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

Remove opencv from anaconda=

conda remove opencv

Then, reinstall opencv using pip:

pip install opencv

This is working for me.