How To Install opencv.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install opencv.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. opencv.i686 is Collection of algorithms for computer vision

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opencv.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is opencv.i686

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 to install opencv.i686 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install opencv.i686.

Install opencv.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install opencv.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install opencv.i686

How To Uninstall opencv.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the opencv.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove opencv.i686

opencv.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/opencv_createsamples
/usr/bin/opencv_haartraining
/usr/bin/opencv_performance
/usr/bin/opencv_traincascade
/usr/lib/libopencv_calib3d.so.2.4
/usr/lib/libopencv_calib3d.so.2.4.5
/usr/lib/libopencv_contrib.so.2.4
/usr/lib/libopencv_contrib.so.2.4.5
/usr/lib/libopencv_features2d.so.2.4
/usr/lib/libopencv_features2d.so.2.4.5
/usr/lib/libopencv_highgui.so.2.4
/usr/lib/libopencv_highgui.so.2.4.5
/usr/lib/libopencv_legacy.so.2.4
/usr/lib/libopencv_legacy.so.2.4.5
/usr/lib/libopencv_objdetect.so.2.4
/usr/lib/libopencv_objdetect.so.2.4.5
/usr/lib/libopencv_stitching.so.2.4
/usr/lib/libopencv_stitching.so.2.4.5
/usr/lib/libopencv_superres.so.2.4
/usr/lib/libopencv_superres.so.2.4.5
/usr/lib/libopencv_ts.so.2.4
/usr/lib/libopencv_ts.so.2.4.5
/usr/lib/libopencv_videostab.so.2.4
/usr/lib/libopencv_videostab.so.2.4.5
/usr/share/OpenCV
/usr/share/OpenCV/haarcascades
/usr/share/OpenCV/haarcascades/haarcascade_eye.xml
/usr/share/OpenCV/haarcascades/haarcascade_eye_tree_eyeglasses.xml
/usr/share/OpenCV/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml
/usr/share/OpenCV/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalface_alt2.xml
/usr/share/OpenCV/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalface_alt_tree.xml
/usr/share/OpenCV/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalface_default.xml
/usr/share/OpenCV/haarcascades/haarcascade_fullbody.xml
/usr/share/OpenCV/haarcascades/haarcascade_lefteye_2splits.xml
/usr/share/OpenCV/haarcascades/haarcascade_lowerbody.xml
/usr/share/OpenCV/haarcascades/haarcascade_mcs_eyepair_big.xml
/usr/share/OpenCV/haarcascades/haarcascade_mcs_eyepair_small.xml
/usr/share/OpenCV/haarcascades/haarcascade_mcs_leftear.xml
/usr/share/OpenCV/haarcascades/haarcascade_mcs_lefteye.xml
/usr/share/OpenCV/haarcascades/haarcascade_mcs_mouth.xml
/usr/share/OpenCV/haarcascades/haarcascade_mcs_nose.xml
/usr/share/OpenCV/haarcascades/haarcascade_mcs_rightear.xml
/usr/share/OpenCV/haarcascades/haarcascade_mcs_righteye.xml
/usr/share/OpenCV/haarcascades/haarcascade_mcs_upperbody.xml
/usr/share/OpenCV/haarcascades/haarcascade_profileface.xml
/usr/share/OpenCV/haarcascades/haarcascade_righteye_2splits.xml
/usr/share/OpenCV/haarcascades/haarcascade_smile.xml
/usr/share/OpenCV/haarcascades/haarcascade_upperbody.xml
/usr/share/OpenCV/lbpcascades
/usr/share/OpenCV/lbpcascades/lbpcascade_frontalface.xml
/usr/share/OpenCV/lbpcascades/lbpcascade_profileface.xml
/usr/share/OpenCV/lbpcascades/lbpcascade_silverware.xml
/usr/share/doc/opencv-2.4.5
/usr/share/doc/opencv-2.4.5/license.txt

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install opencv.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.