Ubuntu, how to install OpenCV for python3?

Question

I want to install OpenCV for python3 in ubuntu 16.04. Fist I tried running sudo apt-get install python3-opencv which is how I pretty much install all of my pyt

Answer 1

I found this:

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/opencv-python

OpenCV on wheels

'Unofficial OpenCV packages for Python.'

Installation was painless for Ubuntu 16.04

pip3 install opencv-python

Check the installation

python3
Python 3.5.2 (default, Nov 17 2016, 17:05:23) 
[GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import cv2
>>> cv2.__version__
'3.2.0'

Not sure why this wasn't mentioned. Perhaps it is newly available?