecores/threadsif.
FlorianDecember21,2015at9:31am#
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HelloAdrian,
thanksforthegreattutorial,butihaveproblemsbuildingwithGTK+support.Iinstalledallthelibrarysand
dependencies,buteverytimeirunthecmakecommanditremportsbackwithGTK+No.
Doyouhaveanyidea?
ThanksFlorian
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HeyFlorianIhaveneverranintothisissue,butitlookslikethisquestionontheOpenCV
forumsmightbeabletohelp.
deepakDecember22,2015at11:52am#
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helloAdrianthanksforyourgreattutorialiamcompilingopencvonmypi2butihavegotaquestion
howtocompileopencvcontribcantotellmethestepspleaseandhowtoinstallPILonceagainthankyou
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HeyDeepak,thistutorialalreadydetailshowtocompileandinstallopencvcontrib.Pleasesee
Step2wheretheOpenCVsourcecodeisdownloadedandStep4whereOpenCVisactuallycompiled.
YoucanalsoinstallOpenCVintoyourvirtualenvironmentbyusingpip:
workoncv
$pipinstallPIL
MahmoudTolbaDecember23,2015at11:11am#
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Thanksforyourgreateffort.
MayIaskyouaquestionplease?
IncaseofusingRaspberrypitypeb,ShouldIchangethiscommand(makej4)tobe(makej1)?
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IfyoureusingtheB,thenjustusemakeandleaveoffthejswitch.
DavidKadouchDecember25,2015at3:43pm#
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Imsogratefultothedeeplevelofdetailofyourtutorials.Itworkslikeacharm.
ForthesportItriedfirsttoinstallopencv3.1thatwasjustreleasedafewdaysago.Alasitfailsatthemake
stagewithanotargetserrormessage.InfactnoMakefilewascreatedaftercmake.Imustsaythatitsabit
frustratingthattheybreaktheinstallprocessforminorversions.Itmakesupgradingarealpain.Anyinsights
here?
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HeyDavid,pleaseseemyreplytoNelsonChenabove.
NelsonChenDecember25,2015at7:34pm#
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Thanksforgreateffort.
Ihaveaquestionforyou.Myopencvisv3.1.0,andwhenItrytoruncmake,Igotanerror.Ihavetriedseveral
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timesandfoundthatIhadtoremovetheINSTALL_C_EXAMPLESthingfromthecommandline,oritledtoan
error.Whatdoyouthinkofit?
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IactuallyranintothiserrormyselfwhentryingtocompileOpenCV3.1.0.TryremovingD
INSTALL_C_EXAMPLES=ONDINSTALL_PYTHON_EXAMPLES=ONDBUILD_EXAMPLES=ONfromthecmake
commandanditshouldgenerateaworkingMakefile.
TomDecember26,2015at3:31pm#
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Itseemsthattheissueisinthecexamples,IhadtospecificallyaddD
INSTALL_C_EXAMPLES=OFFbeforeIgotittowork,therestofwhatyoumentionedcanstayinthe
cmakecommandwithoutissues.
Thanksforthegreattutorial
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Thanksfortheclarificationregardingthecmakeoptions!
MarioJanuary1,2016at7:16am#
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Thanks,Iranintothesameproblem.
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YoucanfixtheissuebyremovingtheDINSTALL_C_EXAMPLES=ONfromtheCMake
command.
SyedTariqDecember29,2015at12:22am#
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ExcellentTutorial.Ifollowedallthestepsandtesteditbyusingasimpleprogramtodisplayvideo
fromaSonyPSEye.TheonlyissueIamfacingisthattheimportcv2isonlyrecognizedwhenmypython
programisinthesitepackagessubdirectory.IusedtheinstructionsinInstallingOpenCV3.0forbothPython
2.7andPython3+onyourRaspberryPi2butIamusingRaspbianJessieOS.Ididcompareittothe
instructionsontheHowtoinstallOpenCV3onRaspbianJessieanddidnotseeanythingthatwouldaffect
theinstallation.Anyhelpwouldbeappreciated.
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AreyouusingtheworkoncvcommandtodropintothePythonvirtualenvironmentbefore
executingyourscript?
SyedTariqDecember29,2015at4:36pm#
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Iamusingworkoncv.Icansee(cv)inthecommandline.Idonttotallyunderstandvirtual
environment.Iwillreaduponitandtrydebugging.Itappearsthatthelinkcv2.soisnotglobaleven
thoughithasattributeslrwxrwxrwx.IfIcreateasymboliclinkcv2.sointhedirectoryfromwhichIrun
thepythonscriptitseemstowork.
Thankyouforyourhelp.
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Ifitworkswithinyourcurrentworkingdirectory,thenthesymlinkinsidethesite
packagesofthecvvirtualenvironmentislikelynotright.Iwoulddeletethesymlinkandthenre
createit.
SyedTariqDecember31,2015at2:48pm#
AdrianThankyou.Itisallworkingrightnow.Itwasagreattutorialandithelpedme
immensely.
Awesome,Imgladyouwereabletoresolvetheissue
FraFebruary1,2016at8:52am#
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HiSyed/Adrian,Ihavethesameissuecv2.soworkswithinmycurrentworkingdirectory,
soevenformeItappearsthatthelinkcv2.soisnotglobal.
Howdidyoufixit?
Ifollowedvideoandtutorialinanydetails
WhenIrunmytest.pyin~IgetImportError:Nomodulenamedcv2otherwiseinsitepackagesit
isfine.
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BillKearsonJanuary3,2016at10:09am#
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Greatjob,
WithyourdetailedinstructionsandthecommentsIhaveOpenCV3.1andPython3working,Ihadtoremove
theCexamples,INSTALL_C_EXAMPLES=OFF,fromthecmakecommandandendeduphavingtouseone
coretoavoiderrorsduringthemake.
Intheendeverythingisworking.
Usinga8GcardIwasalmostoutofspacebutIsavedanimagebeforeandafterremovingthedownloaded
filesandfolders.Leftmewithabout%55freespace.Notbad.
Agoodtimewashadbyallovertwodays.Ididstartoverthreetimesmakingnoobmistakes:Expandthefile
systemrunningraspiconfigonfirstrun.
NowIhavemypirunningheadless,wificonnection,sshprimaryconnectionandvncavailablewithmanual
startup,ifneeded.
Thankyou
AdrianRosebrockJanuary3,2016at12:45pm#
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CongratsongettingyoursetupworkingBill!AndImintheprocessofupdatingtheOpenCV3
installtutorialstomentionremovingtheINSTALL_C_EXAMPLES=OFFflag.Itlookslikeyoubeatmetoit!
SebastianJanuary3,2016at10:38pm#
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HiAdrian
FirstIwannathankyouforthetutorials,ItriedforalongtimeinstallOpenCVinaRaspberry,butIcantdoit.I
followedyourinstructions,andIdonthaveanyerrorduringtheprocess,buttheproblemiswhenItriedto
importthelibraryinPython,Ihavethenexterror:ImportError:dynamicmoduledoesnotdefineinitfunction
(initcv2),doyouhaveanyideatosolvethat?.Thanks.
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Ithinkoneoftwothingshappened.EitheryoucompiledOpenCVwithPython2.7supportand
thentriedtoimportOpenCVwithPython3,orviceversa.Makesureyouareinthecvvirtualenvironment
priortoimportingOpenCV.Ifthatstilldoesntwork,gobacktotheCMakecommandandmakesureyou
arecompilingOpenCVforyourintendedversionofPython.
SebastianJanuary5,2016at9:32am#
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HiAdrian
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Yes,itwasmyproblem,thankyousomuch.aswesayinmycountry:youdeservetheskyand
more,thanks!!!
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Nice,congratsonresolvingtheissue
TimFarnworthJanuary4,2016at10:50pm#
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HiAdrian,
Thankyouforthesetutorialsman.Theyaregreat!
IinstalledOpenCVlastnightandpausedtheinstallationjustafterthemakej4command.Iresumedthis
morning.OtherthenaddingDWITH_OPENMP=ONandsetDINSTALL_C_EXAMPLES=OFFtothecmakeinstall,I
havefollowedthetutorialclosely.ButforsomereasonIamhavingissues.
cv2.imshow()andcv.ShowImage()dontopenanyimagewindows.ImgettingfrustratedbecauseIcantsee
wheremycodeiswrong.
Hereisabarebonesversionofmycode:
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import cv2
# Open Show Image

