Bonsai on linux OpenCV issues

[dprotter]

Hi all,
I followed the Bonsai on linux installation steps and am able to get bonsai up and running. However, just trying to get a webcam to connect hasnt worked. My main deviation from the install was that I couldnt get opencv 2.4 to build correctly... lots and lots of errors both at the cmake and make steps, and eventually I gave up. However, I was able to build and install opencv 4.4.

Also i verified the cv install as python in my base, non-anaconda environment is able to access the webcam and stream it using opencv 4.4.

Is the only solution to re-try installing opencv 2.4?

I didnt want to clutter up the main bonsai-rx github issues with a niche issue...

Thanks!

[glopesdev]

@dprotter Indeed the vision packages require OpenCV 2.4. What is the Linux distribution you are using? There are prebuilt ubuntu binaries you may be able to use.

[dprotter]

I'm on 20.04. Prebuilt would be pretty helpful, I think!