modulenotfounderror no module named cv2

Question

Cannot find module cv2 when using OpenCV

I have successfully downloaded the  OpenCV on the Occidentalis operating system which is nothing but a variant of Raspbian on a Raspberry Pi by using the script of jayrambhia which I found here and I have installed version 2.4.5.

While trying to import cv2 in a Python program, I get the following message:

pi@raspberrypi~$ python cam.py 
Traceback (most recent call last) 
File "cam.py", line 1, in <module> 
        import cv2 
ImportError: No module named cv2

The file cv2.so is stored in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/… Which means that there are additional folders in /usr/local/lib called python3.2 and python2.6 which will serve as a problem but I'm not sure whether this is a path error. Could I get some help on this please as I am new to Linux?

Answer 1

Firstly, please do run these following commands inside the Terminal or CMD:

conda update anaconda-navigator conda update navigator-updater

Following which, the problem for the instruction provided below will be resolved. For a windows system, if one has the anaconda software installed, you can simply try this:- 

pip install opencv-python or conda install -c https://conda.binstar.org/menpo opencv

If you are using the linux software, then you can try:

pip install opencv-python or conda install opencv

Finally, if you are using the anaconda software, then you may simply use this as well excluding the need to add the menpo channel:-
 

conda install -c conda-forge opencv