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I'm trying to comment the input Apply this change? [y/N]: and want to try to install it from the source.
Can you please help me to run the installation from the source?

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Try removing the half installed package first

sudo apt purge howdy

then set a flag that will execute the installer without asking any questions

HOWDY_NO_PROMPT="true"

Then run the installer again. This means howdy will also use the default camera but you can change that with the sudo howdy config command afterwards

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Okay thanks..I'll try and let u know.

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The installation succeeded. But now I'm getting this error on running sudo howdy add:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/howdy", line 86, in <module>
    import cli.add
  File "/lib/security/howdy/cli/add.py", line 9, in <module>
    import cv2
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'cv2'

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That's an issue on some machines, could you try the solutions from #32?

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Thanks. I installed the opencv library and it worked.

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It's working great now. You've done an amazing job. Thanks.

Just wanted to know. It uses my webcam for face detection. Is there a way I can configure it to use the IR camera instead?

My system is Alienware 15R3 and has the IR camera.

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Run sudo howdy config, which will open the config file for you. Try changing the device_id option to 1 and save the file. Howdy should now try to use a different video input.

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Tried it, however got error
VIDEOIO ERROR: V4L: index 1 is not correct!

I think ubuntu is unable to detect the IR device, probably due to some driver issue or driver not available at all.

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