I = cv2.imread('MyPic.JPG')
print type(I)
A = cv2.imshow("Window",I);
print "Image shown"
cv2.waitKey(1)
Thecodeterminatesinthecv2.imshow()functionanddoesnotreachtheprintImageshownline.
Doyouhaveanyideaswhatcouldbewrong?Cheers
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ItsverystrangethattheImageshowntextisneverprintedtoyourscreen.Iwouldpointthat
unlessyouareusingavideostream,youlikelydontwanttousecv2.waitKey(1).Thiswillonlywait1ms
beforeautomaticallyclosingthewindow.Youshouldusecv2.waitKey(0)towaitindefinitelyfora
keypress.
Sinceyoudeviatedslightlyfromthetutorial,Iwouldsuggestdoingtwothingsasasanitycheck:
1.Blowawaytheinstallandstartfromscratch.Specifically,pausingduringmakej4mighthave
introducedahardtotrackdowndependencyissue.AllowOpenCVtocompilewithoutpausingthe
process.
2.Secondly,recompilewithDWITH_OPENMP=OFF.IveneverencounteredanissuewithOpenMPbefore,
butsinceitdeviatesfromthetutorial,Ithinkitsgoodtoperformasanitycheck.
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NicolasRouxJanuary6,2016at2:28pm#
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Itsagreatguide,IthinkIalreadyusedoneofyourtutosinthepastsoathankyouwaslong
overdue.
Hereitis:
Thankyou,keepupthegoodwork.
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ThanksforthekindwordsNicolas
MalefJanuary7,2016at10:43am#
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itrytocompileopencv3.1.0
butitstallsafter5mins[21%]onopencl/perf_arithm.cpp
6%CPUand59%MEM
UsingSwapTotal20971486800used
whatcanidowaitinglongeroristheresomethingwrong?
iscomplilingwithOpenCLmakessence?istheGPUisused?
Thanksforhelp
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Thatsstrangethatthecompilationhasstalled.AreyoutryingtocompilewithOpenCLsupport?If
so,Iwouldsuggestdisablingandtryingagain.
Also,tryusingcompilingusingonlyasinglecorewith:make
Thiswillavoidanypotentialdependency/raceconditionswiththecompile.
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iswitchedoftheopenclnowthesamethingat82%buildingpythonmodulecv2
kswapdusesmosttimethecpu()andthecc1plusprocess
andthenitstalls
maybeaswappingproblemandthenacrash?
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Howlongintothecompile?Also,whichPihardwareareyouusing?
RaspberryBfirstversion256MBRAM128MBSplit
SwaponSDwith3timesRam
Itryitnowwith16MBmemorysplitforGPU
TheRAMdefinitelysoundsliketheissue.TheseOpenCV+RaspberryPitutorialsare
intendedforeithertheB+orthePi2.IhavenevertriedwiththeB,simplybecauseithastoo
littleRAMandisntthemostsuitableforcomputervisionandimageprocessing.Ifatall
possible,youshouldtrytogetaPi2.
PaulMaherJanuary10,2016at6:11am#
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Thanksforpostingthedetailedinstructionswhichhavebeeninvaluabletome.Ihaveaquestion
thoughaboutthevirtualenvironments.IvenotusedthembeforesoImanagedtotiemyselfinaknot.
IfIswitchtotheCVvirtualenvasinyourinstructionseverythingworksfinebutifItrytoimporttheGPIO
libraryitsaysitsnotfound.IalsocantusesudotorunmyOpenCVpythonprograms(whichIwillneedtodo
asIwanttoaccessusetheGPIOportsaswellasthecamera).SoatthemomentIcan*either*usetheCV
virtualenvandgetOpenCVORnotusethevirtualenvandgetaccesstosudoandGPIO.Notsurehowtodig
myselfout!
Anyadvicegratefullyreceived!
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IveactuallyaddressedthisproblemafewtimesonthePyImageSearchblog.First,youshould
readmyreplytoRobJamesabove.Secondly,doactrl+fandsearchthispageforGPIO(especiallyinthe
commentssection).Youllnoticethatthesolutionistolauncharootshell,createavirtualenvironmentfor
therootuser,installOpenCVintoit,andexecuteyourscript.
Theimportantpointisthatyouneedtoactuallylauncharootshellratherthanjustusingsudotocallyour
script.
Finally,youcouldtryignoringthevirtualenvironmententirelyandensurebothOpenCVandNumPyare
installedintoyournormalPythonsitepackagesdirectory.Thiswillalsosolvetheproblem.
PaulMaherJanuary11,2016at3:30am#
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Adrian,thanksforthepromptreply.IwilltryomittingthevirtualenvstepsandseehowIget
on.Thanksagainforthereply.
manishJanuary10,2016at7:44am#
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Sir,
howtoimportcv2onpythonshell
Ifollowedyourallstepsanditgoescorrect..
butIdidntgetonshellasitshows
nomodulenamecv2
Imusing
Raspi2,modelB
withNOOBS
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PleaseseetheTroubleshootingsectionatthebottomofthispost.Iwouldalsoencourageyou
towatchtheinstallationvideoatthetopofthispostandfollowalongwiththeexactcommandsthatI
perform.ThiswillensurethatOpenCVisproperlyconfiguredandrunningonyoursystem.
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SirIfollowedyourvideoandattheterminalitisgoingright..
butitdidntworkonpythonshell.
ImabeginnerinRaspberrypi
Canyoutakemeoutofthis??
itwasallrightbutnotnoshell
Opencvisinstalledonmypi
Icheckeditthroughterminalasyoumentionedinlaststep..
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HeyManish,sojusttoclarifyOpenCVisindeedinstalledonyourPi?
Ifitsnot,thenIwouldsuggestgoingthroughtheTroubleshootingsectionofthispost.Imalsonotsure
whatyoumeanbyitsworkingintheterminal,butnotinthePythonshell.
CarlosAlbertoGironMay2,2016at2:15pm#
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HelloAdrianandthanksforthetutorial.
Ihavethesameproblem,ifIopentheterminalandfollowthestepssource~/.profile>
workoncv>python>importcv2,itdoesitwithoutanyproblems.Butifiopenascriptdirectlyfrom
pythonandstartwithimportcv2thenigettheerror:ImportError:Nomodulenamedcv2.
Ibelieveitmusthavesomethingtodowithmypythonscriptnotrunningontheprofileandthecv
environmentbutidontknowhowtomakeitrunfromthere.
Ifyoucanhelpmeiwouldreallyappreciateit.
AdrianRosebrockMay2,2016at7:46pm#
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HeyCarlosthisactuallyistheintendedbehaviorofusingavirtualenvironment.Your
cvenvironmentismeanttobesequesteredandindependentfromthesysteminstallofPython.I
detailhowvirtualenvironmentsworkinthefirsthalfofthisblogpost.
ArashJanuary10,2016at4:05pm#
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Thankyouforthetutorial.
AsmentionedintheupdateIgotthemakeerrorafter(C_EXAMPLES=ON)soIremovedthebuildfolderand
redidthecmakewithC_EXAMPLES=OFFhoweverIamstillgettingNotargetsspecifiedandnomakefile
