# How to properly install the OpenCV package in Julia

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-properly-install-the-opencv-package-in-julia/24619>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [May 26, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-properly-install-the-opencv-package-in-julia/24619 "2019-05-26T14:19:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![GERSON\_EZEQUIEL\_HERN](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gerson_ezequiel_hern/32/7437_2.png) [@GERSON\_EZEQUIEL\_HERN](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GERSON_EZEQUIEL_HERN)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-properly-install-the-opencv-package-in-julia/24619/1 "2019-05-26T14:19:30Z")

</div>

How to properly install the OpenCv package in Julia.

I want to correctly install the OpenCV package in Julia, but when I install OpenCV, I get this error.

ERROR: The following package names could not be resolved:

- OpenCV (not found in project, manifest or registry)  
Please specify by known `name=uuid`.

Can someone help me correct this error so that I can install the OpenCV package in Julia correctly?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![angusmoore](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/angusmoore/32/5654_2.png) [@angusmoore](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/angusmoore)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 10:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-properly-install-the-opencv-package-in-julia/24619/2 "2019-05-26T22:28:11Z")

</div>

I’m guessing you are using Julia 1.x? If so, there is no registered OpenCV package for Julia. You can browse available packages for Julia at [pkg.julialang.org](http://pkg.julialang.org).

There are two packages that provide OpenCV wrappers ( [GitHub - maxruby/OpenCV.jl: The OpenCV (C++) interface for Julia](https://github.com/maxruby/OpenCV.jl) and [GitHub - JuliaOpenCV/OpenCV.jl: The Julia wrapper for Open Source Computer Vision library (OpenCV)](https://github.com/JuliaOpenCV/OpenCV.jl)), but neither has been updated for Julia 1.0. Both seem not to be maintained at the moment.

Depending on what you are trying to do, you might be able to use the Images.jl package (and related packages): [https://github.com/JuliaImages/Images.jl](https://github.com/JuliaImages/Images.jl)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![GERSON\_EZEQUIEL\_HERN](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gerson_ezequiel_hern/32/7437_2.png) [@GERSON\_EZEQUIEL\_HERN](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GERSON_EZEQUIEL_HERN)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-properly-install-the-opencv-package-in-julia/24619/3 "2019-05-27T19:54:34Z")

</div>

Version 1.1.0

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Palli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/palli/32/3380_2.png) [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-properly-install-the-opencv-package-in-julia/24619/4 "2020-09-09T17:14:00Z")

</div>

It’s great to see OpenCV worked on:

> **[Archit Rungta](https://archit.me/blog/gsocfinal)**
>
> Hi! I'm Archit. In this blog post, I explain the work I did during my GSoC project of creating bindings from

Seems like a package here (phase 1 only? I didn’t look into limitations; phase 3 is also done), I suppose will merge with the old one:  
[https://github.com/archit120/opencv\_contrib/tree/219b278d6a0c48d965c7086d1d7a4825866f0372/modules/julia/package/OpenCV](https://github.com/archit120/opencv_contrib/tree/219b278d6a0c48d965c7086d1d7a4825866f0372/modules/julia/package/OpenCV)

[https://docs.opencv.org/master/d8/da4/tutorial\_julia.html](https://docs.opencv.org/master/d8/da4/tutorial_julia.html)