More precise installation instructions

[kindlychung]

Hi.

I'm trying to follow the steps in readme but mxnet failed to compile. Could you list your commands?

Thanks.

[Bartzi]

Hi,

I will add more precise commands.
Which steps do you have trouble with?

[kindlychung]

I managed until step 8. Compiling mxnet gives lots of errors from gcc.

[kindlychung]

But step 1-8 also needs to be more detailed. I had to do quite some trial-and-error to get them correct.

[Bartzi]

Hi,

sry that it took me so long, I've been on holiday^^

Hmm, okay I will try to link to webpages for more precise instructions.
Did you make sure that you are using the correct version of MXNet (v0.9.3)?
What kind of errors do you get?

[kindlychung]

Here is the error I got: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/278a490dc17e1ea95a57a23e0f26f92b

[Bartzi]

Hmm, I'm not sure but did you also set the submodules to the correct version?
This could be one of the sources of the errors you are seeing while compiling. If this is not the problem, I'm afraid that I can not help you 😕

[kindlychung]

@Bartzi Which submodules are you referring to? And which versions should I use for them? Thanks.

[kindlychung]

@Bartzi Do you have a private fork of mxnet? If so, could you upload that and share with the world? That would be great.

[Bartzi]

I do not have a private fork of mxnet, because I did not change anything in mxnet^^
With submodules I mean the git submodules included in the mxnet repository.
You normally check them out with git submodule update --init, if you checkout the v0.9.3 you also have to make sure that the submodules are at the correct commit. You should be able to do so with this command: git submodule sync

[kindlychung]

Ok, I'll try that. Thanks.

[kindlychung]

BTW, which version of gcc do you use for the compilation?

[ThaiLe189]

Hello @kindlychung
I have the same problem
Did you fix it ?
Can you help me.
Thank you.