found.Stop.
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Afteryouremovedthebuilddirectory,youneedtorecreateitandenteritbeforerunning
CMakeagain:
1 $ rm -rf build
2 $ mkdir build
3 $ cd build
FromthereyoushouldruntheCMakecommand.
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sorrytohavealateresponsesir.
Igotit.andsolvedtheproblem.
thanksforyoursupportandsuggestions..
andthanksforthistutorial.itisreallyhelpful.
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urbyMarch12,2016at11:57am#
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Hellomanish.
Whatdidyoudotosolvetheproblem?BecauseIwenttroughtroubleshootingandIstillgettheerror.
KewinJanuary14,2016at11:50am#
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Ihave8gbsdcardwithraspianjessie.WhenIinstallraspianonit,thefoldermanagerofrasperrypi
showsthefreespaceabout700mb.Isthatnormal.If8gbisnotenoughIwillbuya32gbsdcard.BecauseI
wanttoinstallopencvandpythonandthediskspaceisnotenough.Pleasehelpme
thanks
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700MBisverymuchborderline.Makesureyouhaveranraspiconfigandexpandedyour
RaspberryPifilesystemtousetheentiremicroSDcard.Otherwise,ifyouhavealreadyexpandedyour
filesystem,Iwouldsuggesteither(1)deletingfilestomakeextraroomor(2)gettingalargemicroSD
card.
HilmanJanuary15,2016at6:21am#
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HeyAdrian.
Iwanttoasksomething.Isa4GBmicroSDcardbigenoughtoinstallRaspbianJessie,OpenCV3,andallthe
thingsyouvewroteabove?WhatifIwanttomakeprojectontheRaspberryPi(byusingtheRaspberryPi
cameraandyourtutorialofcourse),willitstillbebigenough?
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Realistically,a4GBcardisnotlargeenoughIwouldsuggestusingan8GBcard.
JosephJanuary16,2016at3:03pm#
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Ifollowedeverystep(doingPython3)butwhenIgottoStep#5:Finishingtheinstall,mypython3.4
directoryisempty.python2.7hasabunchoffiles,butnotcv2.so.IlookedbackatallthecommandsIentered
andeverythinglooksright.NotsurewhatwentwrongorwhereIcouldbacktrackto.
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BesuretotakealookattheTroubleshootingsectionofthispost.Besuretotakealookatthe
build/libdirectoryaswell.
ManuMarch28,2016at12:48pm#
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HiAdrian,
ThankssomuchforyourdetailedblogonhowtoinstallOpenCV,itsverygood.
IhavehadasimilarissuetoJoseph,andIfoundthecv2.sofileunderbuild/libfolderasyouexplained.
Icopiedthefileto/usr/local/lib/python2.7/sitepackagesandproceededwithStep#5asyou
explained.
Everythingseemstoworkjustfine.AmIrighttothinkthesystemisinstalledcorrectlynow?
Thanks
AdrianRosebrockMarch28,2016at1:24pm#
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Aslongasyouranmakeinstallandthenmanuallycopiedoverthecv2.sofile,then
yes,everythingisinstalled.
maiJanuary20,2016at7:26am#
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wentthoughmakewithnoerror.
However,makeinstallgivesfollowingerrors:
HowdoIpostascreenshot?
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Iwouldsuggestuploadinganimagetoimgurandthenpostingthelink.
VishwaJanuary24,2016at3:51am#
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Followedtheguidetilltheend,Icanimportcv2interminalbutnotinIDLE,noneofthecomments
helped.Thereisacv2.sofileinsitepackages.Idontunderstandwhatyoumeanbyrunningitinthecvvirtual
environment.Help
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ToaccessthePythonvirtualenvironment,youneedtouse:
$workoncv
Andthiswilldropyoudownintothecvvirtualenvironment.YoucanthenusetheterminalversionofIDLE.
TheGUIversiondoesntproperlyworkwiththePythonvirtualenvironment.
zeveroJanuary29,2016at9:57am#
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Ifyouendupnothavingenoughspacelikemeonraspian(on8GB)trytofreesomespace:
500MB:sudoaptgetremovepurgewolframengine
100MB:sudoaptgetremovepurgescratch
xxxMBsudoaptgetcleanautoclean
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Thanksforsharingthetip!
mikelJanuary31,2016at1:39am#
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thankyousomuch!
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NoproblemMikel,Imhappythetutorialworkedforyou.
FraJanuary31,2016at5:01am#
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HiAdrian,
Ifollowedyourinstructionsuntilstep4.OnceIrunCMakeIcheckedPython2and3section.
Unfortunatelyformebothhavepackagespathsettolib/python3.4/sitepackages
Whatcanbewrong?
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Tostart,makesureyouareinthecvvirtualenvironmentpriorexecutingCMake:
$workoncv
Otherwise,assumingyouaretryingtobuildPython3bindings,itshouldstillbeokay.Youcanalways
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copy/symlinkintothesitepackagesofthevirtualenvironmentaftercompiling.
PetriKFebruary2,2016at7:16am#
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excellentinstructions,suggestalsoadding
sudoaptgetpurgewolframengine
toreleasesomespaceonthe8Gbsdcar,withoutremovingthereisnotenoughspacetoinstallopencv.
PetriKFebruary2,2016at3:39pm#
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Anothersuggestionforinstallationjustlearnedthatwhenmountingusbdiscas/builddirectorythe
filesystemmustbeext4.IffilesystemisFATthenlibrariescannotbebuildonduetouserrightserror.Needed
tohaveanexternaldiscasrunningshortofmemoryduringmakeevenafterremovingwolframengine.
Lookslikethe/builddirectoryneedsaround1.5gigsfreespaceforthemakebeingsuccessful.Soaltogether
3gigsfreespaceonsdcardmaynotbeenoughforthefullopencvinstallation,soneededanexternalusb
drivefor/build.
HilmanFebruary3,2016at7:20am#
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HeyAdrian,Ihaveaquestion.
WhenIenteredthiscommand:
wgetOopencv.ziphttps://github.com/Itseez/opencv/archive/3.0.0.zip(Ichangedthe3.0.0to3.1.0,thatis
thelatestoneisnt?)
IgettheERROR404:NotFound.Icantevengotothelinkinthecommandmanuallyusingmylaptops
browser.HowcanIfixthis?
Thanksinadvance.
AdrianRosebrockFebruary4,2016at9:19am#
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Thatsverystrangethatthe.zipis404ing.Itsdownloadingperfectonmymachines.Trycloning
downtheentireOpenCVrepositoryandthencheckingoutthe3.0.0version:
1 $ git clone https://github.com/Itseez/opencv

