How To Install opencv on Fedora 34

opencv is Collection of algorithms for computer vision Collection of algorithms for computer vision

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opencv on Fedora 34.

What is opencv

OpenCV means Intel® Open Source Computer Vision Library. It is a collection of C functions and a few C++ classes that implement some popular Image Processing and Computer Vision algorithms. opencv 4.5.2 2.fc34 x86_64 1.4 M opencv-4.5.2-2.fc34.src.rpm updates Collection of algorithms for computer vision https BSD OpenCV means Intel® Open Source Computer Vision Library. It is a collection of C functions and a few C++ classes that implement some popular Image Processing and Computer Vision algorithms.

We can use yum or dnf to install opencv on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install opencv.

Install opencv on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install opencv using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install opencv

Install opencv on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install opencv using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install opencv

How To Uninstall opencv on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the opencv package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove opencv

opencv Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/opencv_annotation
/usr/bin/opencv_interactive-calibration
/usr/bin/opencv_model_diagnostics
/usr/bin/opencv_version
/usr/bin/opencv_visualisation
/usr/bin/opencv_waldboost_detector
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/4dd13fa3ff9e11d47b866e11a882611064c348
/usr/lib/.build-id/37
/usr/lib/.build-id/37/602079e785ea4f76d82b62b46d5c4af9d73167
/usr/lib/.build-id/95
/usr/lib/.build-id/95/e48c1353ea99efb49fe4bee0ad3c191bbf0e74
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/e7b689e69ecee5ff08bb74187d86985cab4485
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/701fec3974b6adfaad5755c5df5a167d37a73c
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/7e7a66ea32b356756f06d46fd82c16ed5244f2
/usr/share/doc/opencv
/usr/share/doc/opencv/README.md
/usr/share/opencv4
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_eye.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_eye_tree_eyeglasses.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalcatface.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalcatface_extended.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalface_alt2.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalface_alt_tree.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalface_default.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_fullbody.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_lefteye_2splits.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_licence_plate_rus_16stages.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_lowerbody.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_profileface.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_righteye_2splits.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_russian_plate_number.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_smile.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_upperbody.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/lbpcascades
/usr/share/opencv4/lbpcascades/lbpcascade_frontalcatface.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/lbpcascades/lbpcascade_frontalface.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/lbpcascades/lbpcascade_frontalface_improved.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/lbpcascades/lbpcascade_profileface.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/lbpcascades/lbpcascade_silverware.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/quality
/usr/share/opencv4/quality/brisque_model_live.yml
/usr/share/opencv4/quality/brisque_range_live.yml
/usr/share/opencv4/valgrind.supp
/usr/share/opencv4/valgrind_3rdparty.supp
/usr/bin/opencv_annotation
/usr/bin/opencv_interactive-calibration
/usr/bin/opencv_model_diagnostics
/usr/bin/opencv_version
/usr/bin/opencv_visualisation
/usr/bin/opencv_waldboost_detector
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/33
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/4fe3bf909ea4c72ab27ceb449473ce0d027683
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/77072490a3ba84f8a8ad7e5408dbe704f34011
/usr/lib/.build-id/51
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/ea07c3bd29a21b838344fa4a6a56c3e212969f
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/4000f9cf2bbaa3d901b6ab0de45ba40c91441d
/usr/lib/.build-id/91
/usr/lib/.build-id/91/27c419bc6a343fc01442d51df062338f2e8852
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb/9a1d282a4236ed5c2da7144c3d7ede6f347805
/usr/share/doc/opencv
/usr/share/doc/opencv/README.md
/usr/share/opencv4
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_eye.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_eye_tree_eyeglasses.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalcatface.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalcatface_extended.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalface_alt2.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalface_alt_tree.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalface_default.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_fullbody.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_lefteye_2splits.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_licence_plate_rus_16stages.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_lowerbody.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_profileface.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_righteye_2splits.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_russian_plate_number.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_smile.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_upperbody.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/lbpcascades
