Environment requirement

MACE requires the following dependencies:

Required dependencies

Software Installation command Tested version
Python   2.7 or 3.6
Bazel bazel installation guide 0.13.0
CMake Linux:apt-get install cmake Mac:brew install cmake >= 3.11.3
Jinja2 pip install jinja2==2.10 2.10
PyYaml pip install pyyaml==3.12 3.12.0
sh pip install sh==1.12.14 1.12.14
Numpy pip install numpy==1.14.0 Required by model validation
six pip install six==1.11.0 Required for Python 2 and 3 compatibility

For Bazel, install it following installation guide. For python dependencies,

pip install -U --user setup/requirements.txt

Optional dependencies

Software Installation command Remark
Android NDK NDK installation guide Required by Android build, r15b, r15c, r16b, r17b
CMake apt-get install cmake >= 3.11.3
ADB Linux:apt-get install android-tools-adb Mac:brew cask install android-platform-tools Required by Android run, >= 1.0.32
TensorFlow pip install tensorflow==1.8.0 Required by TensorFlow model
Docker docker installation guide Required by docker mode for Caffe model
Scipy pip install scipy==1.0.0 Required by model validation
FileLock pip install filelock==3.0.0 Required by run on Android
ONNX pip install onnx==1.3.0 Required by ONNX model

For python dependencies,

pip install -U --user setup/optionals.txt

Note

  • For Android build, ANDROID_NDK_HOME must be confifigured by using export ANDROID_NDK_HOME=/path/to/ndk
  • It will link libc++ instead of gnustl if NDK version >= r17b and bazel version >= 0.13.0, please refer to NDK cpp-support.
  • For Mac, please install Homebrew at first before installing other dependencies. Set ANDROID_NDK_HOME in /etc/bashrc and then run source /etc/bashrc. This installation was tested with macOS Mojave(10.14).