2 $ cd opencv
3 $ git checkout 3.0.0
HilmanFebruary6,2016at1:41am#
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Alreadyfigureditout.ItwasDNSissue
gregFebruary5,2016at2:36am#
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UhhIvebeenusinglinuxforabout15yearsandIcantgetthistocompile,IguessImretarded.
Gaveupafter34hoursofmessingaround.
http://pastebin.com/nSNjCggH
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Whichversionwereyoutryingtocompilefor?Python2.7orPython3?Also,isthatyourfull
outputfromCMake?Normallythereisalongertrace.
GINOFebruary7,2016at4:05am#
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idonthave.profileinmydirectoryhowtofixit..help
AdrianRosebrockFebruary8,2016at3:53pm#
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Ifyoudonothavea.profilefileinyourhomedirectory,createitusinganeditorsuchasnano:
$nano~/.profile
ChicagoChuckApril27,2016at2:50pm#
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YoucanalsonavigatewiththeGUIeditor(thefilecabinetatthetopofrasbarian)andgo
throughtheDirectoryTreetothehome/pifolder.Oncethere,rightclickandcheckonshowhidden
whichwillshowthefile.
So,the.profileisthere,youjustcantseeittoeditit.Ifyoucreateanotherone,youaregoingto
overwriteyouroriginalone.Onceyouuncoveritthroughthismethod,thenyoucanclickonthefile
andedit.profile
Also,thepaththatyouhaveassource~/.profilecanalsobeaccessedthrough:
source/home/pi/.profileifthesource~./profileisntworking.
AdrianRosebrockApril28,2016at3:17pm#
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ThanksforsharingtheGUIeditortip!Asforthe~/.profile,thatissimplyashortcutforthefull
path:/home/pi/.profile.Aslongasyouareloggedinasthepiuser,thensource~/.profile
shouldwork.
GirishKumarFebruary8,2016at12:00pm#
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ThanksAdrian,OpenCV3.0.0installedlikeabreeze,greatwriteKeepupthegoodwork
Regards
Girish
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Fantastic,ImgladthetutorialworkedforyouGirish!
liudrFebruary14,2016at1:57am#
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ThankyouAdrian!IttookmeafewtriesonRPI2BjessiebeforeIeventuallygottothefinishingline
withpython2.7
Asof2/14/16,ifoneupdatesandupgradesjessiebeforefollowingyourtutorial,heneedsa16GBcard.My
8GBcardgotonly4GBleftwiththe112515jessiedistroandthatshrankto2GBrightafterupgrade.The
opencvbuildneedsabout2.4GB.Iendedupmountingaharddriveforthebuildfolder.Mybuildtook7hours
tomake,whichiswayaboveyourmark.Willtrytoinstallopencvforpython3.5thatIcompiled.Itllbea
challenge.Iinstalleditinanoptsubfolderin/usr/local
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Thanksforsharingyourinstallexperience!
jamaludinindraFebruary14,2016at2:51am#
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thanksforyourtip
whenienteredthiscommand
pipinstallnumpy
igeterror:
ImportError:Nomodulenamedpip
howcanifixthis..?
thanks.
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PleaseseeStep#3ofthistutorialtoinstallpip.
ThomasOverbyFebruary17,2016at10:15am#
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Thismightbeoneofthemoststructuredtutorialsihaveeverseen.Thankyoufortheeffortandthe
timeyouspenttomakethisqualityguide!Really,reallynicework.Again,thankyouforthis!
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ThanksforthekindwordsThomas,Imhappythetutorialworkedforyou
AlexMarch2,2016at2:30pm#
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HelloAdrian,
Iamonstep4tryingtocompileOpencvbutwhenienterthecommand
cd~/opencv3.1.0/
itreturns
bash:cd:/home/pi/opencv3.1.0/:Nosuchfileordirectory.
Ireplacedthe3.0.0with3.1.0forbothopencvandopencv_contrib.
IfollowedallthestepsandIaminthe(cv)virtualenvironment.
Doyouhaveanideawhythismightbehappening?
AdrianRosebrockMarch3,2016at7:07am#
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Youllneedtodoublecheckwhereyoudownloadedtheoriginalopencv3.1.0fileto.Itseems
likeitwasnotdownloadedtoyourhomedirectory.Ifyoudiddownloadittothehomedirectory,youneed
tounzipitfirst.
CarlosMarch3,2016at9:59am#
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makej4crashesmyRaspberryPi3insteadIusedmakeonly(nootherparameters).
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Thanksforsharing.MyRaspberryPi3shouldbeheresoonandthenIllbetestingthistutorial
andpossiblycreatinganewone,ifneedbe.
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MarkMarch3,2016at4:39pm#
okithinktheproblemwasIusedsudopipinstallnumpywhichtoldmeitwasalreadyinstalledbutI
assumeusingsudoitwasntcheckingthecvenvironment?
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ThecvvirtualenvironmentisentirelyindependentthanyoursysteminstallofPython(and
associatedpackages).Therefore,youneedtoinstallNumPyintothecvvirtualenvironmentastheblog
demonstrateshowtodo.
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VitHovorkaMarch4,2016at5:34am#
FirstlyIwouldliketoexpressmyrespecttoyouconcerningyourgreatcontributiontomachinevision
community.HopefullysomedayIllgainenoughknowledgeinmachinevisioninordertobealsousefulto
community
ButnowImonbeginningofmylearning.
AndIwouldliketothankyouspeciallyforthisdetailedtutorial.
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ThankssomuchforthekindwordsVit
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MichauPeMarch6,2016at3:33pm#
HelloAdrian,helloAll.
Firstofallgreattutorial.I`veinstalledopenCVonrpi2withsuccess.NowIhaverpi3andallhavebeen
goingwellsincecmakepart.Icantfindwhyitthrowsaerror:CMakeErrorAtCMAkeLists.txt.:107=Cmake
failstodeterminethebitnessoftargetplatform.
IhavefreshinstallationofJessie,cmakeversionis3.0.2.IntxtfileisstatementthathisisapopularCMake
confmistake.Whatihavetodonow,pleasehelp
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IdontownaRaspberryPi3yetminewasplacedonbackorder,unfortunatelysoIcant
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speakdirectlytowhattheproblemis.OnceIhaveaRaspberryPi3,Illtrythetutorialmyselfandcreate
anupdatedversionifneedbe.
MichauPeMarch8,2016at6:01pm#
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InorderofdeepinvestigationihavemanagedtoinstallopenCV3.1.0onrpi3withthiscmake
commandfirst:
1 cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE \
2
-D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
3
-D INSTALL_C_EXAMPLES=OFF \
4
-D INSTALL_PYTHON_EXAMPLES=OFF \
5
-D OPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH=~/opencv_contrib-3.1.0/modules \
6
-D CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P=4 \
7
-D BUILD_opencv_python3=TRUE \
8
-D PYTHON3_LIBRARY=/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libpython3.4m.so \
9
-D BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON ..
andmakecommandwithoutj4.
Iwishthiscansaveanighttosomebody
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ThanksforsharingMichal!ItlookslikethemainadditionisCMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P.I
presumethisislikelybecauseofthe64bitarchitectureofthePi3.OnceIgetmyhandsona
RaspberryPi3(Ihaveanorderplaced,itsintheprocessofshipping),Illbesuretocompile
OpenCVmyselfandlikelycreateaseparatetutorial.
