Install

Installation

Here is the detailed process of installation of VDMS dependencies.

Dependencies

To install VDMS, we must install the necessary dependencies via apt, github, and pip (Python 3.9+).

Install Debian/Ubuntu Packages

Here we will install the Debian/Ubuntu packages.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-suggests --no-install-recommends \
    apt-transport-https autoconf automake bison build-essential bzip2 ca-certificates \
    curl ed flex g++-9 gcc-9 git gnupg-agent javacc libarchive-tools libatlas-base-dev \
    libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libboost-all-dev libbz2-dev libc-ares-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev \
    libdc1394-22-dev libgflags-dev libgoogle-glog-dev libgtk-3-dev libgtk2.0-dev \
    libhdf5-dev libjpeg-dev libjsoncpp-dev libleveldb-dev liblmdb-dev \
    liblz4-dev libopenblas-dev libopenmpi-dev libpng-dev librdkafka-dev libsnappy-dev libssl-dev \
    libswscale-dev libtbb-dev libtbb2 libtiff-dev libtiff5-dev libtool libzmq3-dev linux-libc-dev mpich \
    openjdk-11-jdk-headless pkg-config procps python3-dev python3-pip software-properties-common \
    swig unzip uuid-dev

Note: Your system may have g++ or gcc version 10+. If this is the case, please use version 9 to build VDMS. Optional method for setting version 9 as default:

update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-9 1
update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-9 1

Install JPEG package

Please install the JPEG package based on the OS platform being used:

• Debian 10+: sudo apt-get install -y libjpeg62-turbo-dev
• Ubuntu 20.04+: sudo apt-get install -y libjpeg8-dev

Install Remaining Dependencies

Here we assume $VDMS_DEP_DIR is the directory for installing additional dependencies. This directory is user-defined but here we use /dependencies. These instructions assume you have full permissions to your system. NOTE: If running as root, remove sudo where applicable.

VDMS_DEP_DIR=/dependencies  # Set to any directory
BUILD_THREADS="-j`nproc`"
mkdir -p $VDMS_DEP_DIR

Python3 Packages

Here we will install the necessary Python 3.9+ packages Numpy and Protobuf v24.2. It is expected that you have Python3.9 or higher installed on your system. All python calls will use Python3.9+; therefore you may find it convenient to set alias for python.

alias python=/usr/bin/python3

NOTE: If multiple versions of Python 3 are present on your system, verify you are using Python3.9 or higher. You can specify the specific verison in above command and also set the following with your specific version: alias python3=/usr/bin/python3.x.

You can also install the coverage package if interested in running the Python unit tests.

python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir "numpy>=1.25.1" "coverage>=7.2.7"

CMAKE v3.27.2

VDMS requires CMake v3.21+. Here we install CMake v3.27.2.

CMAKE_VERSION="v3.27.2"
git clone --branch ${CMAKE_VERSION} https://github.com/Kitware/CMake.git $VDMS_DEP_DIR/CMake
cd $VDMS_DEP_DIR/CMake
./bootstrap
make ${BUILD_THREADS}
sudo make install

Faiss v1.7.3

Install the Faiss library for similarity search.

FAISS_VERSION="v1.7.3"
git clone --branch ${FAISS_VERSION} https://github.com/facebookresearch/faiss.git $VDMS_DEP_DIR/faiss
cd $VDMS_DEP_DIR/faiss
mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DFAISS_ENABLE_GPU=OFF -DPython_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/python3 ..
make ${BUILD_THREADS}
sudo make install

FLINNG

Install the Filters to Identify Near-Neighbor Groups (FLINNG) library for similarity search.

git clone https://github.com/tonyzhang617/FLINNG.git $VDMS_DEP_DIR/FLINNG
cd $VDMS_DEP_DIR/FLINNG
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make ${BUILD_THREADS}
sudo make install

Protobuf v24.2 (4.24.2)

Install Protobuf (C++ and Python) which requires GoogleTest and Abseil C++ as dependencies.

