How to install OpenCV on Ubuntu 18.04 | Linux Today

How to install OpenCV on Ubuntu 18.04

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Jul 10, 2018

This tutorial explains how to install OpenCV on Ubuntu 18.04. OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) is an open source computer vision library and has bindings for C++, Python and Java . It is used for a very wide range of applications including medical image analysis, stitching street view images, surveillance video, detecting and recognizing faces, tracking moving objects, extracting 3D models and much more.

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