Python OpenCV, ' cv2 has no attribute 'face' '

Question

I was watching a course about Face Recognition in OpenCV from YouTube. But I am having trouble with a problem.

face_recognizer = cv2.face.LBPHFaceRecognizer_create()

When I write the codes you see above, it always says that when I run the program:

    face_recognizer = cv2.face.LBPHFaceRecognizer_create()
    AttributeError: module 'cv2' has no attribute 'face'

I've looked for the solutions, most of people had said that if you install the library "opencv-contrib-python", it will be solved. And I installed it. But it didn't work neither.

How did you install OpenCV? Have you installed `opencv-contrib-python`? — Nerveless_child, Jul 06 '22 at 09:54
Yeah, I've. I searched for it on internet, I think "opencv-contrib-python" worked for a lot of people, but I couldn't work it. :( — Bugra Pakir, Jul 06 '22 at 09:55

Mohammad Nuseirat · Answer 1 · 2022-07-06T10:22:36.763

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You must download opencv-contrib-python package to solve this issue. Used the following pip install in your terminal.

pip install opencv-contrib-python

Also see the following answer: AttributeError: module 'cv2.cv2' has no attribute 'createLBPHFaceRecognizer'

edited Jul 06 '22 at 10:22

answered Jul 06 '22 at 09:50

Mohammad Nuseirat

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I already downloaded this but it does nothing :(. I'm using the IDE 'PyCharm'. I also tried the VSCode but it does nothing either. – Bugra Pakir Jul 06 '22 at 09:53
I highly recommend you to use anaconda installation instead PyCharm or VSCode. Also try downloading the pip install globally. – Mohammad Nuseirat Jul 06 '22 at 09:58
I tried to download "globally" but Pip says there's nothing called 'globally'. Photo: https://ibb.co/Rh3BYrm – Bugra Pakir Jul 06 '22 at 10:03
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I think that you should read pip documentation ASAP: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/cli/pip_install/# – Mohammad Nuseirat Jul 06 '22 at 10:21
I can't solve it. – Bugra Pakir Jul 06 '22 at 10:37
try this: pip install opencv-contrib-python --user – Mohammad Nuseirat Jul 06 '22 at 11:29
I guess the module "cv2.face" was installed to my PC. I wrote print(cv2.face) and it said the module cv2.face existed. But I think I have one more problem. cv2.face doesn't look on autocomplete. – Bugra Pakir Jul 06 '22 at 13:49

Python OpenCV, ' cv2 has no attribute 'face' '

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