YazhengMarch7,2016at10:38pm#
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HelloAdrian.Thanksforyourgreatwork!
Followedyourtutorial,IhavesuccessfullyinstalledOpenCV3withPython2.7onRaspbianJessie.ButwhenI
ranthesamplefilecalledfacedetect.py,therewasawarning:unabletoopenvideosource.Itcannotdisplay
thevideocapturedbypicameraoreventhepicameracannotcapturetheobject.Doyouhaveanyideaabout
thiscondition?Thanksagain.
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IwoulddoublecheckthatyourRaspberryPicameramoduleisconnectedproperly.Alsomake
surethatyouhaveranraspiconfig,enabledthecameramodule,andrebootedyoursystem.
JasperMarch8,2016at7:35am#
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Igotsomeerrorswithcmake.Ithoughtsomedependenciesweremissing,butno:turnsoutthatI
overlookedtheOPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH=~/opencv_contrib3.0.0/modulessettingwhich
wassettothewrongversion(Iuse3.1.0).IalsochangedallsettingsforbuildingexamplestoOFF.
Nowcmakerunsfine.
Maybethiswillhelpsomeotherpoorfellowwho,likeme,knowsnothingaboutcompiling
ThanksAdrianforthegreattutorial!
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ThanksforsharingJasper!
anuMarch11,2016at5:47am#
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doweneednetconnectionformakej4commandininstallingopencvforraspberrypi
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No,themakej4commanddoesnotrequireaninternetconnection.Itisonlyusedtocompile
OpenCVafteralldependencieshavebeendownloadedandinstalled.
PrateekXaxaMarch12,2016at2:17am#
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THANKYOUverymuchIcannotdescribehowmuchIneededit
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Noproblem,Imhappythetutorialworkedforyou!
mikeMarch12,2016at1:49pm#
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rpiupdatekilledbySDcard.UsingabrandnewRasberryPi3.
Ihadtoerasethecardandreloadraspian.Notsurethatthisstepisrequired!
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ThanksforthetipMike.IllhavemyRaspberryPi3laterthisweekandIllbesuretotesttheinstalltutorial
(andlikelycreateanewonespecifictotheRaspberryPi).
KevinMarch14,2016at2:42pm#
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ThispastweekendIhavesuccessfullyandpainlesslyinstalledOpenCV3onmyRaspberryPi
3followingthispost.
fyiIalsopreviouslydiscoveredthatsudorpiupdatescrewedupmycardwhenItrieditonthelatest
JessieversionfromtheRPiwebsite.Youmightwanttoconsiderremovingthatlinefromyour
blogpost.
IalsosuccessfullyandpainlesslygotmyRPicameraworkingbyfollowingyourblogpostAccessing
theRaspberryPiCamerawithOpenCVandPython
IamnowworkingthroughmycopyofPracticalPythonandOpenCV+CaseStudiesonmyRPi.
SofarIvebeenfollowingitusingthecvpythonenvironmentbutIvenowcometoasmallhurdleat
Chapter7Histogramswherethereappearstobenomodulematplotlibinthecvenvironment.
Howeasyisittoinstallmatplotlibinthecvenvironmentandhowisitdone?
IsthesamesituationlikelytobethecasewhenImoveontothelaterChaptersandCaseStudies
whichusemahotas,scikitlearnandscikitimage?
AsaninterimworkaroundIhaveinstalledmatplotlibdirectlyontomyRPisoIcanrunthecodein
Chapter07butonlyoutsidethecvenvironment.Iwouldliketoknowhowtodoittherightway.
IamsogladIvefoundyourblog.Manythanks
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HeyKevin,thanksforthecomment.MyPi3willbehereinthenextfewdays,thenIcan
runthroughthetutorialmyselfandIllmakeanynecessaryupdates(suchasremovingtherpi
updatecommand).
Also,congratsongettingOpenCVinstalledonyourPialongwiththecameramodulesetup,thats
awesome!Asforinstallingmatplotlib(oranyotherpackagethatispipinstallable),youjustneed
toenterthecvvirtualenvironmentfirstandtheninstall:
1 $ workon cv
2 $ pip install matplotlib
ThiswillinstallmatplotlibintothecvPythonvirtualenvironment.
Ifyourunintoanywithmatplotlib,Iwouldsuggestconsultingthisblogpost.np
nancyMarch13,2016at1:11pm#
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thankyouforurvideo:).everythingwentwellbutwhenigaveimportcv2itshowsimporterror:no
modulenamedcv2intheterminalbutwhenichangethepathusingcdusr/bin/local/python2.7/sitepackages/
thereisnoerrorinimportcv2butwheniruninidleagainitshowserror:(whatshoukdidonow?
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PleaseseetheTroubleshootingsectionofthisblogpost.Itsoundslikeyouarenotinthecv
virtualenvironmentpriortoimportingOpenCV:
1 $ workon cv
2 $ python
3 >>> import cv2
nancyMarch14,2016at11:58pm#
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Iusedyourcommands
$workoncv
$python
>>>importcv2
stilligeterroras
importerror:nomodulenamedcv2
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Itseemslikeyouforgottosymlinkthecv2.sofileintothesitepackagesdirectoryof
yourvirtualenvironment.GobacktoStep#5andmakesurethesymlinkisvalidandworking.
nancyMarch16,2016at4:08am#
yeahiworked.ididwhatyouhavementionedinstep5forpython2.7
StefanArnoldMarch14,2016at11:19am#
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Veryniceandsmoothinstallation!!
Thankyouverymuch!!
Minorproblemwhenyoudontsticktothetutorialliterally:
WhenyouworkonanexternalfilebaseduetospacelimitationsontheinternalSD:Becarefulwiththe
link/mounttoyourfilesystem.E.g.symlinkswillirritatethemakeprocess.
AnuMarch17,2016at2:09am#
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Smoothinstallation.Iinstalleditanditisworkingproperly.Thankyousomuchforyourtutorial
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Noproblem,Imhappythetutorialworkedforyou
vjMarch19,2016at4:48am#
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hiadrianthanksforurvideo!!!!:)mycodeshowsnomodulenameddrawmatcheswhenitryto
importsiftandsurfitshowsnomodulenamedsiftplzhelpme
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YouneedtoconsultthistutorialonaccessingSIFTandSURFwithOpenCV3.Thisshouldhelp
clearupanyissues.
RedMarch19,2016at12:45pm#
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Iwouldgoforacrosscompilationhere.WhenbuildingOpenCVittendstoeatupalotofresources
CPU,RAMandstorage.Thefirsttwoonecancopewithbutthelaststoragecanactuallyleadtofailurein
finishingthebuildprocess.AndevenifabletobuildittheremightnotbeenoughspaceleftontheSDcardfor
theinstallationbecauseitcopiesthefilesfromthebuildfoldertotheirrespectiveplacesinthesystem.
oussemaMarch19,2016at2:28pm#
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raspberrypi2
raspbianjessie
AttributeError:moduleobjecthasnoattributeSURF
youcanhelpmeplease
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Thisblogpostwilltakecareoftheproblem
SteveRyanMarch19,2016at6:53pm#
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AdrianAWESOMEtutorial!andthisfromsomeonewhoneverusesuppercase.Seriously,thiswas
fantasticallydetailedandspotonproceduretogetOpenCVworkingonRPiJessie.IstumbledquiteabituntilI
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foundthispost,andtheninamere2hours(1.8ofwhichwaswaitingfortheactualbuild)Iwasdone!
Kudos,myfriendIamdeeplyinyourdebt!
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ThanksSteve!Imsohappythetutorialhelpedyouout!CongratsongettingOpenCVinstalledon
