Meshroom: [bug]Not able to install meshroom 2019.2.0 on google colab

[Dhiraj240]

When i do

!wget -N https://github.com/alicevision/meshroom/releases/download/v2019.2.0/Meshroom-2019.2.0-linux.tar.gz
!mkdir meshroom
!tar xzf Meshroom-2019.2.0-linux.tar.gz -C ./meshroom

on colab
the error comes after .tar files installation as below.

tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/qtPlugins/qml/AliceVision/libqtAliceVisionPlugin.so: Cannot create symlink to ‘libqtAliceVisionPlugin.so.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/qtPlugins/qml/AliceVision/libqtAliceVisionPlugin.so.0: Cannot create symlink to ‘libqtAliceVisionPlugin.so.0.1’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/qtPlugins/qml/AlembicEntity/libalembicEntityQmlPlugin.so: Cannot create symlink to ‘libalembicEntityQmlPlugin.so.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/qtPlugins/qml/AlembicEntity/libalembicEntityQmlPlugin.so.0: Cannot create symlink to ‘libalembicEntityQmlPlugin.so.0.1’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_exportPMVS: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_exportPMVS-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_cameraInit: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_cameraInit-2.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_computeStructureFromKnownPoses: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_computeStructureFromKnownPoses-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_convertLDRToHDR: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_convertLDRToHDR-0.1’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_globalSfM: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_globalSfM-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_utils_sfmLocalization: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_utils_sfmLocalization-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_meshFiltering: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_meshFiltering-3.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_cameraCalibration: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_cameraCalibration-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_utils_sfmTransform: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_utils_sfmTransform-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_imageMatching: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_imageMatching-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_utils_sfmColorHarmonize: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_utils_sfmColorHarmonize-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_exportMVSTexturing: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_exportMVSTexturing-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_utils_voctreeQueryUtility: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_utils_voctreeQueryUtility-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_exportTracks: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_exportTracks-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_rigCalibration: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_rigCalibration-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_incrementalSfM: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_incrementalSfM-2.1’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_utils_qualityEvaluation: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_utils_qualityEvaluation-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_exportMatlab: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_exportMatlab-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_meshResampling: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_meshResampling-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_featureMatching: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_featureMatching-2.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_exportMVE2: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_exportMVE2-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_utils_frustumFiltering: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_utils_frustumFiltering-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_meshDecimate: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_meshDecimate-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_utils_voctreeStatistics: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_utils_voctreeStatistics-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_convertSfMFormat: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_convertSfMFormat-2.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_cameraLocalization: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_cameraLocalization-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_exportMatches: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_exportMatches-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_depthMapFiltering: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_depthMapFiltering-2.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_prepareDenseScene: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_prepareDenseScene-2.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_exportMeshroomMaya: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_exportMeshroomMaya-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_rigLocalization: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_rigLocalization-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_utils_split360Images: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_utils_split360Images-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_exportMeshlab: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_exportMeshlab-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_utils_sfmAlignment: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_utils_sfmAlignment-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_exportColoredPointCloud: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_exportColoredPointCloud-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_utils_voctreeCreation: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_utils_voctreeCreation-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_texturing: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_texturing-3.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_exportCameraFrustums: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_exportCameraFrustums-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_exportAnimatedCamera: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_exportAnimatedCamera-2.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_meshing: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_meshing-3.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_utils_rigTransform: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_utils_rigTransform-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_exportKeypoints: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_exportKeypoints-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_convertFloatDescriptorToUchar: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_convertFloatDescriptorToUchar-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_depthMapEstimation: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_depthMapEstimation-2.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_convertRAW: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_convertRAW-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_utils_keyframeSelection: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_utils_keyframeSelection-2.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_meshDenoising: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_meshDenoising-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/bin/aliceVision_featureExtraction: Cannot create symlink to ‘aliceVision_featureExtraction-1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libgfortran.so.3: Cannot create symlink to ‘libgfortran.so.3.0.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_multiview.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_multiview.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libcolamd.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libcolamd.so.2.9.6’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libgomp.so.1: Cannot create symlink to ‘libgomp.so.1.0.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/liblapack.so.3: Cannot create symlink to ‘liblapack.so.3.8.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libopencv_imgcodecs.so.4.1: Cannot create symlink to ‘libopencv_imgcodecs.so.4.1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libopencv_imgproc.so.4.1: Cannot create symlink to ‘libopencv_imgproc.so.4.1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_gpu.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_gpu.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libceres.so.1: Cannot create symlink to ‘libceres.so.1.14.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libIlmThread-2_3.so.24: Cannot create symlink to ‘libIlmThread-2_3.so.2.3.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_sfmData.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_sfmData.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_matching.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_matching.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libraw_r.so.19: Cannot create symlink to ‘libraw_r.so.19.0.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_kvld.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_kvld.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libIlmImf-2_3.so.24: Cannot create symlink to ‘libIlmImf-2_3.so.2.3.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libcamd.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libcamd.so.2.4.6’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libtiff.so.5: Cannot create symlink to ‘libtiff.so.5.4.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libsuitesparseconfig.so.4: Cannot create symlink to ‘libsuitesparseconfig.so.4.5.6’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_localization.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_localization.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libz.so.1: Cannot create symlink to ‘libz.so.1.2.11’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libAlembic.so.1.7: Cannot create symlink to ‘libAlembic.so.1.7.11’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_numeric.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_numeric.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libopencv_videoio.so.4.1: Cannot create symlink to ‘libopencv_videoio.so.4.1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libHalf-2_3.so.24: Cannot create symlink to ‘libHalf-2_3.so.2.3.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_fuseCut.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_fuseCut.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_lInftyComputerVision.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_lInftyComputerVision.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_sensorDB.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_sensorDB.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libccolamd.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libccolamd.so.2.9.6’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libspqr.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libspqr.so.2.0.8’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_depthMap.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_depthMap.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libopencv_calib3d.so.4.1: Cannot create symlink to ‘libopencv_calib3d.so.4.1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_mvsData.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_mvsData.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_feature.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_feature.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_rig.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_rig.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_colorHarmonization.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_colorHarmonization.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_sfmDataIO.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_sfmDataIO.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_keyframe.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_keyframe.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libopencv_xfeatures2d.so.4.1: Cannot create symlink to ‘libopencv_xfeatures2d.so.4.1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_matchingImageCollection.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_matchingImageCollection.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_calibration.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_calibration.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libjpeg.so.62: Cannot create symlink to ‘libjpeg.so.62.2.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libgeogram.so.1: Cannot create symlink to ‘libgeogram.so.1.6.6’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libblas.so.3: Cannot create symlink to ‘libblas.so.3.8.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libquadmath.so.0: Cannot create symlink to ‘libquadmath.so.0.0.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libIex-2_3.so.24: Cannot create symlink to ‘libIex-2_3.so.2.3.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_sfm.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_sfm.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libpng16.so.16: Cannot create symlink to ‘libpng16.so.16.34.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libcudart.so.7.0: Cannot create symlink to ‘libcudart.so.7.0.28’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libcublas.so.7.0: Cannot create symlink to ‘libcublas.so.7.0.28’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libImath-2_3.so.24: Cannot create symlink to ‘libImath-2_3.so.2.3.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libamd.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libamd.so.2.4.6’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libgeogram_num_3rdparty.so.1: Cannot create symlink to ‘libgeogram_num_3rdparty.so.1.6.6’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_system.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_system.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_mvsUtils.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_mvsUtils.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libopencv_video.so.4.1: Cannot create symlink to ‘libopencv_video.so.4.1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libgeogram_num_3rdparty.so: Cannot create symlink to ‘libgeogram_num_3rdparty.so.1’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_hdr.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_hdr.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_track.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_track.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libopencv_features2d.so.4.1: Cannot create symlink to ‘libopencv_features2d.so.4.1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libcholmod.so.3: Cannot create symlink to ‘libcholmod.so.3.0.11’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libOpenImageIO.so.2.0: Cannot create symlink to ‘libOpenImageIO.so.2.0.10’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libopencv_flann.so.4.1: Cannot create symlink to ‘libopencv_flann.so.4.1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_image.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_image.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_mesh.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_mesh.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libopencv_core.so.4.1: Cannot create symlink to ‘libopencv_core.so.4.1.0’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_dataio.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_dataio.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_voctree.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_voctree.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Meshroom-2019.2.0/aliceVision/lib/libaliceVision_geometry.so.2: Cannot create symlink to ‘libaliceVision_geometry.so.2.2’: Operation not supported
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

