Ubuntu 18.04 上 使用 pip 安装 opencv-python，出现的错误如下：
1 ~$: pip install opencv-python -i https://pypi.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/simple
2 DEPRECATION: Python 2.7 reached the end of its life on January 1st, 2020. Please upgrade your Python as Python 2.7 is no longer maintained. pip 21.0 will drop support for Python 2.7 in January 2021. More details about Python 2 support in pip can be found at https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/development/release-process/#python-2-support pip 21.0 will remove support for this functionality.
3 Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
4 Looking in indexes: https://pypi.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/simple
5 Collecting opencv-python
6 Using cached https://pypi.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/packages/a1/d6/8422797e35f8814b1d9842530566a949d9b5850a466321a6c1d5a99055ee/opencv-python-4.3.0.38.tar.gz (88.0 MB)
7 Installing build dependencies ... done
8 Getting requirements to build wheel ... error
9 ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
10 command: /usr/bin/python /home/litterboy/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/_in_process.py get_requires_for_build_wheel /tmp/tmp8E6IcN
11 cwd: /tmp/pip-install-SI_wRI/opencv-python
12 Complete output (22 lines):
13 Traceback (most recent call last):
14 File "/home/litterboy/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/_in_process.py", line 280, in <module>
15 main()
16 File "/home/litterboy/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/_in_process.py", line 263, in main
17 json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs'])
18 File "/home/litterboy/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/_in_process.py", line 114, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
19 return hook(config_settings)
20 File "/tmp/pip-build-env-FfK60X/overlay/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 146, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
21 return self._get_build_requires(config_settings, requirements=['wheel'])
22 File "/tmp/pip-build-env-FfK60X/overlay/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 127, in _get_build_requires
23 self.run_setup()
24 File "/tmp/pip-build-env-FfK60X/overlay/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 243, in run_setup
25 self).run_setup(setup_script=setup_script)
26 File "/tmp/pip-build-env-FfK60X/overlay/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 142, in run_setup
27 exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'), locals())
28 File "setup.py", line 448, in <module>
29 main()
30 File "setup.py", line 99, in main
31 % {"ext": re.escape(sysconfig.get_config_var("EXT_SUFFIX"))}
32 File "/usr/lib/python2.7/re.py", line 210, in escape
33 s = list(pattern)
34 TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable
35 ----------------------------------------
36 ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: /usr/bin/python /home/litterboy/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/_in_process.py get_requires_for_build_wheel /tmp/tmp8E6IcN Check the logs for full command output.
原因是 opencv-python-4.3.0.38 不再支持 Python 2.7，相关帖子issue。解决办法：
1 pip install opencv-python==4.2.0.32 -i https://pypi.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/simple
把 opencv-python 的版本降级到能支持Python 2.7的最新版本就可以了。