Unable to import cv2 module (Python 3.6)

Question

I am trying to install a cv2 package for python but I am not able to install it. I am working on Python 3.6 (64bits)

I tried the following command in the command prompt:

C:\Users\leahj>C:\Users\leahj\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\Scripts\pip3 install cv2

Collecting cv2

  Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement cv2 (from versions: )

No matching distribution found for cv2

C:\Users\leahj>C:\Users\leahj\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\Scripts\pip3 install opencv

Collecting opencv

  Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement opencv (from versions: )

No matching distribution found for opencv

C:\Users\leahj>C:\Users\leahj\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\Scripts\pip3 install opencv2

Collecting opencv2

  Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement opencv2 (from versions: )

No matching distribution found for opencv2

Answer 1

Use this command:

pip3 install opencv-python

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