Caffe failing to compile on OS X 10.10

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kareem ahmed

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Jun 11, 2015, 6:06:17 AM6/11/15
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I am trying to compile Caffe in the CPU_ONLY mode. I have installed all Caffe dependencies from scratch using Homebrew, nonetheless, compilation keeps failing and I can't seem to place my finger on the cause. Here is the output of the compilation:

PROTOC src/caffe/proto/caffe.proto

CXX src/caffe/blob.cpp

CXX src/caffe/common.cpp

CXX src/caffe/data_transformer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/internal_thread.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layer_factory.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/absval_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/accuracy_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/argmax_layer.cpp

src/caffe/common.cpp:28:10: warning: absolute value function 'abs' given an argument of type 'long long' but has parameter of type 'int' which may cause truncation of value [-Wabsolute-value]

  seed = abs(((s * 181) * ((pid - 83) * 359)) % 104729);

         ^

src/caffe/common.cpp:28:10: note: use function 'std::abs' instead

  seed = abs(((s * 181) * ((pid - 83) * 359)) % 104729);

         ^~~

         std::abs

1 warning generated.

CXX src/caffe/layers/base_conv_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/base_data_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/bnll_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/concat_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/contrastive_loss_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/conv_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/cudnn_conv_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/cudnn_pooling_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/cudnn_relu_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/cudnn_sigmoid_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/cudnn_softmax_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/cudnn_tanh_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/data_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/deconv_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/dropout_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/dummy_data_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/eltwise_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/euclidean_loss_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/exp_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/filter_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/flatten_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/hdf5_data_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/hdf5_output_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/hinge_loss_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/im2col_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/image_data_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/infogain_loss_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/inner_product_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/log_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/loss_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/lrn_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/memory_data_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/multinomial_logistic_loss_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/mvn_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/neuron_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/pooling_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/power_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/prelu_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/reduction_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/relu_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/reshape_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/sigmoid_cross_entropy_loss_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/sigmoid_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/silence_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/slice_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/softmax_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/softmax_loss_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/split_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/spp_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/tanh_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/threshold_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/uncertainty_loss_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/layers/window_data_layer.cpp

CXX src/caffe/net.cpp

CXX src/caffe/solver.cpp

CXX src/caffe/syncedmem.cpp

CXX src/caffe/util/benchmark.cpp

CXX src/caffe/util/cudnn.cpp

CXX src/caffe/util/db.cpp

CXX src/caffe/util/im2col.cpp

CXX src/caffe/util/insert_splits.cpp

CXX src/caffe/util/io.cpp

CXX src/caffe/util/math_functions.cpp

CXX src/caffe/util/upgrade_proto.cpp

CXX tools/caffe.cpp

CXX tools/compute_image_mean.cpp

CXX tools/convert_imageset.cpp

CXX tools/device_query.cpp

CXX tools/extract_features.cpp

CXX tools/finetune_net.cpp

CXX tools/net_speed_benchmark.cpp

CXX tools/test_net.cpp

CXX tools/train_net.cpp

CXX tools/upgrade_net_proto_binary.cpp

CXX tools/upgrade_net_proto_text.cpp

CXX examples/cifar10/convert_cifar_data.cpp

CXX examples/cpp_classification/classification.cpp

CXX examples/mnist/convert_mnist_data.cpp

CXX examples/siamese/convert_mnist_siamese_data.cpp

CXX .build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.cc

AR -o .build_release/lib/libcaffe.a

LD -o .build_release/lib/libcaffe.so

clang: warning: argument unused during compilation: '-pthread'

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ranlib: file: .build_release/lib/libcaffe.a(cudnn_conv_layer.o) has no symbols

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ranlib: file: .build_release/lib/libcaffe.a(cudnn_pooling_layer.o) has no symbols

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ranlib: file: .build_release/lib/libcaffe.a(cudnn_relu_layer.o) has no symbols

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ranlib: file: .build_release/lib/libcaffe.a(cudnn_sigmoid_layer.o) has no symbols

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ranlib: file: .build_release/lib/libcaffe.a(cudnn_softmax_layer.o) has no symbols

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ranlib: file: .build_release/lib/libcaffe.a(cudnn_tanh_layer.o) has no symbols

