OpenSFM setup.py file returning error after building via Docker

Question

I am having an issue building OpenSFM. I am getting an error from running the setup.py file.

First, I am running Ubuntu 16.04 on VirtualBox. I installed Docker and ran

docker pull freakthemighty/opensfm

This image was successfully built.

Additionally, I cloned the OpenSFM repository from here into my home folder.

Next, I am supposed to build by running this in the main folder:

python setup.py build

This is the resulting error

walter@VirtualUbuntu:~$ python setup.py build
Configuring...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 21, in <module>
    subprocess.Popen(['cmake','../opensfm/src'], cwd='cmake_build').wait()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 711, in __init__
    errread, errwrite)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1343, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Here is the setup.py file in question.

Answer 1

I ended up building the Dockerfile myself. I added a last few steps to get it to work and have OpenSfM build automatically.

I clone the repository first, then add a couple missing packages, followed by building the setup.py file automatically.

FROM ubuntu:16.04

# Install apt-getable dependencies
RUN apt-get update \
    && apt-get install -y \
        build-essential \
        cmake \
        git \
        libatlas-base-dev \
        libboost-python-dev \
        libeigen3-dev \
        libgoogle-glog-dev \
        libopencv-dev \
        libsuitesparse-dev \ 
        python-dev \
        python-numpy \
        python-opencv \
        python-pip \
        python-pyexiv2 \
        python-pyproj \
        python-scipy \
        python-yaml \
        wget \
    && apt-get clean \
    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*


# Install Ceres from source
RUN \
    mkdir -p /source && cd /source && \
    wget http://ceres-solver.org/ceres-solver-1.10.0.tar.gz && \
    tar xvzf ceres-solver-1.10.0.tar.gz && \
    cd /source/ceres-solver-1.10.0 && \
    mkdir -p build && cd build && \
    cmake .. -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=-fPIC -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-fPIC -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF && \
    make install && \
    cd / && \
    rm -rf /source/ceres-solver-1.10.0 && \
    rm -f /source/ceres-solver-1.10.0.tar.gz


# Install opengv from source
RUN \
    mkdir -p /source && cd /source && \
    git clone https://github.com/paulinus/opengv.git && \
    cd /source/opengv && \
    mkdir -p build && cd build && \
    cmake .. -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF -DBUILD_PYTHON=ON && \
    make install && \
    cd / && \
    rm -rf /source/opengv

#Clone the OpenSfM Repository
RUN git clone https://github.com/mapillary/OpenSfM.git

#Add additional functions that for some reason didn't come with the docker file
Run apt-get update \ 
    && apt-get install python-networkx \ 
    python-exif \
    python-xmltodict

#Automatically build OpenSfM so that its prebuilt in the docker
Run cd OpenSfM && python setup.py build