So this is a python newbie question. After successfully building from source on my mac. I then did:
cd python
sudo python setup.py install
In the mxnet folder where the project was built.
I can then run the examples etc fine.
I understand this setup.py installs mxnet in my global python.
If I then later want to set up a project with virtualenv and then do pip install. How can I specify I want this specific version of mxnet that I built from source?
Once you have activated your virtualenv or conda env, go to the python/
folder under the incubator-mxnet
folder where you built mxnet from source and run
pip install -e .
You can find this instruction under the Linux Build from Source selection of this page.
@safrooze now that Turi 4.1 is out I was attempting this again. However when trying to pip install my own compiled mxnet into the Turi virtual env I’m running it comes back with:
Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "/private/var/folders/hn/2_p67dxn4w710gwncfhjn30m0000gn/T/pip-C__5ZC-build/setup.py", line 46, in <module>
LIB_PATH = libinfo['find_lib_path']()
File "/private/var/folders/hn/2_p67dxn4w710gwncfhjn30m0000gn/T/pip-C__5ZC-build/mxnet/libinfo.py", line 59, in find_lib_path
'List of candidates:\n' + str('\n'.join(dll_path)))
RuntimeError: Cannot find the files.
List of candidates:
/private/var/folders/hn/2_p67dxn4w710gwncfhjn30m0000gn/T/pip-C__5ZC-build/mxnet/libmxnet.dylib
/private/var/folders/hn/2_p67dxn4w710gwncfhjn30m0000gn/T/pip-C__5ZC-build/mxnet/../../lib/libmxnet.dylib
/private/var/folders/hn/2_p67dxn4w710gwncfhjn30m0000gn/T/pip-C__5ZC-build/mxnet/../../build/libmxnet.dylib
/private/var/folders/hn/2_p67dxn4w710gwncfhjn30m0000gn/T/pip-C__5ZC-build/mxnet/libmxnet.so
/private/var/folders/hn/2_p67dxn4w710gwncfhjn30m0000gn/T/pip-C__5ZC-build/mxnet/../../lib/libmxnet.so
/private/var/folders/hn/2_p67dxn4w710gwncfhjn30m0000gn/T/pip-C__5ZC-build/mxnet/../../build/libmxnet.so
Any pointers to why this would be?
@helloniklas sorry for delayed response. I’ve never used Turi. Did you find a solution? If not, try setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable to the directory that contains libmxnet.so (under lib/
folder of mxnet source tree).