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@@ -139,22 +139,27 @@ cd opencv-face-detection ``` bash cd face-detection ``` -4. Create a virtual environment named ".venv" for the project. +4. Install the dependencies +System dependencies ``` bash -python -m venv .venv +sudo apt install -y python3-libcamera python3-kms++ libcap-dev ``` -5. Activate the virtual environment. +**Note!:** libcamera won't work if you're using virtual environment since it's a lowlevel library that cannot be install using pip +Then pip dependencies ``` bash -source .venv/bin/activate +pip install -r requirements.txt ``` -6. Install the required Python packages using the "requirements.txt" file. +OR Manually ``` bash -pip install -r requirements.txt +pip install opencv-python picamera2 +``` +**Note!** If you face error installing Picamera2 using pip make sure you have the following dependency installed: +``` bash +sudo apt install -y libcap-dev ``` -**Note!** Picamera2 is recommended to install using apt. Hence, till it's stable version is not released it won't be included in requirements.txt. Read more [here](https://pypi.org/project/picamera2/). -Use the following command to install Picamera2: +If you still face error and unable to install, you may install opencv and picamera2 using apt with the following command: ``` bash -sudo apt install -y python3-picamera2 +sudo apt install -y python3-opencv python3-picamera2 ``` 7. Change to the parent directory -opencv-face-recognition. ``` bash |