yourPi,enjoy.
EvgenyMarch21,2016at10:14am#
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HiAdrian,
Justwantedtothankyouforthisamazingtutorialandyourbooks!BoughtthecourseonSat,alreadydone
withthefirstbookandnowImenjoyingCaseStudies.Thesearedefinitelyworthbuying.
Oneqcommenttherewillbesomechangesneededinthistutorialinordertomakeeverythingwork
smoothlyonRPI3.Youalreadygavesomeexplanationsinthecomments,butthisalsowouldbegreatto
havesomenotesonstep4/5/somewhereelse.
Thanks!
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ThanksforthecommentEvgenyanditsgreattohearthatyouareenjoyingPracticalPython
andOpenCV!ImactuallyjustwrappingupaninstalltutorialfortheRaspberryPi3,sobesuretokeepan
eyeonthePyImageSearchblog,itshouldbepublishedinthenext34weeks.
gaspartelekiMarch22,2016at1:45pm#
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AdrianRosebrock!
IspentdaystryinggetopencvworkingonmyraspiB+.
Noluck.
Ihaveajobandanicefamilysoimnotwillingtospendmoretimefightthecompatibilitychaoswith
raspberry.Iwanttotestmyideasonthepimachine,havefunthatsall:)
Doyouknowofanyexistingwheezy/jessieimage(withWORKINGopencv/python2.7onit)icould
download?
Bests!
Gaspar
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Imsorrytohearabouttheinstallproblems,thatissuperfrustrating!Atthecurrenttime,I
donthaveadownloadableRaspbian.imgwithOpenCV+Pythonpreconfiguredand
preinstalled,butthatssomethingImcurrentlyworkingon.Expecttohavean
announcementwithinthenextcoupleofweeks
gaspartelekiMarch22,2016at7:12pm#
DearAdrian,
Thanxforyourreplyforbothofmymessages.
Happytohearthattheremightbeaprofessionalcomputervisionimageavaible.
Ithinkmanypeopleisgooglingaroundtofindone.
Accordingtofreespace:
iremovedlibreofficeby:
sudoaptgetremovepurgelibreoffice*
Deletedtheopencvfoldersandzipfles.
MentionedError:
Pipinstallscipytakesbunchofhoustowheelandfinisheswitherrorforme.Sorryicouldnot
provideerrorformattedthesdafterthat.Toarchivethesameerroriwouldneedtitryto
installagain.
Virtualenvironmentspeed:
Itseemdtomewithoutmeasuringthatexecutingapytooklongerinthevirtualenviroment.No
measurementimade!!!Soitsnotofficial.
Howcouldimeasureit?Doyouhaveanysuggestion?
Haveaniceday!
ThanksforthetiponremovingLibreOffice,Ivemadenoteofthat.Asforprofile
Pythoncode(andassociatedbinaries),IwouldconsultthePythondocumentation.
GasparTelekiMarch22,2016at3:51am#
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DearAdrian!
Youaredoingagreatworkdoingtutorials!
Iveinstalledopencv310onmypiB+withtheabovegivenmethod.
itlooksok.
BUT:
Ihavesomeissuesafterinstall:
1.Nofreespaceleftonmy8gigcard(iguessishoulddeleteopencvzipfilesandtheunzippedfolders,but
imnotsure)
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2.Cantdo:pipinstallscipy+pipinstallmatplotlib(igettonsoferrors)=cantrunmy.pyfilesrequiring
matplotlib.
3.virtualenvseemstoslowdownthepiandmakesthingscomplicated(notfoolproof).
Isthereanyadvantagesanaverageusercangetfromvirtualenv?
Plesasereplymeifyouhavethetime.
Bests!
Gaspar
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1.AfteryouhavecompiledandinstalledOpenCV,youshouldabsolutelydeletethe.zipfilesand
theoriginalsourcecodedirectories.Thiswillfreeupabunchofspace.Youmightalsowanttoconsider
deletingtheWolframEnginetofreeupspace,aswellasOpenOfficeifitsinstalled.
2.Itshardtotellwhattheerrormessageiswithoutseeingyourerrormessage.
3.ThevirtualenvironmentwillnotslowdownthePiatall.Doyouhaveanybenchmarksthatmakeyou
thinkthat?Theprimarybenefitofusingvirtualenvironmentsisthatyoucancreateasequestered,
independentenvironmentforeachprojectyouworkon.Thisallowsyoutohavedifferentversionsof
variouslibrariesonthesamemachine,allwithoutconflictingwitheachother.
DaveMarch23,2016at5:13pm#
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Hi,Iwassuccessfulininstallingopencvandrunningit.However,onceinthevirtualenvironmentIam
unabletoimportanyadditionalmodules(ie.PIL).HowdoIimportadditionalmodulesonceinthevirtualCV
environment?
Thanksforyourhelp.
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YouneedtoinstalleachPythonmoduleintoyourvirtualenvironment.Keepinmindthatthe
virtualenvironmentisindependentfromallotherPythoninstallsinyoursystem.Forexample,toinstallPIL
(orthemorepreferredPillow):
1 $ workon cv
2 $ pip install pillow
FELIPEMARTINEZMarch24,2016at3:01pm#
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IwrotewgetOopencv.ziphttps://github.com/Itseez/opencv/archive/3.0.0.zipandthereisa
problemCannotwritetooponcv.zip(Nospaceleftondevice)Whatthapen?helpme
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PleaseseemyreplytoMohamedandMattabove.Youeitherneedto(1)expandthe
filesystemonyourPiusingraspiconfigor(2)freeupspaceonyourPibydeletingunneededfiles.In
anextremecase,youmightneedtopurchasealargermicroSDcard.
ravishankarkmMarch28,2016at8:38am#
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Hi,Ihavefollowedyoursteps..whiledoingmakej2itsshowingNOspaceleftondevice
.complilationterminated.andiamusingraspberrypiB+board.
regards,
ravishankar
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HaveyouexpandedyourRaspberryPitousetheentirefilesystem?Makesureyouexecuted
raspiconfig,selectedthefirstoptiontoexpandthefilesystem,andthenrebootedyourPi.Ideally,you
shouldhavean8GBor16GBcardwheninstallingOpenCV.
ravishanakarkmMarch30,2016at2:09am#
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yes.Ihaveexpandedthefilesystembutnouse.Butihavenottriedon16GB.Letmetry.
thankyouforreplay.
regards,
ravishankar
AlexMarch30,2016at9:25am#
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WorkedformeonaRaspberryPi3runningRaspbianJessiewithOpenCV3.1.0
Thankyou.
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Awesome,ImhappytohearitAlex!
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ravishankarkmMarch31,2016at11:36pm#
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Thankyou.Yesitisworkingnow.Thistimeiused16GB.
Regards,
Ravishankarkm
sathyaApril1,2016at8:41am#
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Hey,ImlookingforinstructionsthatwillhelpmeInstallcv2(OpenCV)withbindingstoPython2.7in
RASPBIANJESSIE.PLEASEHELP.DESPERATE.FORACOLLEGEPROJECT.
REPLY
Pleaseseetheblogpostyouarecommentingon.ItdemonstrateshowtoinstallOpenCV(cv2
bindings)withPython2.7andRaspbianJessie.
ManasiShindeApril3,2016at8:30am#
REPLY
ihavetriedandtriedthistutorialabout7timesandfinallyopencv3wasinstalled!!ihavespentmore
than24hoursofmylife.Thistutorialsavedme.Thanksamillion.
icompletedmyinstallationcompletely,ididatestrunanditworked.butwheniopenedtheguiviavnc,the
cv2moduledidnotexist.
iguessthisis7thtimeunlucky.
AdrianRosebrockApril3,2016at10:18am#
REPLY
CongratsongettingOpenCVinstalledManasi!Also,afteropeningaGUIviaVNC,makesureyou
usetheworkoncommandtoaccessyourPythonvirtualenvironmentbeforeyoutrytoimportcv2:
1 $ workon cv
2 $ python
3 >>> import cv2
ManasiShindeApril18,2016at6:36am#
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itthrowsanerrorworkoncommanddoesntexist
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PleaseseetheanswertothefirstquestionintheTroubleshootingsectionofthisblog
