Caffe: "Make all" error

[bond992]

Hi!
I have installed all prerequsites for Caffe, created Makefile.config and added extra lines in Makefile.config and Makefile to solve problems with hdf5. However, when I execute "make all" I still get an error that says this:
CXX src/caffe/test/test_hdf5data_layer.cpp
src/caffe/test/test_hdf5data_layer.cpp:4:18: fatal error: hdf5.h: There is no such file or directory
compilation terminated.
Makefile:574: recipe for target '.build_release/src/caffe/test/test_hdf5data_layer.o' failed
make: *** [.build_release/src/caffe/test/test_hdf5data_layer.o] Error 1

How could I solve that?

[zwets]

The hdf5 headers are located in /usr/include/hdf5/serial (Ubuntu, libhdf5-dev version 1.8.16). The fix is to add that directory to the INCLUDE_DIRS directive in Makefile.config, so it becomes:

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

I suggest this change be added to Makefile.config.example in master.

[shelhamer]

Please ask installation questions on the mailing list. If you're having trouble, you might want to try the Caffe Dockerfile to take care of installation for you.

Note that the alternative path you suggest is indicated in a comment in the Makefile.config.

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