# How to install OpenCv in stable Slicer 5.8.1?

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-install-opencv-in-stable-slicer-5-8-1/43928>\
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**Created:** [August 1, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-install-opencv-in-stable-slicer-5-8-1/43928 "2025-08-01T14:37:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-install-opencv-in-stable-slicer-5-8-1/43928/1 "2025-08-01T14:37:29Z")

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Hi everyone!

I´m trying to install SlicerOpenCV in new stable release but it is not longer available.

I´ve tryed “slicer.util.pip\_install(“opencv-python”)” and “slicer.util.pip\_install(“opencv-contrib-python”)“ but I can´t still make “import cv2”

I there any way to do this?

Thanks