Anaconda and Jupyter notebook

1.1 Install Anaconda

https://www.anaconda.com/products/individual

Download and install the lastest version of Anaconda

1.2 Download and install OpenCV and OpenCV contrib

Inside Anaconda open - CMD.exe Prompt

pip install opencv-python==4.<latest version>
pip install opencv-contrib-python==4.<latest version>

pip install opencv-python==4.6.0.66
pip install opencv-contrib-python==4.6.0.66

Open Jupyter Notebook and you are ready to go.

Windows 7+ and Python IDLE

1.1 Install Python

www.python.org

Download and install the latest package of Python

Open Command Prompt and check whether python is installed correctly

python
exit()

1.2 Upgrade the pip library

python -m pip install --upgrade pip

1.3 Download and install Numpy OpenCV Matplotlib

Download the NumPy package and OpenCV package

https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#numpy

https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#opencv

https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#matplotlib

Install the NumPy and OpenCV packages

Open Command Prompt as Administrator

Go to the downloads folder where the packages are downloaded

cd /path-where-the-packages-are-downloaded
dir
pip install "numpy<PRESS TAB TO AUTO-COMPLETE>
pip install "opencv<PRESS TAB TO AUTO-COMPLETE>
pip install "matplot<PRESS TAB TO AUTO-COMPLETE>

1.4 Test the install

Open Command Prompt

Enter the Python runtime enviornment

python

To test that the install was successful we're going to run two imports

NumPy:

import numpy
numpy.__version__

OpenCV:

import cv2
cv2.__version__

Matplotlib:

import matplotlib
matplotlib.__version__

This shows that the installation was successful.