# Current Windows installation instructions?

**URL:** <https://forum.opencv.org/t/current-windows-installation-instructions/3919>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Tags:** windows, build\
**Created:** [June 18, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/current-windows-installation-instructions/3919 "2021-06-18T15:56:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![datumizer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@datumizer](https://forum.opencv.org/u/datumizer)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/current-windows-installation-instructions/3919/1 "2021-06-18T15:56:05Z")

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The tutorial is out of date. (It was written for Windows 7. Pretty soon we will be at Windows 11. Python is located in the Users directory now, for instance.)

Are there more current install instructions somewhere? Thanks.

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I am referring to these instructions:

[https://docs.opencv.org/master/d5/de5/tutorial\_py\_setup\_in\_windows.html](https://docs.opencv.org/master/d5/de5/tutorial_py_setup_in_windows.html)

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Ignore the tutorial. These instructions actually work:

> **[How to install OpenCV for Python in Windows? - GeeksforGeeks](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to-install-opencv-for-python-in-windows/)**
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**Author:** ![crackwitz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.opencv.org/crackwitz/32/14_2.png) [@crackwitz](https://forum.opencv.org/u/crackwitz)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/current-windows-installation-instructions/3919/2 "2021-06-18T16:19:24Z")

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I can help you get set up on Windows (just 10, not 11) with Python 3.x and Visual Studio 2019.

where are you stuck?

the source and images for that page are at [opencv/py\_setup\_in\_windows.markdown at master · opencv/opencv · GitHub](https://github.com/opencv/opencv/blob/master/doc/py_tutorials/py_setup/py_setup_in_windows/py_setup_in_windows.markdown)

would you be willing to submit a pull request with changes to these files? you’d be the best qualified because you (will) know exactly what’s needed to make it work.

alternatively, stick to python, pip install `opencv-python`.

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**Author:** ![datumizer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@datumizer](https://forum.opencv.org/u/datumizer)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/current-windows-installation-instructions/3919/3 "2021-06-18T17:15:00Z")

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I followed the much simpler GFG tutorial. I think it’s only like three steps. The steps worked immediately.

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**Author:** ![crackwitz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.opencv.org/crackwitz/32/14_2.png) [@crackwitz](https://forum.opencv.org/u/crackwitz)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/current-windows-installation-instructions/3919/4 "2021-06-19T09:31:56Z")

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those “instructions” are literally to `pip install opencv-python`. that’s also what I suggested to you.

those instructions are _not_ equivalent. one shows you how to _build_ OpenCV from source, and it lets you use OpenCV in C++ programs, as well as python programs. the other gives you the built library for python only.

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**Author:** ![datumizer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@datumizer](https://forum.opencv.org/u/datumizer)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/current-windows-installation-instructions/3919/5 "2021-06-19T19:46:04Z")

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There are two separate sections of the tutorial: one merely for installing, the other for building from source.

I suspect both sections are outdated.