Error while installing cv2 in pycharm - python 3.5.3

Question

I am getting error while installing cv2 package from project interpreter.

Error occured: Non zero exit code(1)

When I execute command, pip install cv2..it gives error as,

Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement cv2(from versions: )No matching distribution found for cv2

Please help me solve this error.

Solution 1

The package name is actually opencv-python. So you should do:

pip install opencv-python

However, the package is only available on pypi for version 3, not for version 2. I think the misunderstanding could come from when you are actually importing the package you do:

`import cv2`

But that is actually not the package name on pypi. See the documentation on pypi for more details.

Solution 2

In pycharm go to :

1. File
2. Settings
3. Expand Project : [your project name]
4. Select "project Interpreter"

5. In the top right corner of the grid listing the packages, click the green plus button A popup "Available packages" will appear

   

6. If no package is available in the list in the left, click the "Manage repositories" button, add this package URL (https://pypi.python.org/simple), then restart pycharm (You may also need to update pycharm to the lastest version, there was a bug here)

7. In the search box type "opencv-python"

8. Select the "opencv-python" package in the list and click the "Install Package" button in the bottom left of the popup

9. Now go back to your code, it will no longer comply about the missing cv2

Comments

[Ayyswariyaa]

I am getting this error when I try to run the command pip install opencv-python. Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement opencv-python(from versions: )No matching distribution found for opencv-python

[yanxun]

Hmm, that's weird, because I am successful in downloading it. If you are using PyCharm, have you tried searching and downloading from Pycharm's Project Interpreter interface?

[Ayyswariyaa]

It says run from system terminal.Make sure that you use the correct version of pip installed for your python interpreter located at /usr/bin/python3.5

[yanxun]

try updating your pip, pip install --upgrade pip

[Ayyswariyaa]

I tried everything..It gives the same error for most of the packages

[yanxun]

Maybe your pip was installed for the wrong python? Try this stackoverflow.com/questions/25607837/…

[Ayyswariyaa]

I gave export $PATH=/usr/bin/python3.5:$[PATH].. It says not a valid Identifier

[yanxun]

try export PATH=/usr/bin/python3.5:$[PATH]

[yanxun]

yup, it doesn't show any output because it is adding a new path into your $PATH variable, now try echo $PATH to see if your Python path is added into $PATH.

[Ayyswariyaa]

Oh ok..let me try.