PROTOBUF_VERSION="24.2"
git clone -b v${PROTOBUF_VERSION} --recursive https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf.git $VDMS_DEP_DIR/protobuf

cd $VDMS_DEP_DIR/protobuf/third_party/googletest
mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
    -DBUILD_GMOCK=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 ..
make ${BUILD_THREADS}
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig

cd $VDMS_DEP_DIR/protobuf/third_party/abseil-cpp
mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/usr/local/ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local/ \
    -DABSL_BUILD_TESTING=ON -DABSL_ENABLE_INSTALL=ON -DABSL_USE_EXTERNAL_GOOGLETEST=ON \
    -DABSL_FIND_GOOGLETEST=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 ..
make ${BUILD_THREADS}
sudo make install

cd $VDMS_DEP_DIR/protobuf
cmake -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 \
    -Dprotobuf_ABSL_PROVIDER=package -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/usr/local .
make ${BUILD_THREADS}
sudo make install

python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir "protobuf==4.${PROTOBUF_VERSION}"

OpenCV 4.5.5

Below are instructions for installing OpenCV v4.5.5.

OPENCV_VERSION="4.5.5"
git clone --branch ${OPENCV_VERSION} https://github.com/opencv/opencv.git $VDMS_DEP_DIR/opencv
cd $VDMS_DEP_DIR/opencv
mkdir build && cd build
cmake -D BUILD_PERF_TESTS=OFF -D BUILD_TESTS=OFF ..
make ${BUILD_THREADS}
sudo make install

Note: When using videos, and getting the following error: "Unable to stop the stream: Inappropriate ioctl for device", you may need to include more flags when compiling OpenCV. Follow these instructions (source):

apt-get install ffmpeg
apt-get install libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libavdevice-dev

cmake -D BUILD_PERF_TESTS=OFF -D BUILD_TESTS=OFF -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
    -D WITH_FFMPEG=ON -D WITH_TBB=ON -D WITH_GTK=ON \
    -D WITH_V4L=ON -D WITH_OPENGL=ON -D WITH_CUBLAS=ON \
    -DWITH_QT=OFF -DCUDA_NVCC_FLAGS="-D_FORCE_INLINES" ..
make ${BUILD_THREADS}
sudo make install

Valijson v0.6

This is a headers-only library, no compilation/installation necessary.

VALIJSON_VERSION="v0.6"
git clone --branch ${VALIJSON_VERSION} https://github.com/tristanpenman/valijson.git $VDMS_DEP_DIR/valijson
cd $VDMS_DEP_DIR/valijson
sudo cp -r include/* /usr/local/include/

TileDB 2.14.1

The directions below will help you install TileDB v2.14.1 from the source. You can also follow the directions listed here.

TILEDB_VERSION="2.14.1"
curl -L -o $VDMS_DEP_DIR/${TILEDB_VERSION}.tar.gz https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB/archive/refs/tags/${TILEDB_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
cd $VDMS_DEP_DIR
tar -xvf ${TILEDB_VERSION}.tar.gz
cd TileDB-${TILEDB_VERSION}
mkdir build && cd build
../bootstrap --prefix=/usr/local/
make ${BUILD_THREADS}
sudo make install-tiledb

AWS SDK CPP 1.11.0

Use the following instructions to install AWS SDK for C++.

AWS_SDK_VERSION="1.11.0"
git clone -b ${AWS_SDK_VERSION} --recurse-submodules https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-cpp ${VDMS_DEP_DIR}/aws-sdk-cpp
mkdir -p ${VDMS_DEP_DIR}/aws-sdk-cpp/build
cd ${VDMS_DEP_DIR}/aws-sdk-cpp/build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/usr/local/ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local/ -DBUILD_ONLY="s3" -DCUSTOM_MEMORY_MANAGEMENT=OFF
make ${BUILD_THREADS}
sudo make install

Install VDMS

This version of VDMS treats PMGD as a submodule so both libraries are compiled at one time. After entering the vdms directory, the command git submodule update --init --recursive will pull pmgd into the appropriate directory. Furthermore, Cmake is used to compile all directories.

git clone -b develop https://github.com/IntelLabs/vdms.git
cd vdms
git submodule update --init --recursive

When compiling on a target without Optane persistent memory, use the following:

mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make -j
cp ../config-vdms.json .

When compiling on a target with Optane persistent memory, use the command set:

mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS='-DPM' ..
make -j