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Script cannot find python libraries and numpy when I try to install caffe on Windows 10
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When installing Caffe on Windows 10, it is common to encounter issues with finding Python libraries and NumPy. These errors are usually related to the environment setup and can be resolved by following the steps below:
Python Environment Setup:
- Ensure that Python is installed and added to the system's PATH environment variable. You can check this by running
python --version
andpip --version
in the command prompt. Both commands should display the correct version numbers.
- Ensure that Python is installed and added to the system's PATH environment variable. You can check this by running
Install NumPy:
- If NumPy is not installed, you can install it using
pip
:pip install numpy
- If NumPy is not installed, you can install it using
Use CMake to Generate the Project:
- Instead of using
make
directly, you need to generate the Visual Studio project using CMake to build Caffe on Windows. Open the "Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio" and navigate to the Caffe source directory. - Create a new directory called "build" for CMake to generate the project files.
- Run CMake to generate the Visual Studio project:
Replace "Visual Studio 16 2019" with the appropriate version of Visual Studio installed on your system (e.g., "Visual Studio 15 2017" or "Visual Studio 14 2015").arduinocmake -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" ..
- Instead of using
Build the Project:
- Open the generated Caffe solution file (.sln) in Visual Studio.
- Configure the build settings as needed (e.g., Release or Debug, x64 or x86).
- Build the solution by clicking on "Build" -> "Build Solution" from the Visual Studio menu.
Set PYTHONPATH Environment Variable:
- After successfully building Caffe, you need to set the
PYTHONPATH
environment variable to include the Python libraries needed by Caffe. The location of these libraries can be found in the Python site-packages directory. - In the "Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio," run the following command (replace
path\to\site-packages
with the actual path to your Python site-packages directory):swiftsetx PYTHONPATH "path\to\site-packages"
- After successfully building Caffe, you need to set the
Test Caffe:
- To test if Caffe is working properly, you can run the example command to classify an image:css
caffe.exe test --model path/to/deploy.prototxt --weights path/to/caffemodel --gpu 0 --iterations 10
- To test if Caffe is working properly, you can run the example command to classify an image:
By following these steps, you should be able to install and run Caffe on Windows 10 without any issues related to Python libraries and NumPy.