Trying to install OpenCV with Matplotlab

Question

I am attempting to install OpenCV on my linux computerI followed this installation guide:

Linux / Mac Users:

pip3 install numpy or apt-get install python3-numpy. You may need to apt-get install python3-pip.

pip3 install matplotlib or apt-get install python3-matplotlib.

apt-get install python-OpenCV.

...

everything installs, except the last one Python-OpenCV error:

  E: unable to locate package python-OpenCV

and then when I run python in the terminal and try to run:

 import matplotlab

I get the error

Traceback (most recent call last):
   file "stdin>", line 1, in <module>
Importerror: no module named 'matlabplot'

meanwhile

import cv2

&

import numpy

run without error and seem to work, this is also the case when I run a .py file that calls for importing those three.

Any information will be helpful, i am fairly new to python and linux :)

For one, you probably want to import matplotlibnot matlabplot or matplotlab — marcman
In Linux mint, the package name is all lower case - apt-get install python-opencv so yours might be too. (Generally Linux is very fussy about the case of every command - always a gotcha for people new to Linux). — GregHNZ

Haha TTpro Haha TTpro · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-09T04:59:56

Use Anaconda, there are download for Windows, Linux and Mac. Installation is easy.

I would suggest you download Anaconda2. Then install with command (on Linux) (more documentation on installation)

bash ~/Downloads/Anaconda2-4.4.0-Linux-x86_64.sh

There are cv2, mathplotlib pre-install

*NOTE: I trying to find mathplotlab or matlabplot with Python on Google but can't find any. Instead, Google suggests mathplotlib. Perhaps you mistake library name

Trying to install OpenCV with Matplotlab

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