Instruction to install OpenCV on Raspberry Pi.
Installing OpenCV on OSX is similar. See OSX.md.
based on the Install guide: Raspberry Pi 3 + Raspbian Jessie + OpenCV 3 from pyimagesearch.com
testing for Raspberry Pi 3 + Raspbian Stretch + OpenCV3 + Python 3
Still, you may want to remove unused packeges to get more free space.
Let's remove python 2.7.
sudo apt purge python
sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt-get purge wolfram-engine
Install Python 3 and numpy
sudo apt install python3 python3-setuptools python3-dev python3-venv -y
pip3 install numpy
This takes some time.
sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake pkg-config -y
sudo apt-get install libjpeg-dev libtiff5-dev libjasper-dev libpng12-dev -y
sudo apt-get install libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev libv4l-dev -y
sudo apt-get install libxvidcore-dev libx264-dev -y
sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev -y
sudo apt-get install libatlas-base-dev gfortran -y
cd ~
mkdir src
cd src
wget -O opencv.zip https://github.com/opencv/opencv/archive/3.4.7.zip
unzip opencv.zip
It's recommended to include contrib package.
wget -O opencv_contrib.zip https://github.com/opencv/opencv_contrib/archive/3.4.7.zip
unzip opencv_contrib.zip
Prepare configurations to build OpenCV from the source you downloaded.
cd opencv-3.4.7
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE \
-D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
-D BUILD_opencv_java=OFF \
-D BUILD_opencv_python2=OFF \
-D BUILD_opencv_python3=ON \
-D PYTHON_DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE=$(which python3) \
-D INSTALL_C_EXAMPLES=OFF \
-D INSTALL_PYTHON_EXAMPLES=OFF \
-D BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF \
-D BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
-D BUILD_PERF_TESTS=OFF \
-D OPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH=../../opencv_contrib-3.4.7/modules \
-D WITH_CUDA=OFF \
..
In the Python section of the log, you should see something like this:
-- Python 3:
-- Interpreter: /usr/bin/python3 (ver 3.5.3)
-- Libraries: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libpython3.5m.so (ver 3.5.3)
-- numpy: /home/yyoo/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/numpy/core/include (ver 1.13.1)
-- packages path: lib/python3.5/dist-packages
--
-- Python (for build): /usr/bin/python3
Now, let's build & install it.
make -j4
sudo make install
Due to some bugs, the name of the Python binding library is not correct. During the installation, you will see log like this.
-- Installing: /usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/cv2.cpython-35m-arm-linux-gnueabihf.so
On Ubuntu, something like this:
Installing: /usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/cv2.cpython-35m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
-- Set runtime path of "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/cv2.cpython-35m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so" to "/usr/local/lib"
Let's fix it with a symbolic link.
sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/cv2.cpython-35m-arm-linux-gnueabihf.so /usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/cv2.so
*ON UBUNTU, the library looks like /usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/cv2.cpython-35m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
So, make the symbolic linke like the following
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/cv2.cpython-35m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so /usr/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/cv2.so
Now, you're ready to use OpenCV from Python system-wide. Testing with Python 3.5:
$ python3
Python 3.5.3 (default, Jan 19 2017, 14:11:04)
[GCC 6.3.0 20170124] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import cv2
>>> cv2.__version__
'3.4.0'
Testing with Python 3.4:
$ python3
Python 3.4.2 (default, Oct 19 2014, 13:31:11)
[GCC 4.9.1] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import cv2
>>> cv2.__version__
'3.4.0'
Next section is for adding access from a virtual environment.
Make sure that you have installed venv for Python 3.
sudo apt-get install python3-venv
Make a virtual environment for OpenCV3 with Python3
python3 -m venv ~/cv3
To activate the venv you made, execute
source ~/cv3/bin/activate
Let's make a symbolic like inside of your venv package folder.
ln -s /usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/cv2.so ~/cv3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/cv2.so
Here, '~/cv3' is the virtual environment directory
Result will look like this.
(cv3) yyoo@raspberrypi:~/cv3/lib/python3.5/site-packages $ ls -al
total 40
drwxr-xr-x 9 yyoo yyoo 4096 Sep 14 06:44 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 yyoo yyoo 4096 Sep 14 06:38 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 yyoo yyoo 45 Sep 14 06:44 cv2.so -> /usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/cv2.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 yyoo yyoo 126 Sep 14 06:39 easy_install.py
drwxr-xr-x 11 yyoo yyoo 4096 Sep 14 06:39 pip
drwxr-xr-x 2 yyoo yyoo 4096 Sep 14 06:39 pip-9.0.1.dist-info
drwxr-xr-x 5 yyoo yyoo 4096 Sep 14 06:39 pkg_resources
drwxr-xr-x 2 yyoo yyoo 4096 Sep 14 06:39 pkg_resources-0.0.0.dist-info
drwxr-xr-x 2 yyoo yyoo 4096 Sep 14 06:39 __pycache__
drwxr-xr-x 5 yyoo yyoo 4096 Sep 14 06:39 setuptools
drwxr-xr-x 2 yyoo yyoo 4096 Sep 14 06:39 setuptools-32.3.1.dist-info
Don't forget to install numpy for a new venv
pip install numpy
Now, check that you can use cv2 INSIDE of the virtual environment.
(cv3) yyoo@raspberrypi:~/cv3/lib/python3.5/site-packages $ python3
Python 3.5.3 (default, Jan 19 2017, 14:11:04)
[GCC 6.3.0 20170124] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import cv2
>>> cv2.__version__
'3.4.0'
Use screen for time-consuming tasks!
sudo apt install screen
sudo apt-get install libjpeg-dev libtiff5-dev libjasper-dev libpng12-dev -y
sudo apt-get install libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev libv4l-dev -y
sudo apt-get install libxvidcore-dev libx264-dev -y
sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev -y
sudo apt-get install libatlas-base-dev gfortran -y
sudo apt-get install python3-dev python3-venv -y
NOTE: NEEDS RE-BUILDING FOR RASPBIAN STRETCH!!! WAIT FOR A MOMENT.
wget https://github.com/ys7yoo/PiOpenCV/releases/download/2017.10/opencv3-RPI-STR.deb
sudo dpkg -i opencv3-RPI-STR.deb
sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/cv2.cpython-35m-arm-linux-gnueabihf.so /usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/cv2.so
$ python
Python 3.4.2 (default, Oct 19 2014, 13:31:11)
[GCC 4.9.1] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import cv2
>>> cv2.__version__
'3.4.1'