python – dlib installation on Windows 10

Install Dlib from .whl

Dlib 19.7.0

pip install https://pypi.python.org/packages/da/06/bd3e241c4eb0a662914b3b4875fc52dd176a9db0d4a2c915ac2ad8800e9e/dlib-19.7.0-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl#md5=b7330a5b2d46420343fbed5df69e6a3f

You can test it, downloading an example from the site, for example SVM_Binary_Classifier.py and running it on your machine.

Note: if this message occurs you have to build dlib from source:

dlib-19.7.0-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl is not a supported wheel on this platform

Install Dlib from source (If the solution above doesnt work)##

Windows Dlib > 19.7.0

Download the CMake installer and install it: https://cmake.org/download/
Add CMake executable path to the Enviroment Variables:

set PATH=%PATH%;C:Program FilesCMakebin

note: The path of the executable could be different from C:Program FilesCMakebin, just set the PATH accordingly.

note: The path will be set temporarily, to make the change permanent you have to set it in the “Advanced system settings” → “Environment Variables” tab.
Restart The Cmd or PowerShell window for changes to take effect.
Download the Dlib source(.tar.gz) from the Python Package Index : https://pypi.org/project/dlib/#files extract it and enter into the folder.
Check the Python version: python -V. This is my output: Python 3.7.2 so Im installing it for Python3.x and not for Python2.x

note: You can install it for both Python 2 and Python 3, if you have set different variables for different binaries i.e: python2 -V, python3 -V

NOTE: Make sure to open the PowerShell as admin, and youre inside the dlib directory before proceeding to step 6

Run the installation: python setup.py install

Linux Dlib 19.17.0

sudo apt-get install cmake

wget https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/05/57/e8a8caa3c89a27f80bc78da39c423e2553f482a3705adc619176a3a24b36/dlib-19.17.0.tar.gz

tar -xvzf dlib-19.17.0.tar.gz

cd dlib-19.17.0/

sudo python3 setup.py install

note: To install Dlib for Python 2.x use python instead of python3 you can check your python version via python -V

Follow these steps:

pip install cmake
Install Visual Studio build tools from here.
In Visual Studio 2017 go to the Individual Components tab, Visual C++ Tools for
Cmake, and check the checkbox under the Compilers, build tools and runtimes section.
pip install dlib

python – dlib installation on Windows 10

Effective till now(2020).

pip install cmake
conda install -c conda-forge dlib