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ranlib: file: .build_release/lib/libcaffe.a(cudnn.o) has no symbols

CXX/LD -o .build_release/tools/caffe.bin

CXX/LD -o .build_release/tools/compute_image_mean.bin

CXX/LD -o .build_release/tools/convert_imageset.bin

CXX/LD -o .build_release/tools/device_query.bin

CXX/LD -o .build_release/tools/extract_features.bin

CXX/LD -o .build_release/tools/finetune_net.bin

CXX/LD -o .build_release/tools/net_speed_benchmark.bin

CXX/LD -o .build_release/tools/test_net.bin

clang: warning: argument unused during compilation: '-pthread'

clang: warning: argument unused during compilation: '-pthread'

clang: warning: argument unused during compilation: '-pthread'

clang: warning: argument unused during compilation: '-pthread'

clang: warning: argument unused during compilation: '-pthread'

clang: warning: argument unused during compilation: '-pthread'

clang: warning: argument unused during compilation: '-pthread'

clang: warning: argument unused during compilation: '-pthread'

CXX/LD -o .build_release/tools/train_net.bin

CXX/LD -o .build_release/tools/upgrade_net_proto_text.bin

CXX/LD -o .build_release/tools/upgrade_net_proto_binary.bin

clang: warning: argument unused during compilation: '-pthread'

ln: .build_release/tools/finetune_net: No such file or directory

make: *** [.build_release/tools/finetune_net] Error 1

make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

ln: .build_release/tools/device_query: No such file or directory

ln: .build_release/tools/convert_imageset: make: *** [.build_release/tools/device_query] Error 1

No such file or directory

make: *** [.build_release/tools/convert_imageset] Error 1

clang: warning: argument unused during compilation: '-pthread'

clang: warning: argument unused during compilation: '-pthread'


Any help is very much appreciated !

Ricardo Cortez

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Jun 19, 2015, 3:42:06 PM6/19/15
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Hi kareem,

have you been able to solve this problem? I have the same error but I don't find anything that could help me so far to solve it.

thanks!

Ricardo Cortez

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Jun 19, 2015, 4:03:32 PM6/19/15
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What I've found is that the Makefile.config shows this error when USE_CUDNN := 1 is uncomment. Using CPU_ONLY := 1 you can solve this problem in some way. 

Now I'm trying to figure out how to solve it since I need to use cuDNN. 

Appreciate any help.

Carlos Treviño

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Jun 30, 2015, 9:56:22 AM6/30/15
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Hi,

I found this website very useful for installing Caffe in OSX 10.10  http://installing-caffe-the-right-way.wikidot.com/start 

J.P. Liu

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Jul 6, 2015, 3:00:52 AM7/6/15
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Do you fix it now? If yes, please give some suggestion. 
My config is: 
   MAC 10.10
   CUDA 7.0

Chris Gore

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Jul 8, 2015, 5:10:44 PM7/8/15
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I had problems getting it to compile but ultimately got it to work by clearing LD_LIBRARY_PATH and adding some arguments to LDFLAGS during each compilation stage.

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=""


export LDFLAGS="`pkg-config --libs protobuf` `pkg-config --libs opencv`"


make all

make test
make runtest
make pycaffe
make distribute

Hope that helps

cocosci Ki

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Aug 20, 2015, 7:14:05 PM8/20/15
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Have you solved the problem???

Please tell me...

I ran exactly the same path with you guys.

Ki

cocosci Ki

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Aug 22, 2015, 1:06:15 AM8/22/15
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Hi Chris,
I tried the command line: export LDFLAGS="`pkg-config --libs protobuf` `pkg-config --libs opencv`"

And get the following,

export LDFLAGS="`pkg-config --libs protobuf` `pkg-config --libs opencv`"

Package protobuf was not found in the pkg-config search path.

Perhaps you should add the directory containing `protobuf.pc'

to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable

No package 'protobuf' found

Package opencv was not found in the pkg-config search path.

Perhaps you should add the directory containing `opencv.pc'

to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable

No package 'opencv' found


Any help,

Kevin

cocosci Ki

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Aug 22, 2015, 8:52:19 AM8/22/15
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Have you figured out how to solve that?

jk


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