Installation

Installation

Requirements

• Python 3.3+ or Python 2.7
• macOS or Linux (Windows not officially supported, but might work)

Installing on Mac or Linux

First, make sure you have dlib already installed with Python bindings:

• How to install dlib from source on macOS or Ubuntu

Then, install this module from pypi using pip3 (or pip2 for Python 2):

pip3 install face_recognition

If you are having trouble with installation, you can also try out a pre-configured VM.

Installing on Raspberry Pi 2+

• Raspberry Pi 2+ installation instructions

Installing on Windows

While Windows isn’t officially supported, helpful users have posted instructions on how to install this library:

• @masoudr’s Windows 10 installation guide (dlib + face_recognition)

Installing a pre-configured Virtual Machine image

• Download the pre-configured VM image (for VMware Player or VirtualBox).