Doesn't compile on Ubuntu 16.04

[michbad]

There are two problems when trying to compile the program on Ubuntu 16.04:

• Error "hdf5.h not found". This is fixed by creating symlinks:

  cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
  sudo ln -s libhdf5_serial.so.<VERSION> libhdf5.so
  sudo ln -s libhdf5_serial_hl.so.<VERSION> libhdf5_hl.so
  

  and by adding more include paths in the SConstruct file:

  env.Append(LIBPATH = ["/usr/local/lib", "/usr/lib", "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/hdf5/serial/"],
       CPPPATH = ["/usr/local/include", "/usr/include/hdf5/serial/"])`
  

• Linking error related to pthreads. This is fixed by:
  env.Append(_LIBFLAGS = ["-lpthread"])
  It's important that -lpthread flag is at the end of the flags.

I'm not sure if that's a problem related to new versions of libraries or Ubuntu-specific, but perhaps the SConstruct file should be modified, or a new wiki page should be created.
(Compare: BVLC/caffe#2347 NVIDIA/DIGITS#156)

[christopher5106]

Just change the following line in the makefile :

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

[christopher5106]

The makefile.config :

INCLUDE_DIRS := $(PYTHON_INCLUDE) /usr/local/include /usr/include/hdf5/serial/ and
LIBRARY_DIRS := $(PYTHON_LIB) /usr/local/lib /usr/lib /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/hdf5/serial/

and

cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
sudo ln -s libhdf5_serial.so.8.0.2 libhdf5.so
sudo ln -s libhdf5_serial_hl.so.8.0.2 libhdf5_hl.so

works for me