Installing GraphLab on Ubuntu - 32 bit

Warning: this tutorial is deprecated. We no longer support GraphLab for Ubutnu 32 bit. You should use Ubutnu 64 bit with the instructions here: http://bickson.blogspot.co.il/2011/10/installing-graphlabboost-libboost-on.html

1) Computer setup
Login into your Ubuntu 10.10 machine or login into Amazon AWS console and select a 32 instance to run from here. I chose ami-71dc0b18.

2) Update your system
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential

3) Install Boost

sudo apt-get install libboost-dev libboost-iostreams1.40-dev libboost-program-options1.40.0 libboost-filesystem1.40.0 libboost-system1.40-dev

Fix links:

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libboost_program_options.so.1.40.0 /usr/lib/libboost_program_options.so
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libboost_filesystem.so.1.40.0 /usr/lib/libboost_filesystem.so
sudo apt-get install libitpp-dev

4) Install Mercurial
sudo apt-get install mercurial

5) Install CMake
sudo apt-get install cmake

6a) Checkout graphlab from mercurial
Go to graphlab download page, and follow the download link to the mercurial repository.
copy the command string: "hg clone..." and execute it in your ubuntu shell.

or 6b) Install graphlab from tgz file
Go to graphlab download page, and download the latest release.
Extract the tgz file using the command: "tar xvzf graphlabapi_v1_XXX.tar.gz"
where XXX is the version number you downloaded.

7) configure and compile
cd graphlabapi
export BOOST_ROOT=/usr/
./configure --bootstrap --yes
cd release/
make

8) Test your build
cd tests
./runtests.sh

Possible errors:

libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:20:76: error: zlib.h: No such file or directory
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:31: error: ‘Z_NO_COMPRESSION’ was not declared in this scope
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:32: error: ‘Z_BEST_SPEED’ was not declared in this scope
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:33: error: ‘Z_BEST_COMPRESSION’ was not declared in this scope
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:34: error: ‘Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION’ was not declared in this scope
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:38: error: ‘Z_DEFLATED’ was not declared in this scope
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:42: error: ‘Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY’ was not declared in this scope
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:43: error: ‘Z_FILTERED’ was not declared in this scope
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:44: error: ‘Z_HUFFMAN_ONLY’ was not declared in this scope
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:48: error: ‘Z_OK’ was not declared in this scope
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:49: error: ‘Z_STREAM_END’ was not declared in this scope
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:50: error: ‘Z_STREAM_ERROR’ was not declared in this scope
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:51: error: ‘Z_VERSION_ERROR’ was not declared in this scope
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:52: error: ‘Z_DATA_ERROR’ was not declared in this scope
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:53: error: ‘Z_MEM_ERROR’ was not declared in this scope
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:54: error: ‘Z_BUF_ERROR’ was not declared in this scope
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:58: error: ‘Z_FINISH’ was not declared in this scope
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:59: error: ‘Z_NO_FLUSH’ was not declared in this scope
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:60: error: ‘Z_SYNC_FLUSH’ was not declared in this scope
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp: In static member function ‘static void boost::iostreams::zlib_error::check(int)’:
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:77: error: ‘Z_OK’ was not declared in this scope
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:78: error: ‘Z_STREAM_END’ was not declared in this scope
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:81: error: ‘Z_MEM_ERROR’ was not declared in this scope
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp: In constructor ‘boost::iostreams::detail::zlib_base::zlib_base()’:
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:94: error: expected type-specifier before ‘z_stream’
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:94: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘z_stream’
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp: In destructor ‘boost::iostreams::detail::zlib_base::~zlib_base()’:
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:97: error: expected type-specifier before ‘z_stream’
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:97: error: expected ‘>’ before ‘z_stream’
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:97: error: expected ‘(’ before ‘z_stream’
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:97: error: ‘z_stream’ was not declared in this scope
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:97: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:97: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘;’ token
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp: In member function ‘void boost::iostreams::detail::zlib_base::before(const char*&, const char*, char*&, char*)’:
libs/iostreams/src/zlib.cpp:102: error: ‘z_stream’ was not declared in this scope

Solution:
Either install zlib, or use the above commands for installing libboost1.40 from apt-get (recommended).

Error:

In file included from /home/ubuntu/graphlabapi/demoapps/gabp/gamp.cpp:26:
/home/ubuntu/graphlabapi/demoapps/gabp/cas_array.h: In function ‘void mul(double*, double)’:
/home/ubuntu/graphlabapi/demoapps/gabp/cas_array.h:175: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
/home/ubuntu/graphlabapi/demoapps/gabp/cas_array.h:175: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
c++: Internal error: Killed (program cc1plus)
Please submit a full bug report.
See  for instructions.

Solution: It is a known compiler error in Ubuntu 32 bit. I simply tried again and it worked..
Alternatively you may need to upgrade your compiler.


Error:

Probing for boost...
Probing in /usr/
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_system
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
Probing in /home/ubuntu/graphlabapi/deps
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_system

Solution:
If the package libboost_system is not installed, install it. You can view all available
package by using the command:
apt-cache pkgnames | grep boost | grep 1.40
You can view all installed packages by
dpkg -l | grep boost

If the package is installed, create a symbolic link as explained in section 3 (subsection fix links).

Error:

Mon Feb  6 13:25:48 UTC 2012
~/graphlabapi ~/graphlabapi
cmake detected in /usr/bin/cmake. Skipping cmake installation.
~/graphlabapi
~/graphlabapi ~/graphlabapi
Probing for boost...
BOOST_ROOT not defined. Probing in usual directories...
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_iostreams
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
Probing in /home/ubuntu/graphlabapi/deps
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_iostreams
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Solution:
export BOOST_ROOT as described above.