Odm: Bug in configure.sh on OpenSFM/PCL installation?

[triceam]

I'm not sure if this is a bug, or a configuration issue on my end... I am updating an Ubuntu 14.04 server to the latest on master (last update on the server was about 4 months ago). However, when I run configure.sh, I am seeing this message showing opensfm/pcl fails to compile:

Installing OpenDroneMap Dependencies
Compiling SuperBuild
-- SuperBuild files will be downloaded to: /root/OpenDroneMap/SuperBuild/download
-- SuperBuild source files will be extracted to: /root/OpenDroneMap/SuperBuild/src
-- SuperBuild source files will be installed to: /root/OpenDroneMap/SuperBuild/install
-- SuperBuild binary files will be located to: /root/OpenDroneMap/SuperBuild/build
-- OpenCV 2.4.11 not found --- Adding internal version
-- PCL 1.7.2 found
-- GFlags 2.1.2 not found --- Adding internal version
-- Ceres 1.10.0 not found --- Adding internal version
-- OpenGV force build --- Adding internal version
-- OpenSfM force build --- Adding internal version
-- CMVS force build --- Adding internal version
-- Catkin force build --- Adding internal version
-- Ecto force build --- Adding internal version
-- PDAL force build --- Adding internal version
-- MvsTexturing force build --- Adding internal version
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /root/OpenDroneMap/SuperBuild/build
[ 10%] [ 20%] Built target catkin
Built target gflags
[ 30%] [ 40%] Built target opencv
Built target cmvs
[ 50%] Built target mvstexturing
[ 70%] [ 70%] Built target opengv
Built target pdal
[ 80%] [ 90%] Built target ecto
Built target ceres
[100%] Built target opensfm
Compiling build
-- Could NOT find Boost
CMake Warning at SuperBuild/install/share/pcl-1.7/PCLConfig.cmake:31 (message):
  common is required but boost was not found
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  SuperBuild/install/share/pcl-1.7/PCLConfig.cmake:482 (pcl_report_not_found)
  SuperBuild/install/share/pcl-1.7/PCLConfig.cmake:623 (find_external_library)
  modules/odm_georef/CMakeLists.txt:16 (find_package)


-- Could NOT find Boost
CMake Warning at SuperBuild/install/share/pcl-1.7/PCLConfig.cmake:31 (message):
  common is required but boost was not found
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  SuperBuild/install/share/pcl-1.7/PCLConfig.cmake:482 (pcl_report_not_found)
  SuperBuild/install/share/pcl-1.7/PCLConfig.cmake:623 (find_external_library)
  modules/odm_meshing/CMakeLists.txt:11 (find_package)


-- Could NOT find Boost
CMake Error at SuperBuild/install/share/pcl-1.7/PCLConfig.cmake:29 (message):
  common is required but boost was not found
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  SuperBuild/install/share/pcl-1.7/PCLConfig.cmake:482 (pcl_report_not_found)
  SuperBuild/install/share/pcl-1.7/PCLConfig.cmake:623 (find_external_library)
  modules/odm_orthophoto/CMakeLists.txt:12 (find_package)

I've tried updating all the latest dependencies, and have verified that I have boost 1.55 installed on the server.

I have tried pulling the latest release snapshot off of github, and the latest on master, but no luck. Possibly a dependency mismatch somewhere? It's not immediately obvious to me where.

Additional note: This was working with the older code on the same server without any issues.

[pierotofy]

Perhaps boost is installed in a non-standard location? Is there a /usr/include/boost/ folder on your system?

[triceam]

Yes, /usr/include/boost does exist. Anyone familiar with boost know how to determine which version, and how i can see if it is the right version for ODM?

[pierotofy]

Maybe an obvious question, but are you starting the build process from a clean build directory?

[triceam]

Have tried a few variations:

• new, clean directory
• update existing directory (as-is)
• update existing directory (removed build folder)

[pierotofy]

I think it's the newer version of Boost that is not supported by the PCL dependency pulled in by Superbuild.

Try to manually edit the line in SuperBuild/install/share/pcl-1.7/PCLConfig.Cmake:

  if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 2.8.5)
    SET(Boost_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS "1.43" "1.43.0" "1.44" "1.44.0" "1.45" "1.45.0" "1.46.1" "1.46.0" "1.46" "1.47" "1.47.0")

To include your version of Boost:

  if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 2.8.5)
    SET(Boost_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS "1.43" "1.43.0" "1.44" "1.44.0" "1.45" "1.45.0" "1.46.1" "1.46.0" "1.46" "1.47" "1.47.0", "1.55.0")

If other parts of the compilation fail, you might want to consider downgrading your Boost library to 1.47.

[triceam]

No luck. Tried that, tried removing every trace of boost and reinstalling. sudo apt-get install libboost-dev-all installs both 1.54 and 1.55. Both added to PCLConfig.make and same error compiling pcl-1.7. :/

[pierotofy]

1.54 and 1.55 are not supported by PCL. You might have to manually install boost from sources, or install it from a previous Ubuntu release. 1.47 is the last one supported by the PCL dependency.

[triceam]

This is still perplexing. I have Boost 1.47 installed, but still exact same error:

$ cat /usr/include/boost/version.hpp | grep "BOOST_LIB_VERSION"
//  BOOST_LIB_VERSION must be defined to be the same as BOOST_VERSION
#define BOOST_LIB_VERSION "1_47"

[pierotofy]

Mm, I'm out of ideas. A workaround would be to use docker, but I'm not sure if it's ideal for your case.

[triceam]

Yeah, this thing is a beast of a server, and I want to leverage every bit of computing power it has to offer without additional abstraction layers. I thought about docker, but i think that's a last resort.

[triceam]

I ended up reinstalling the OS, and ODM installed just fine. I really don't know what happened, but there was definitely a configuration issue somewhere on my end.

[juvinski]

Hi,

I found the same problem, edit the CMakeLists.txt inside SuperBuild folder and change all flags
option(ODM_BUILD_XXXXXXX "Force to build OpenCV library" OFF) to ON

option(ODM_BUILD_OpenCV "Force to build OpenCV library" ON)