[SOLVED] Installation issues with OpenCV in ubuntu

Issue

I installed OpenCV for python2 by running:

`sudo apt-get install python-opencv`

But on running

import cv2

I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named cv2

My friend did the same and it's working on his machine.

Solution

I myself had the same issue, I solved it by first installing pip using the following command

sudo apt-get install python-pip  

Then i installed opencv by,

pip install opencv-python    

Then i tried importing cv2 in python and it worked like a charm:

import cv2   

NOTE: Import must be done inside the python shell

Answered By - iniyavan

Answer Checked By - David Marino (WPSolving Volunteer)