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Install on Linux: Prerequisites

Install on Linux: Prerequisites

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Install on Linux: Prerequisites

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- [Instructor] In the next two videos, we'll cover the installation process for Linux machines for OpenCV 4 and Python 3 from source. Note that if you want to have a quicker install experience on Linux, you can follow the pre-packaged instructions found in the exercise files. In this video, we'll start off by installing some dependencies for OpenCV, and then the second video will run the main install itself. Installing from source code is a little lengthier than the short approach, but has the benefit that it can be extended to installing on embedded systems such as the Intel Edison or a Raspberry Pi, or other systems where you want to natively compile the source code yourself. In this case, we're showing how to install on a Debian based system, specifically Ubuntu. While the instructions may vary slightly between different systems, the overall steps will be largely the same. As a reminder, you can copy and paste…

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