GLags error on 16.04 using makefile

[Ruby Childs]

HI all,

Seems I'm getting a gflg issue:

AR -o .build_release/lib/libcaffe.a
LD -o .build_release/lib/libcaffe.so.1.0.0
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libgflags.a(gflags.cc.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.1' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/local/lib/libgflags.a: error adding symbols: Bad value
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Makefile:572: recipe for target '.build_release/lib/libcaffe.so.1.0.0' failed
make: *** [.build_release/lib/libcaffe.so.1.0.0] Error 1

Seems it doesn't like the way gflags is installed - although I did this as suggested using `apt install` etc. Any tips? Makefile used is below!

## Refer to http://caffe.berkeleyvision.org/installation.html

# Contributions simplifying and improving our build system are welcome!

# cuDNN acceleration switch (uncomment to build with cuDNN).

USE_CUDNN := 1

# CPU-only switch (uncomment to build without GPU support).

# CPU_ONLY := 1

# uncomment to disable IO dependencies and corresponding data layers

# USE_OPENCV := 0

# USE_LEVELDB := 0

# USE_LMDB := 0

# uncomment to allow MDB_NOLOCK when reading LMDB files (only if necessary)

# You should not set this flag if you will be reading LMDBs with any

# possibility of simultaneous read and write

# ALLOW_LMDB_NOLOCK := 1

# Uncomment if you're using OpenCV 3

# OPENCV_VERSION := 3

# To customize your choice of compiler, uncomment and set the following.

# N.B. the default for Linux is g++ and the default for OSX is clang++

# CUSTOM_CXX := g++

# CUDA directory contains bin/ and lib/ directories that we need.

CUDA_DIR := /usr/local/cuda-8.0/

# On Ubuntu 14.04, if cuda tools are installed via

# "sudo apt-get install nvidia-cuda-toolkit" then use this instead:

# CUDA_DIR := /usr

# CUDA architecture setting: going with all of them.

# For CUDA < 6.0, comment the *_50 through *_61 lines for compatibility.

# For CUDA < 8.0, comment the *_60 and *_61 lines for compatibility.

CUDA_ARCH := -gencode arch=compute_20,code=sm_20 \

-gencode arch=compute_20,code=sm_21 \

-gencode arch=compute_30,code=sm_30 \

-gencode arch=compute_35,code=sm_35 \

-gencode arch=compute_50,code=sm_50 \

-gencode arch=compute_52,code=sm_52 \

-gencode arch=compute_60,code=sm_60 \

-gencode arch=compute_61,code=sm_61 \

-gencode arch=compute_61,code=compute_61

# BLAS choice:

# atlas for ATLAS (default)

# mkl for MKL

# open for OpenBlas

BLAS := atlas

# Custom (MKL/ATLAS/OpenBLAS) include and lib directories.

# Leave commented to accept the defaults for your choice of BLAS

# (which should work)!

# BLAS_INCLUDE := /path/to/your/blas

# BLAS_LIB := /path/to/your/blas

# Homebrew puts openblas in a directory that is not on the standard search path

# BLAS_INCLUDE := $(shell brew --prefix openblas)/include

# BLAS_LIB := $(shell brew --prefix openblas)/lib

# This is required only if you will compile the matlab interface.

# MATLAB directory should contain the mex binary in /bin.

# MATLAB_DIR := /usr/local

# MATLAB_DIR := /Applications/MATLAB_R2012b.app

# NOTE: this is required only if you will compile the python interface.

# We need to be able to find Python.h and numpy/arrayobject.h.

# PYTHON_INCLUDE := /usr/include/python2.7 \

/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/core/include

# Anaconda Python distribution is quite popular. Include path:

# Verify anaconda location, sometimes it's in root.

# ANACONDA_HOME := $(HOME)/anaconda

# PYTHON_INCLUDE := $(ANACONDA_HOME)/include \

# $(ANACONDA_HOME)/include/python2.7 \

# $(ANACONDA_HOME)/lib/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/core/include

# Uncomment to use Python 3 (default is Python 2)

# PYTHON_LIBRARIES := boost_python3 python3.5m

PYTHON_INCLUDE := /home/ruby/miniconda3/lib/python3.6 \

  /home/ruby/miniconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/numpy/core/include

# We need to be able to find libpythonX.X.so or .dylib.

PYTHON_LIB := /home/ruby/miniconda3/lib

# PYTHON_LIB := $(ANACONDA_HOME)/lib

# Homebrew installs numpy in a non standard path (keg only)

# PYTHON_INCLUDE += $(dir $(shell python -c 'import numpy.core; print(numpy.core.__file__)'))/include

# PYTHON_LIB += $(shell brew --prefix numpy)/lib

# Uncomment to support layers written in Python (will link against Python libs)

# WITH_PYTHON_LAYER := 1

# Whatever else you find you need goes here.

INCLUDE_DIRS := $(PYTHON_INCLUDE) /usr/local/include /usr/include/hdf5/serial

LIBRARY_DIRS := $(PYTHON_LIB) /usr/local/lib /usr/lib

# If Homebrew is installed at a non standard location (for example your home directory) and you use it for general dependencies

# INCLUDE_DIRS += $(shell brew --prefix)/include

# LIBRARY_DIRS += $(shell brew --prefix)/lib

# NCCL acceleration switch (uncomment to build with NCCL)

# https://github.com/NVIDIA/nccl (last tested version: v1.2.3-1+cuda8.0)

# USE_NCCL := 1

# Uncomment to use `pkg-config` to specify OpenCV library paths.

# (Usually not necessary -- OpenCV libraries are normally installed in one of the above $LIBRARY_DIRS.)

# USE_PKG_CONFIG := 1

# N.B. both build and distribute dirs are cleared on `make clean`

BUILD_DIR := build

DISTRIBUTE_DIR := distribute

# Uncomment for debugging. Does not work on OSX due to https://github.com/BVLC/caffe/issues/171

# DEBUG := 1

# The ID of the GPU that 'make runtest' will use to run unit tests.

TEST_GPUID := 0

# enable pretty build (comment to see full commands)

Q ?= @

[Ruby Childs]

Seems like the following does say how to set the flag

https://github.com/BVLC/caffe/issues/2171

Although doesn't describe how you install libgflags using apt with user defined variables