[natowi]

You can use my Colab Notepad https://gist.github.com/natowi/3044484ad0c98877692c399297e3ab7e and ask questions related to Meshroom+Colab there.
I tested the notepad and it works.

[Dhiraj240]

@natowi i followed that notepad but have you seen the symlink errors.What might be its cause? I tried the notebook today also.

[natowi]

Do you use the Colab internal storage (skip step 0) or do you want to use the Google drive?

[Dhiraj240]

i am using google drive

[natowi]

Then your google drive folder is likely not set up properly.

[Dhiraj240]

Yes while installing it in the folder over drive i got these errors.

[natowi]

from google.colab import drive
drive.mount('/content/drive')

-> you need to insert the auth code. Sometimes this does not work properly. Reset the Notepad and retry. Then navigate to your drive
%cd drive/My Drive
Might be different for different language versions

# create new (replace test with your new folder name)
!mkdir test
%cd test

Basically this is not a Meshroom problem and more of an colab usage problem. I´d recommend you to read some Colab tutorials if you are not familiar with it.

[grq79]

@natowi i followed that notepad but have you seen the symlink errors.What might be its cause? I tried the notebook today also.

I replaced this:
!wget -N https://github.com/alicevision/meshroom/releases/download/v2019.2.0/Meshroom-2019.2.0-linux.tar.gz !mkdir meshroom !tar xzf Meshroom-2019.2.0-linux.tar.gz -C ./meshroom

With this:
!git clone --recursive git://github.com/alicevision/meshroom %cd meshroom !pip install -r requirements.txt

This seemed to get the requirements to install properly and get rid of all of those "system link" errors. Hopefully this helps, and they update this colab to make it work properly.

[Dhiraj240]

@grq79 Great help thank you.