Caffe: make all fatal error: google/protobuf/arena.h

[i-am-mel-dev]

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Issue summary

ake: brew: Command not found
PROTOC src/caffe/proto/caffe.proto
CXX .build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.cc
In file included from .build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.cc:5:0:
.build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.h:12:2: error: #error This file was generated by a newer version of protoc which is
#error This file was generated by a newer version of protoc which is
^
.build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.h:13:2: error: #error incompatible with your Protocol Buffer headers. Please update
#error incompatible with your Protocol Buffer headers. Please update
^
.build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.h:14:2: error: #error your headers.
#error your headers.
^
.build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.h:22:35: fatal error: google/protobuf/arena.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
Makefile:591: recipe for target '.build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.o' failed
make: * [.build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.o] Error 1

Steps to reproduce

If you are having difficulty building Caffe or training a model, please ask the caffe-users mailing list. If you are reporting a build error that seems to be due to a bug in Caffe, please attach your build configuration (either Makefile.config or CMakeCache.txt) and the output of the make (or cmake) command.

Your system configuration

Operating system: Ubuntu 16:04
Compiler:gcc 5
CUDA version (if applicable):8
CUDNN version (if applicable): 5.1
BLAS:
Python or MATLAB version (for pycaffe and matcaffe respectively): 2.7 no Matlab

My system works well with other DL packages but for caffe, I am getting this error, which seems like an old error, but there is no solution applicable for ubuntu 16.04... should I downgrade to 14.04

[KentShikama]

I had the same issue. It seems like apt's libprotobuf-dev is outdated. Compiling protobuf from the source fixed the issue.

Note that you'll need to checkout the 3.0.x branch as of now.

[i-am-mel-dev]

@KentShikama OK, thank you I am going to compile again and share the results...

[thelittlekid]

@KentShikama could you please explain a little bit more on what to do with protobuf? I'm having the same issue and not quite familiar with protobuf. Thanks.

[KentShikama]

@thelittlekid So usually you can just download packages with something like apt install libprotobuf-dev (or using some other package manager if you're not on Ubuntu). However, at least as of my earlier post, the package manager's libprotobuf-dev was outdated. Thus you need to compile protobuf from the source. This means downloading the source code for protobuf (checking out 3.0.x) and doing ./configure, make, etc. The full instructions are at https://github.com/google/protobuf/blob/master/src/README.md

[shelhamer]

From https://github.com/BVLC/caffe/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md:

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[AemikaChow]

@Meltemisi I got the same problem when I run faster rcnn. Could you fix it now?

Issue summary

CXX .build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.cc
In file included from .build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.cc:5:0:
.build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.h:12:2: error: #error This file was generated by a newer version of protoc which is
#error This file was generated by a newer version of protoc which is
^
.build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.h:13:2: error: #error incompatible with your Protocol Buffer headers. Please update
#error incompatible with your Protocol Buffer headers. Please update
^
.build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.h:14:2: error: #error your headers.
#error your headers.
^
In file included from .build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.cc:5:0:
.build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.h:23:35: fatal error: google/protobuf/arena.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
Makefile:570: recipe for target '.build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.o' failed
make: * [.build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.o] Error 1

Steps to reproduce

If you are having difficulty building Caffe or training a model, please ask the caffe-users mailing list. If you are reporting a build error that seems to be due to a bug in Caffe, please attach your build configuration (either Makefile.config or CMakeCache.txt) and the output of the make (or cmake) command.
Your system configuration

Operating system: Ubuntu 16:04
Compiler:gcc 5
CUDA version (if applicable):8
CUDNN version (if applicable): 5.1
BLAS:
Python or MATLAB version (for pycaffe and matcaffe respectively): 2.7 no Matlab

When I make caffe, everything is right. But, when I follow the faster rcnn instructions, I got this problem when I run "make".

[MaeThird]

@AemikaChow compile protobuf from source with version code 3.3 solved my issue same as yours.

[OLGKAD]

Hey guys,

I am experiencing a similar issue here. However, the only error I'm getting is:
_

CXX .build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.cc
In file included from .build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.cc:5:0:
.build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.h:23:35: fatal error: google/protobuf/arena.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
_

I'm using protobuf 3.4.0. Anyone knows what could be causing the problem here?

[heronimus]

@OLGKAD I got similar issue with protobuf 3.4.0 from conda. Manually compile protobuf 3.3.0 fix that.

[ymcasky]

@heronimus Can you tell me how to manually compile protobuf 3.3.0 on conda? Thx a lot!

[heronimus]

@ymcasky it's not compile protobuf on conda, but compile protobuf from source (follow instruction on : github.com/google/protobuf). Make sure to remove protobuf package from conda, then compile 3.3.0 version from source. Sometime using already compiled package from conda or other package manager may cause incompatibility.

[ymcasky]

@heronimus I already install 3.3 as following link:
https://github.com/google/protobuf/blob/master/src/README.md and
The result is:
https://ppt.cc/f5LVDx
But I still get error as
https://ppt.cc/fQaQyx
Do you have the same issue or do you you install guide for me?
Thanks.

[newwhitecheng]

If you work on both tensorflow, anaconda and a lot of different platforms. It's very likely protoc conflict with your anaconda. Create a new user account specifically for caffe and it solved!

[natasasdj]

I solved it (on Ubuntu 16.04) by:
sudo apt-get remove libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler
sudo apt-get install libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler

[Ethannical]

CXX .build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.cc
In file included from .build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.cc:4:
.build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.h:10:10: fatal error: 'google/protobuf/port_def.inc' file not found

include

     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1 error generated.
make: * [.build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.o] Error 1

why this!help me

in mac .I have this problem in install caffe

[ghost]

CXX .build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.cc
In file included from .build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.cc:4:
.build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.h:10:10: fatal error: 'google/protobuf/port_def.inc' file not found

include

^~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
make: * [.build_release/src/caffe/proto/caffe.pb.o] Error 1

why this!help me

in mac .I have this problem in install caffe

same problem for Mac please help

[nashihu]

any update?

[gd1925]

Hi everyone,

On my system, I don't have sudo rights. I am facing the same issue, but since I dont have admin rights, can I compile it by source without using sudo rights? Thanks.