postitdetailshowtoresolvethisproblem.
NoamApril4,2016at1:50am#
REPLY
ShouldIspecificallyinstalllibgtk2.0orjustthenewestversion?
REPLY
libgtk3.0shouldwork,butIvetendedtouselibgtk2.0.Ifyoutrylibgtk3.0anditworksforyou,
definitelyletmeknow!
AndrewRApril6,2016at4:38pm#
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HiAdrian,
Thankyouverymuchforthetutorial.
IvedonetheinstallationIcancheckitintheterminal,butPython2.7shell(IDLE)wassaying:nomodule
namecv2.
IvedoneasudoaptgetinstallpythonopencvandnowtheIDLEissayingthatIhaveOpenCV2.4.Inthe
terminalIstillhavethecorrectone3.1.0.
Couldyoupleaseexplainmehowtoremovethe2.4fromtheIDLEandthenhowtoadd3.1.0totheIDLE.
Ihopeyouwillanswermyquestion.
Regards,
AndrewR
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YouwillneedtouseaptgettoremoveOpenCV2.4however,atthispointIwouldsuggest
reformattingthecardandstartingover.ThereasonIsaythisisbecausetheaptgetversionofOpenCVis
veryoldandlikelyalsoinstalledabunchofextradependenciesyoudontneed.
Secondly,makesureyouseetheTroubleshootingsectionofthispostasitdetailstheprimaryreasons
whyyouareunabletoimportthecv2bindings.
AndrewRApril7,2016at4:15pm#
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ThankyouAdrian!Yourworkishugeandishighlyappreciated!
Regards,AndrewR.
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Noproblem,happyIcouldhelp!
JimApril6,2016at7:15pm#
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Hastheissueregardingpyserial/GPIOlibraryinstalltothevirtualenvironmentbeenresolved?
REPLY
Itsnotanissue,itsjustadifferenceinhowyouinstallthescript.Justaccessthevirtual
environmentandinstallGPIOintotheenvironment:
1 $ workon cv
2 $ pip install RPi.GPIO
3 $ pip install pyserial
HereisanexcellenttutorialonthebasicsofvirtualenvironmentsthatIrecommendeveryonegivearead.
JimApril6,2016at8:17pm#
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Verynicework,butitwouldveryhelpfulifyoucouldaddinstructionstotestasimplepython/opencv
scriptattheendoftheinstallationinstructionforthepurposeofverifyinginstallationandgivingthenewusera
handinlearninghowtosetupasimplescriptinthenewcvvirtualenvironment.
REPLY
ThanksforthefeedbackJim.IvedonethatonpreviousOpenCVinstallposts,ImnotsurewhyI
didntforthisone.Also,ifyourelookingtoputyourOpenCV+RaspberryPiinstalltouse,besuretotake
alookatPracticalPythonandOpenCVwhichcontainsabunchoftutorialstogetyoustartedquickly.
RezaApril7,2016at12:49pm#
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Adrian,ihaveproblem,theproblemismkdirnospaceleftondevice,canyouhelpmetoresolve
this??thanks
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MakesureyouhavefullyexpandedthediskonyourRaspberryPibyusingsudoraspiconfig
andselectingthefirstoptiontoresizethedisk,thenrebooting.Ifyouhavealreadydonethisandthereis
stillnospaceleft,youlleitherneedto(1)deletefilesonthedisktomakemoreroomor(2)getalarger
microSDcard.
israelApril14,2016at2:49am#
REPLY
myraspberrypiturnedoffduringthemake.wheniusethemakeitdoesntgopast71%itlookslike
itslooping.Howdoigetpastit?Itriedmakecleanandthenmakebutthatdidntwork.Wouldihaveto
recreatethebuildfolder?
REPLY
IfyourPishutoffduringthemakecommand,thenIwouldsuggestdeletingthebuilddirectory
andthenrecreatingit.Ifyoutriedcompilingusingmultiplecores,thentheshutofflikelybrokethebuild.
israelApril15,2016at6:18pm#
REPLY
Thanks,yeahduringthemultiplecorecompilationitbroke.Ijustusedtheregularsinglecore
makecommand.Nowitsallgravy:)Ireinstalledthebuilddirectoryandinstalleddependenciesand
compiledit.Thanksforthistutorial.
REPLY
Nice,congratsonresolvingtheissue
AdolfoApril16,2016at12:58pm#
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Hithere!
ImfacingaproblemIamnotabletosolvebymyself(IamcompletelynewtoRPiandallthisbuildingand
compilingthings:))
WhenItrytocmakeopencv,beingoncvvirtualenv,Igetthiserrormessage:
CMakeError:Thesourcedirectory/home/pi/opencv3.0.0/build/BUILD_EXAMPLES=ONdoesnotexist.
ItriedtouseUwithalkeystoremovethemfromcache,butitkeepsthrowingthesameerror.
Anyclue?Imlost
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REPLY
Itsoundslikeyourenotcopyingandpastingthecmakecommandcorrectly.Makesureyoucopy
andpastethefullcommand.
AdolfoApril19,2016at6:01am#
REPLY
Yep,Iwasmissingthetwotraillingperiods.
DumitruPopaApril17,2016at2:53am#
REPLY
Thankyou,nicework!
REPLY
ThanksDumitru!
AdolfoApril17,2016at1:05pm#
REPLY
Hieverybody,
Justincasesomeisorwillgetstuckatthebeginningofstep4:thetwoperiodsattheendofthecmakeline
aremeaningful!!IwasgettinganerrormessagebecauseIthought(ignorantme)theyjustmeantyoucould
addmoreparameters.
Sillyme!
StewartBaskinApril20,2016at2:23pm#
REPLY
HiAdrian.Thanksforthegreattutorial!HaveyoumadethetutorialforthePi3?
Thanks!
REPLY
Youbet.YoucanfindtheRaspberryPi3tutorialhere.
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JennyChingApril21,2016at8:17pm#
REPLY
HiAdrian,
Igottostep4(examiningtheoutputofCMake)andnoticedthatboththeInterpreterANDnumpyareboth
NOTinthevirtualenvironment(cv).WhichstepsdoIhavetogobacktotocorrectthese?Thanks!
REPLY
Tostart,makesureyouareinthecvvirtualenvironmentbeforeyourunCMake.Ifyouare,then
youllneedtomanuallysupplythepathstotheinterpreterandNumPydirectories.Formoreinformation
onhowtodothis,pleaseseethecommentssectionofthispost.
JennyChingApril22,2016at1:54pm#
REPLY
IdoublecheckedthatIwasinthecvenvironmentbeforeIranCMakehoweverwhenirun
CMakeIstillgetthis
Python2:
Interpreter:/usr/bin/python2.7(ver2.7.9)
Libraries:/usr/lib/armlinuxgnueabihf/libpython2.7.so(ver2.7.9)
numpy:/usr/lib/python2.7/distpackages/numpy/core/include(ver1.8.2)
packagespath:lib/python2.7/distpackages
Help!
REPLY
Itactuallylooksliketheissueisrelatedtoyournumpyandpackagespathvariables.
ToresolvetheNumpyissue,haveyouinstalledNumPyintothecvvirtualenvironment?
1 $ workon cv
2 $ pip install numpy
Youcanactuallyjustleavethepackagespathvariablealoneandthenmanuallycopythecv2.so
fileintoyoursitepackagesdirectoryafterOpenCVcompilesandinstalls.
AkshayJethaniApril24,2016at3:30am#
REPLY
hii,
aftergivingthecommandofsudoaptgetupgrade,thepiistakingtolongtoupgradelike4hourssometimes,
evenafter4hoursitsstillupgradingandshowingconnectionfailedinbetween,canuplzhelpmeregarding
thisissue.
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REPLY
Itsoundslikeyoumaynothaveaverystronginternetconnection.Iwouldsuggestmakingsure
youhaveagoodinternetconnectionbeforerunningtheupgradestep.
REPLY
CharlesBakerApril28,2016at11:05am#
Hello,
IhavefollowedthistutorialexactlyandhaveinstalledOpenCV3.1.0withouterrorhoweverIstillcannotseem
toaccessanyofthemodulesassociatedwithopencv_contrib(i.e.xfeatures2dtouseSIFTandSURF).Ihave
beenpullingmyhairoutoverthis,Ihavetriedreinstallingmanytimes,IincludetheD
OPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH=~/opencv_contrib3.1.0/modules\
linewhenusingcmake,therearenoerrors,thepathprovidediswheremyopencv_contribfolderisactually
locatedsoitisnotasifIampointedtothewrongdirectory,howeverIsimplygetanAttributeError:module
objecthasnoattributexfeatures2dwhenattemptingtousexfeatures2d
REPLY
TakealookattheoutputofCMakespecifically,whereitoutputsthelistofmodulestobe
