Python API - Linux installation steps¶

How to install the Ximea Python module:¶

Python integration is installed together with xiApi, just follow the instructions for package installation: https://www.ximea.com/support/wiki/apis/XIMEA_Linux_Software_Package#Installation

To check if it is OK, run:

python -c "import ximea; print(ximea.__version__)" 

If version of XIMEA xiAPI.Python is displayed on console (E.g. 4.27.19), then installation is successfull.

Additional tools installation:¶

The following steps are optional. However, these steps are necessary for run all examples:

1. pip (package manager) - Python versions >=2.7.9 and >=3.4 has pip already installed, you can check:
   

   pip --version

   
   If it is not installed:
   

   sudo apt-get install python-pip

2. numpy
   

   pip install numpy
   

   
   To check if it is OK:
   

   python -c "import numpy;print(numpy.__version__)"

3. matplotlib
   

   pip install matplotlib

   
   To check if it is OK:
   

   python -c "import matplotlib;print(matplotlib.__version__)"

4. Pillow
   

   pip install Pillow
   

   
   To check if it is OK:
   

   python -c "import PIL;print(PIL.__version__)" 
   

   
   NOTE: it is not actual Pillow version, for real version run pip freeze.
5. OpenCV (only Python 2.7.x)
   

   sudo apt-get install libopencv-dev python-opencv
   

   
   To check if it is OK:
   

   python -c "import cv2;print(cv2.__version__)" 
   

6. See the examples folder.