/usr/share/opencv4/lbpcascades/lbpcascade_frontalcatface.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/lbpcascades/lbpcascade_frontalface.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/lbpcascades/lbpcascade_frontalface_improved.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/lbpcascades/lbpcascade_profileface.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/lbpcascades/lbpcascade_silverware.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/quality
/usr/share/opencv4/quality/brisque_model_live.yml
/usr/share/opencv4/quality/brisque_range_live.yml
/usr/share/opencv4/valgrind.supp
/usr/share/opencv4/valgrind_3rdparty.supp
/usr/bin/opencv_annotation
/usr/bin/opencv_interactive-calibration
/usr/bin/opencv_model_diagnostics
/usr/bin/opencv_version
/usr/bin/opencv_visualisation
/usr/bin/opencv_waldboost_detector
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/63b22460c212cb97b6c65fd8f04a9fb3a5c43c
/usr/lib/.build-id/91
/usr/lib/.build-id/91/2f736014d2060805a78fe737f58b2584b780b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c/25ea965cb140bdc2723dafb176ff8293131377
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/cccf87324103eca539ec12520dd1164e923162
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/8d4836ecb1d8939644aaca565370307acd951f
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/e407385de8febd3aacb797873788bca1a3a623
/usr/share/doc/opencv
/usr/share/doc/opencv/README.md
/usr/share/opencv4
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_eye.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_eye_tree_eyeglasses.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalcatface.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalcatface_extended.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalface_alt2.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalface_alt_tree.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalface_default.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_fullbody.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_lefteye_2splits.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_licence_plate_rus_16stages.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_lowerbody.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_profileface.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_righteye_2splits.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_russian_plate_number.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_smile.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_upperbody.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/lbpcascades
/usr/share/opencv4/lbpcascades/lbpcascade_frontalcatface.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/lbpcascades/lbpcascade_frontalface.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/lbpcascades/lbpcascade_frontalface_improved.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/lbpcascades/lbpcascade_profileface.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/lbpcascades/lbpcascade_silverware.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/quality
/usr/share/opencv4/quality/brisque_model_live.yml
/usr/share/opencv4/quality/brisque_range_live.yml
/usr/share/opencv4/valgrind.supp
/usr/share/opencv4/valgrind_3rdparty.supp
/usr/bin/opencv_annotation
/usr/bin/opencv_interactive-calibration
/usr/bin/opencv_model_diagnostics
/usr/bin/opencv_version
/usr/bin/opencv_visualisation
/usr/bin/opencv_waldboost_detector
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/51
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/c20ea2ac85576307fbe88943fb6bab9be5f9fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd/baf53fd37958e40317202aa9b4d391cd3c399c
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0/4bef0e37b1092dc73171ff2dcfa3fe432cf0e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/c6d456dd37db18d7167ac245cbd61d75e88523
/usr/lib/.build-id/df
/usr/lib/.build-id/df/eec305530ee2014e2e6970baea3b9700c42bf8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0/c34429d11bb47e7b6f4adaa1ca4c699337fced
/usr/share/doc/opencv
/usr/share/doc/opencv/README.md
/usr/share/opencv4
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_eye.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_eye_tree_eyeglasses.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalcatface.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalcatface_extended.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalface_alt2.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalface_alt_tree.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalface_default.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_fullbody.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_lefteye_2splits.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_licence_plate_rus_16stages.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_lowerbody.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_profileface.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_righteye_2splits.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_russian_plate_number.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_smile.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/haarcascades/haarcascade_upperbody.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/lbpcascades
/usr/share/opencv4/lbpcascades/lbpcascade_frontalcatface.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/lbpcascades/lbpcascade_frontalface.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/lbpcascades/lbpcascade_frontalface_improved.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/lbpcascades/lbpcascade_profileface.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/lbpcascades/lbpcascade_silverware.xml
/usr/share/opencv4/quality
/usr/share/opencv4/quality/brisque_model_live.yml
/usr/share/opencv4/quality/brisque_range_live.yml
/usr/share/opencv4/valgrind.supp
/usr/share/opencv4/valgrind_3rdparty.supp

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install opencv on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.