Open-cv installation error for python 3.6 in conda env

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I am struggling to install opencv-python for GitHub - unibas-gravis/Occlusion-Robust-MoFA . After creating an environment using conda, I ran pip install -r requirements.txt and here is the terminal output:

  Copying files from CMake output
  creating directory _skbuild/linux-x86_64-3.6/cmake-install/cv2
  copying _skbuild/linux-x86_64-3.6/cmake-install/python/cv2/python-3/cv2.abi3.so -> _skbuild/linux-x86_64-3.6/cmake-install/cv2/cv2.abi3.so
  copying _skbuild/linux-x86_64-3.6/cmake-install/python/cv2/__init__.py -> _skbuild/linux-x86_64-3.6/cmake-install/cv2/__init__.py
  copying _skbuild/linux-x86_64-3.6/cmake-install/python/cv2/load_config_py2.py -> _skbuild/linux-x86_64-3.6/cmake-install/cv2/load_config_py2.py
  copying _skbuild/linux-x86_64-3.6/cmake-install/python/cv2/load_config_py3.py -> _skbuild/linux-x86_64-3.6/cmake-install/cv2/load_config_py3.py
  copying _skbuild/linux-x86_64-3.6/cmake-install/python/cv2/config.py -> _skbuild/linux-x86_64-3.6/cmake-install/cv2/config.py
  copying _skbuild/linux-x86_64-3.6/cmake-install/python/cv2/config-3.py -> _skbuild/linux-x86_64-3.6/cmake-install/cv2/config-3.py
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/home/cash/anaconda3/envs/MOFA/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/in_process/_in_process.py", line 349, in <module>
      main()
    File "/home/cash/anaconda3/envs/MOFA/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/in_process/_in_process.py", line 331, in main
      json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs'])
    File "/home/cash/anaconda3/envs/MOFA/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/in_process/_in_process.py", line 249, in build_wheel
      metadata_directory)
    File "/tmp/pip-build-env-p0dpn5al/overlay/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 231, in build_wheel
      wheel_directory, config_settings)
    File "/tmp/pip-build-env-p0dpn5al/overlay/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 215, in _build_with_temp_dir
      self.run_setup()
    File "/tmp/pip-build-env-p0dpn5al/overlay/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 268, in run_setup
      self).run_setup(setup_script=setup_script)
    File "/tmp/pip-build-env-p0dpn5al/overlay/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 158, in run_setup
      exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'), locals())
    File "setup.py", line 532, in <module>
      main()
    File "setup.py", line 306, in main
      cmake_source_dir=cmake_source_dir,
    File "/tmp/pip-build-env-p0dpn5al/overlay/lib/python3.6/site-packages/skbuild/setuptools_wrap.py", line 683, in setup
      cmake_install_dir,
    File "setup.py", line 445, in _classify_installed_files_override
      raise Exception("Not found: '%s'" % relpath_re)
  Exception: Not found: 'python/cv2/py.typed'
  ----------------------------------------
  ERROR: Failed building wheel for opencv-python
Failed to build opencv-python
ERROR: Could not build wheels for opencv-python which use PEP 517 and cannot be installed directly

Can someone please assist me in resolving this issue :pray:

Here’s my system:

OS: Kubuntu 23.04 x86_64 
Kernel: 6.2.0-26-generic 
Shell: bash 5.2.15 
Terminal: konsole 
CPU: 12th Gen Intel i5-12400 (12) @ 5.600GHz 
GPU: Intel Alder Lake-S GT1 [UHD Graphics 730] 
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 
Memory: 7312MiB / 15718MiB
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Getting same issue. Any resolution found for this?

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same issue. Were any of you able to figure it out?

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there is an official pypi opencv release

please use that instead of whatever conda tries …

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Faced the same issue, this worked for me: pip install opencv-python==4.5.4.60

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the offical docs said the newest opencv is not support python 3.6.x ,check your opencv’s version

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Your response was very helpful, thank you! :smile: