OpenCV not working properly with python on Linux with anaconda. Getting error that cv2.imshow() is not implemented

Question

This is the exact error that I am getting. My OS is Ubuntu 16.10.

OpenCV Error: Unspecified error (The function is not implemented. Rebuild the library with

Answer 1

I used pip to install opencv-python. (https://pypi.org/project/opencv-python/)

1) Remove the opencv package from conda:

>> conda remove opencv

2) To your env.yml file add this:

...
dependencies:
  - numpy
  - pytest
  ...
  - pip:
    - opencv-python