Building faiss v1.10.0 fails - gflags

[m-gangloff]

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Building the faiss 1.10.0 package with jetson-containers build faiss fails on the master branch.

The problem originates from find_package(gflags REQUIRED) which was added after v1.7.4. This raises a CMake Error because it cannot find gflags:

CMake Error at perf_tests/CMakeLists.txt:20 (find_package):
  By not providing "Findgflags.cmake" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this project has
  asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by "gflags", but
  CMake did not find one.

  Could not find a package configuration file provided by "gflags" with any
  of the following names:

    gflagsConfig.cmake
    gflags-config.cmake

  Add the installation prefix of "gflags" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set
  "gflags_DIR" to a directory containing one of the above files.  If "gflags"
  provides a separate development package or SDK, be sure it has been
  installed.

I'm running on a Jetson Orin AGX with Jetpack 6.1 and cuda 12.2.

Here is the full log:

faiss_r36.3.0-faiss.txt

Environment

Jetson Orin AGX with Jetpack 6.1 and cuda 12.2, L4T R36.3

Additional

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Are you willing to submit a PR?

• Yes I'd like to help by submitting a PR!

[mtinnes]

Same issue on Orin Nano with latest firmware.

CMake Error at perf_tests/CMakeLists.txt:20 (find_package):
  By not providing "Findgflags.cmake" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this project has
  asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by "gflags", but
  CMake did not find one.

  Could not find a package configuration file provided by "gflags" with any
  of the following names:

    gflagsConfig.cmake
    gflags-config.cmake

  Add the installation prefix of "gflags" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set
  "gflags_DIR" to a directory containing one of the above files.  If "gflags"
  provides a separate development package or SDK, be sure it has been
  installed.

Package: nvidia-jetpack
Source: nvidia-jetpack (6.2)
Version: 6.2+b77
Architecture: arm64
Maintainer: NVIDIA Corporation
Installed-Size: 194
Depends: nvidia-jetpack-runtime (= 6.2+b77), nvidia-jetpack-dev (= 6.2+b77)
Homepage: http://developer.nvidia.com/jetson
Priority: standard
Section: metapackages
Filename: pool/main/n/nvidia-jetpack/nvidia-jetpack_6.2+b77_arm64.deb
Size: 29298
SHA256: 70553d4b5a802057f9436677ef8ce255db386fd3b5d24ff2c0a8ec0e485c59cd
SHA1: 9deab64d12eef0e788471e05856c84bf2a0cf6e6
MD5sum: 4db65dc36434fe1f84176843384aee23
Description: NVIDIA Jetpack Meta Package
Description-md5: ad1462289bdbc54909ae109d1d32c0a8

[dusty-nv]

It has been a few months since I built faiss or needed to - it is a powerful and relevant library though. I would just get to patching the dockerfile to install gflags or whatever is needed to get it building again. A PR would be appreciated, and I will merge it. Otherwise will fit when I get back to working on vectorDBs and RAG, I would update it then.

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________________________________ From: Mike Tinnes ***@***.***> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2025 2:14:47 PM To: dusty-nv/jetson-containers ***@***.***> Cc: Subscribed ***@***.***> Subject: Re: [dusty-nv/jetson-containers] Building faiss v1.10.0 fails - gflags (Issue #955) Same issue on Orin Nano with latest firmware. CMake Error at perf_tests/CMakeLists.txt:20 (find_package): By not providing "Findgflags.cmake" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this project has asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by "gflags", but CMake did not find one. Could not find a package configuration file provided by "gflags" with any of the following names: gflagsConfig.cmake gflags-config.cmake Add the installation prefix of "gflags" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set "gflags_DIR" to a directory containing one of the above files. If "gflags" provides a separate development package or SDK, be sure it has been installed. Package: nvidia-jetpack Source: nvidia-jetpack (6.2) Version: 6.2+b77 Architecture: arm64 Maintainer: NVIDIA Corporation Installed-Size: 194 Depends: nvidia-jetpack-runtime (= 6.2+b77), nvidia-jetpack-dev (= 6.2+b77) Homepage: http://developer.nvidia.com/jetson Priority: standard Section: metapackages Filename: pool/main/n/nvidia-jetpack/nvidia-jetpack_6.2+b77_arm64.deb Size: 29298 SHA256: 70553d4b5a802057f9436677ef8ce255db386fd3b5d24ff2c0a8ec0e485c59cd SHA1: 9deab64d12eef0e788471e05856c84bf2a0cf6e6 MD5sum: 4db65dc36434fe1f84176843384aee23 Description: NVIDIA Jetpack Meta Package Description-md5: ad1462289bdbc54909ae109d1d32c0a8 — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#955 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADVEGK6B43V3AUS4KSN4ZDT2VHM4PAVCNFSM6AAAAABZFLFLLSVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDOMZYGEZTAMJQGE>. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***> [mtinnes]mtinnes left a comment (dusty-nv/jetson-containers#955)<#955 (comment)> Same issue on Orin Nano with latest firmware. CMake Error at perf_tests/CMakeLists.txt:20 (find_package): By not providing "Findgflags.cmake" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this project has asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by "gflags", but CMake did not find one. Could not find a package configuration file provided by "gflags" with any of the following names: gflagsConfig.cmake gflags-config.cmake Add the installation prefix of "gflags" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set "gflags_DIR" to a directory containing one of the above files. If "gflags" provides a separate development package or SDK, be sure it has been installed. Package: nvidia-jetpack Source: nvidia-jetpack (6.2) Version: 6.2+b77 Architecture: arm64 Maintainer: NVIDIA Corporation Installed-Size: 194 Depends: nvidia-jetpack-runtime (= 6.2+b77), nvidia-jetpack-dev (= 6.2+b77) Homepage: http://developer.nvidia.com/jetson Priority: standard Section: metapackages Filename: pool/main/n/nvidia-jetpack/nvidia-jetpack_6.2+b77_arm64.deb Size: 29298 SHA256: 70553d4b5a802057f9436677ef8ce255db386fd3b5d24ff2c0a8ec0e485c59cd SHA1: 9deab64d12eef0e788471e05856c84bf2a0cf6e6 MD5sum: 4db65dc36434fe1f84176843384aee23 Description: NVIDIA Jetpack Meta Package Description-md5: ad1462289bdbc54909ae109d1d32c0a8 — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#955 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADVEGK6B43V3AUS4KSN4ZDT2VHM4PAVCNFSM6AAAAABZFLFLLSVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDOMZYGEZTAMJQGE>. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[mtinnes]

Thanks Dusty. Just a note that my error originated from attempting to build a custom jetson container using the following:

jetson-containers build --name custom-nanollm nano_llm whisper_trt

I'm assuming FAISS is a dependency in this build chain.

Thanks for your work - it's a great help.

[m-gangloff]

@mtinnes I'm currently waiting for pypa/distutils#346 to be merged because it resolves another build problem with faiss due to an deprecated import. I'll open a PR with the bugfixes as soon as setuptools has been updated. In the meantime, you can simply use faiss v1.7.4 by editing it's config.py file

[m-gangloff]

@mtinnes in the meantime, you can checkout https://github.com/m-gangloff/jetson-containers/tree/dev and build from there. I've pinned setuptools for now to 75.8.2 (the latest version where the AttributeError caused by the deprecated import does not occur) see pypa/setuptools#4876 (comment)