Installing opencv on Windows 10 with python 3.6 and anaconda 3.6

Question

How to install opencv with python 3.6 and anaconda 3.6?

I tried conda install -c https://conda.binstar.org/menpo opencv3

but i get the following

Answer 1

First Download Anaconda Python 3.6 from official site. After installing anaconda, simply open command prompt and type following statement and press enter of course -

conda install -c conda-forge opencv

It may take some time. After the completion, check your conda packages by typing conda list - opencv should be there.

However, Before proceed to install opencv, you can check whether opencv for python 3.6 is available or not. We can check it by typing conda info opencv in command prompt and press enter of course, you'll see following -

opencv 3.3.1 py36h20b85fd_1
---------------------------
file name   : opencv-3.3.1-py36h20b85fd_1.tar.bz2
name        : opencv
version     : 3.3.1
build string: py36h20b85fd_1
build number: 1
channel     : https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/win-64
size        : 96.7 MB
arch        : None
constrains  : ()
license     : BSD 3-clause
license_family: BSD
md5         : e65c68524073445511ace8ade7ae3641
platform    : None
subdir      : win-64
timestamp   : 1512689066576
url         : https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/win-64/opencv-3.3.1-py36h20b85fd_1.tar.bz2
dependencies:
    jpeg >=9b,<10a
    libpng >=1.6.32,<1.7.0a0
    libtiff >=4.0.9,<5.0a0
    numpy >=1.11.3,<2.0a0
    python >=3.6,<3.7.0a0
    vc 14.*
    zlib >=1.2.11,<1.3.0a0

By this we can also get ensure that opencv 3.3.1 py36h20b85fd_1 is available. And this is available for python 3.6

Answer 2

search anaconda prompt
open and run the command.

> pip install opencv-python

this single command help's you to install opencv easily.
you can take help from the video link below. video link

Answer 3

As of March 2018, OpenCV 3.4 can be installed directly from conda-forge or anaconda in Windows/OSX/Linux for Python 3.6

conda install -c conda-forge opencv

or

conda install -c anaconda opencv

Answer 4

I managed to get it working by doing the following:

1. Download and install python3.6 from official python site https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-360/

2. Download and install Anaconda 4.4.0 from the official anaconda site https://www.continuum.io/downloads

3. Open command line and run: pip install opencv-python

4. Open command line and run: pip install opencv-contrib-python

   I am using Windows 10 and it worked for me.

Answer 5

Using:

conda install -c conda-forge opencv

worked for me

Answer 6

I see you found a solution but this may be helpful for others. The package is not available for Python 3.6. You can check this by going to that package channel on anaconda.org and selecting the files tab. You will see the package tarballs with the Python version listed as py27, py34, py35,etc. This is a good way to check for Python versions of a specific package.

You can also run the following to see the package versions and Python versions available for your OS from the Anaconda channel:

conda search <package_name>

Or to search a particular channel and package you can do this:

conda search -c <channel_name> <package_name>