OpenCV GTK+2.x error

Question

I had installed OpenCV following these steps (). After trying to compile one examples,i got this error :

OpenCV Error: Unspecified error (The function is no         


        

Answer 1

If you installed OpenCV using the opencv-python pip package, be aware of the following note, taken from https://pypi.python.org/pypi/opencv-python

IMPORTANT NOTE MacOS and Linux wheels have currently some limitations:

• video related functionality is not supported (not compiled with FFmpeg)
• for example cv2.imshow() will not work (not compiled with GTK+ 2.x or Carbon support)

Also note that to install from another source, first you must remove the opencv-python package

To install OpenCV in Ubuntu I followed this guide, and it worked perfectly fine: http://www.pyimagesearch.com/2016/10/24/ubuntu-16-04-how-to-install-opencv/