Use sift and surf in latest release (4.1.1) on Ubuntu 18.04?

SIFT
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asked 2019-11-11 07:27:51 -0600

swiss_knight
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While importing cv2 which I instealled using pip, I encountered this message, hence I'm no more able to run an old demonstration code that compared different keypoints detectors and descriptirs which i build a few (2~) years ago:

error: OpenCV(4.1.1) /io/opencv_contrib/modules/xfeatures2d/src/sift.cpp:1207: error: (-213:The function/feature is not implemented) This algorithm is patented and is excluded in this configuration; Set OPENCV_ENABLE_NONFREE CMake option and rebuild the library in function

Question

Is there a way to use these algorithms again without compiling opencv?

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answered 2019-11-11 07:34:27 -0600

berak
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as long as it's python installed via pip -- there's not much you can do about it (apart from installing versions < 3.4.2) . a decision was made there, not to support nonfree code, and that's it.

if you need SIFT or SURF, you HAVE TO BUILD FROM SRC using the OPENCV_ENABLE_NONFREE=ON cmake flag.