compiled.Doyouseeanyofthecontribmodulesinthere?Ifnot,itreallysoundslikethepathtothe
contribmodulescouldbeincorrect.
REPLY
RagunaathApril28,2016at10:37pm#
makecommandresumedafterapowerfailure.Willitpresentaproblem?
REPLY
Itcould,dependingonwhereinthecompilestageyouwere.Iwouldsuggestrunningmake
cleanandthenrecompilingtogiveyourselfafreshstart.
REPLY
CollinSaleApril30,2016at3:43pm#
HiAdrian,
niceone,..worksfineandIalreadyreceivedyourhardcopy
ThanksaLot
onething:sinceIinstalledSambaShare,a5displayandsomeotherthingsbeforeIstartedopvenCV,Idid
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actuallyrunoutofspaceonmy8GBSD,justlikeBillmentionedearlier.
BillKearsonJanuary3,2016at10:09am#
Usinga8GcardIwasalmostoutofspace
MaybeyoucouldaddaStep#7:CleanUptheSDCard
AndmentiononStep#1that8GBisjustabouttofitifyoudontinstallanythingelseearlier.
ThanksandbestRegards
Collin
REPLY
ThanksforthesuggestionCollin,Illdefinitelylookintothis!
JesusDeJesusApril30,2016at8:25pm#
REPLY
HellowAdrian,Iresolvetheproblemofthecomandwget,butnowwhenIrunthecomand:
wgetOopencv.ziphttps://github.com/Itseez/opencv/archive/3.0.0.zip
thecomandlinesays:
2016020317:25:20https://github.com/Itseez/opencv/archive/3.0.0.zip
Resolvinggithub.com(github.com)192.30.252.131
Connectingtogithub.com(github.com)|192.30.252.131|:443connected.
ERROR:Thecertificateofgithub.comisnottrusted.
ERROR:Thecertificateofgithub.comisnotyetactivated.
Thecertificatehasnotyetbeenactivated
So,IfyoucanhelpmewiththatIwouldappreciateit.
REPLY
HiJesustryaddingthenocheckcertificateswitchtowget,likethis:
$wgetOopencv.ziphttps://github.com/Itseez/opencv/archive/3.0.0.zipnocheck
certificate
Thisshouldtakecareoftheerror.
LukasVosykaMay3,2016at3:58pm#
REPLY
HiAdrian,
bynowyoubecamemynumber1resourceforcheckingOpenCVquestions,inspirationsandhowtos!
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Thankssomuchforyourcontributionandexcellentstepbysteptutorials.Iameventuallynewtothistopic
(comingfromWindowsand.NET^^)andyouhelpedmealot.ThisthreadwasalsoespeciallyhelpfulsinceI
gottodosomeprojectsonrapsiandOpenCV.
IlldefinitelygetyourhardcopybundleandlookingforwardimplementingsomecoolstuffwithRaspiand
OpenCV
ThanksagainforyourverydetailedandadmirablecontributiontothistopicaboutOpenCV!Guessyoullhear
fromme
Cheers,
Lukas
REPLY
ThanksforthecommentLukasanditsawesometohearthatIcouldbeofhelp
ghanendraMay4,2016at12:22am#
REPLY
Helloo..!!Adrian
HowtoaddthesecommandstoautostartwhenIpoweronmyRaspberryPi?
source~/.profile
workoncv
vncviewer:1
pythonball_tracking.pypicamera1
IwanttoopenmypythonscriptusingthevirtualenvironmentworkoncveverytimewhenipowerupthePi.
REPLY
Staytunedfortheblogpostin2weekswhereIdemonstratehowtoruncommands+Python
scriptsonboot
ghanendraMay4,2016at3:10pm#
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OK!!Adrian.Iamwaitingforyourfantasticposts.Moreandmoreiscomingtolearn.
MaugyMay6,2016at1:12am#
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Wow,assomeonewhoistryingtolearnLinux,thisisbyfartheclearestandbestwrittentutorialI
haveeverseen!
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Thankyou!
REPLY
ThanksMaugy,Iappreciatethat
VikramBajajMay9,2016at9:41am#
REPLY
ThanksforthisawesometutorialAdrian!
Workedlikeacharm!
REPLY
Fantastic,ImgladtohearitVikram!
MarcBoudreauMay12,2016at7:42pm#
REPLY
HiAdrian,
WhenyousayForsomereason,unbeknownsttome,whencompilingthePython3bindingstheoutput.so
fileisnamedcv2.cpython34m.soratherthancv2.so.,Ithinkthatsfixed.
Igotcv2.so
WhenIdothecheck,onthe(cv)raspberrypi$directory,everythingworksforthepythoncheck.
HoweverwhenIdotheversioncheckofCV2,doesntwork.
IfIchangedirectoryto(cv)raspberrypi/.virtualenvs/cv/lib/python3.4/sitepackages/
andchecktheversion,Igetsamemessageasyou.
WhenIstartaddingcomputervisionfunctionality,Imafraiditwontfindlibraries.
ImustofdoneSomethingwrong.
Isthereeasyfixoritsbesttoreformatandredoprocedure?
AdrianRosebrockMay13,2016at11:35am#
REPLY
AreyouabsolutelysurethatyoucompiledOpenCVwithPython3bindings?Doublecheckyour
outputofCMaketomakesurethisiscorrect.Youlltypicallyseethecv2.sofilewhencompilingPython
2.7bindings.
AshutoshMay16,2016at11:10am#
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HiAdrian,
Thanksforawesometutorial.Ihaveinstalledopencvandpythonastoldbyyou.
ButwhenIusethepicamera,Igetconsiderablelagbetweeninputandoutputshownonresult
window.Pleasesuggestsomething..
AdrianRosebrockMay17,2016at11:37am#
REPLY
HowareyouaccessingyourPicamera?NativelyviaHDMI+monitor?OroverVNC/SSH?Also,
whichmodelPiareyouusing?Allofthesecanaffectthelagyouareexperiencing.
SteveFlynnJune5,2016at9:22pm#
REPLY
Adrian,
Whenirunasavedpythonscriptasinsudopythontest_video.pyigetthecv2moduledoesnotexisterror.
Howover,wheniruntheimportdirectlyfromthecommandlineitworksperfectly.Inbothcasesiaminsidethe
virtualenvironmentandseethe(cv)ontheleft.Doesthishavesomethingtodowiththevirtualenvironment
ordidsomethingnotwork.
SteveFynn
AdrianRosebrockJune7,2016at3:28pm#
REPLY
Thisdoeshavetodowiththevirtualenvironment.Pleasereadthisblogpostformore
information,includingthesolution.
JitCraigJune7,2016at3:13am#
REPLY
awesomeguidetoinstallingopencv.everystepworkedcorrectly.nowamgettingreadytogetmy
handsdirtywithsomerealCVprojectsonmyRPi2
REPLY
Fantastic,ImhappytohearthetutorialworkedforyouJit!
zoeJune11,2016at11:03pm#
REPLY
Thankyousomuch!!!Thatisreallyhelpful!!!
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AdrianRosebrockJune12,2016at9:31am#
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Noproblem,ImgladIcouldhelpZoe!
RandyJune15,2016at10:51am#
REPLY
Followingthistutorialeverythingseemtoworkfineandcompletedwithouterrorbutattheendthe
cv2.soisnotpresentonmysystem.
Anyideas?
REPLY
HeyRandyifyourenotseeingthecv2.sofile,theneithertherewasanerrorduringthe
CMake/makesteporthePythonbindingswerenotbuild.ChecktheoutputofCMaketoensurethatthe
python2/python3bindingsareinthelistofmodulestobebuild.
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WeneedtoinstalltheGTKdevelopmentlibrarysowecancompilethe highgui submoduleofOpenCV,which

1 $ sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev

1 $ sudo apt-get install libatlas-base-dev gfortran

Using virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper allowsyoutocreateisolatedPythonenvironments,separatefrom

1 $ sudo pip install virtualenv virtualenvwrapper

Youcanuseyourfavoriteeditortoeditthisfile,suchas vim , emacs , nano ,oranyothergraphicaleditor

Note:Youlllikelyneedtorunthe source ~/.profile commandeachtimeyouopenupanewterminaltoensure

Ifthisisthecase,youneedtorunthe source and workon commandsabove.

Update(3January2016):InordertobuildOpenCV 3.1.0 ,youneedtoset -D INSTALL_C_EXAMPLES=OFF

Noticehowboththe Interpreter and numpy variablespointtothe cv virtualenvironment.

Again,boththe Interpreter and numpy variablesarepointingtoour cv virtualenvironment.

1 $ sudo make install

Forsomereason,unbeknownsttome,whencompilingthePython3bindingstheoutput .so fileisnamed

2 $ pip install pyserial

# Open Show Image

1 $ git clone https://github.com/Itseez/opencv

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