[Solved] ImportError: cannot import name ‘_registerMatType’ from ‘cv2.cv2’

Downgrade version work is fine not get anything error. but when we are using latest version opencv-python-headless==4.5.5.62, then we will face ImportError: cannot import name ‘_registerMatType’ from ‘cv2.cv2’, this error.

In this article, we will discuss about this ImportError: cannot import name ‘_registerMatType’ from ‘cv2.cv2’ error in Python. And how to resolve the error all the possible solutions with examples.

How ImportError: cannot import name ‘_registerMatType’ from ‘cv2.cv2’ Error Occurs?

This is a common error in Python. I am just running model_main_tf2.py on Object Detection API then I am getting error looks like the below:

ImportError: cannot import name '_registerMatType' from 'cv2.cv2'

So here are all the possible solutions that I tried to fix this error.

How To Fix ImportError: cannot import name ‘_registerMatType’ from ‘cv2.cv2’ Error?

• How To Fix ImportError: cannot import name ‘_registerMatType’ from ‘cv2.cv2’ Error?

To Solve ImportError: cannot import name ‘_registerMatType’ from ‘cv2.cv2’ Error First you have to Downgrade opencv-python(4.5.2.52) because opencv-python-headless(4.5.5.62) does not match the latest version. So first uninstall headless by this command: pip uninstall opencv-python-headless==4.5.5.62 and now, install opencv-python-headless==4.5.2.52 with this command: pip install opencv-python-headless==4.5.2.52 Now, your will be solved.

• ImportError: cannot import name ‘_registerMatType’ from ‘cv2.cv2’

To Solve ImportError: cannot import name ‘_registerMatType’ from ‘cv2.cv2’ Error First you have to Downgrade opencv-python(4.5.2.52) because opencv-python-headless(4.5.5.62) does not match the latest version. So first uninstall headless by this command: pip uninstall opencv-python-headless and now, install opencv-python-headless==4.5.2.52 with this command: pip install opencv-python-headless==4.5.2.52 Now, your will be solved.

Solution 1: Downgrade opencv-python-headless

So first of all Just uninstall opencv-python-headless with this command.

pip uninstall opencv-python-headless==4.5.5.62

and now, install opencv-python-headless==4.5.2.52 with this command.

pip install opencv-python-headless==4.5.2.52

Now, Your error must be solved.

Conclusion

In this article, we have discussed what causes the error and we have discussed ways to fix the error.

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