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sliu736
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ultralytics libGL error

Hi I am trying to load cv2 package in fabrics notebook and the error is: 

ImportError: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I've tried to install both opencv-python and opencv-python-headless, but neither of them works. 

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Anonymous
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Hi, @sliu736 

Thanks for FabianSchut's positive reply. When I install only the opencv-python package I get the same error as you, but after installing the opencv-python-headless package, the import command executes fine. You can try installing both packages

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Yang

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Anonymous
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Hi, @sliu736 

Thanks for FabianSchut's positive reply. When I install only the opencv-python package I get the same error as you, but after installing the opencv-python-headless package, the import command executes fine. You can try installing both packages

vyaningymsft_0-1731056541446.png

vyaningymsft_1-1731056645170.png


Best Regards,
Yang

Community Support Team

 

If there is any post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
If I misunderstand your needs or you still have problems on it, please feel free to let us know.
Thanks a lot!

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FabianSchut
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If I look at the documentation of the cv2, you should only have one package installed at a time: https://pypi.org/project/opencv-python/. Can you try to uninstall all four potential packages: 
opencv-python
opencv-contrib-python
opencv-python-headless
opencv-contrib-python-headless

and reinstall only one? 

And probably you want to reinstall the opencv-python-headless, since that one is less depend on other packages: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55313610/importerror-libgl-so-1-cannot-open-shared-object-file-n...

Hi here is the list of packages I have.

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And now cv2 cant be found. So confusing

Can you create a new environment in Fabric and install the headless version once there?

Hi, that is already my current solution. And more confusing is that even if the only package installed was opencv-python-headless, opencv-python still exists in the pip list. 

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