I tried following How to install OpenCV on Ubuntu 18.04, only to crash and burn in several different ways.
Let’s see, two version of python (2.7 and 3.6), lack of some of the default packages of Ubuntu, etc. Correcting the version of python being called was easy enough, but when I ran into the dependency issues, I took the easy way out!
I downloaded Ubuntu 18.04 from OSBoxes.org, installed it on VirtualBox and then followed the instructions in How to install OpenCV on Ubuntu 18.04.
Success!
I didn’t explore the highways and byways of why my Ubuntu 18.04 doesn’t support the installation of OpenCV, but then my goal was the installation and use of OpenCV. That goal stands accomplished.
If at first you don’t succeed, grab a VM!
More on why the more than casual interest in OpenCV in a future post.