Building TensorFlow on OSX

notes.txt

Fix for xcode git problems

xcode-select --install

guide on how to build docs
https://www.tensorflow.org/community/contribute/docs


building tf from source
https://www.tensorflow.org/install/source

### Used conda to set an environment since it uses python and some packages need to be installed

conda activate py3
conda install numpy
conda install future
conda install keras
### Not required to build but used to test
conda install jupyter
conda install matplotlib
conda install pandas
conda install seaborn
 
 cd progs/notmine/tensorflow/
  ./configure

### build the pip package?
bazel build --config=opt //tensorflow/tools/pip_package:build_pip_package

### build the package from nightly
./bazel-bin/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/build_pip_package --nightly_flag /tmp/tensorflow_pkg

### Install the package
# of this form
pip install /tmp/tensorflow_pkg/tensorflow-version-tags.whl
# actual
pip install /tmp/tensorflow_pkg/tf_nightly-1.13.1-cp37-cp37m-macosx_10_7_x86_64.whl


# to build r2.0 my bazel was to new a version.
# i had to downgrade it.
# here are some notes on how I installed it.
 397  brew tap bazelbuild/tap
  398  brew install bazelbuild/tap/bazel
  400  bazel version
  401  brew upgrade bazelbuild/tap/bazel
  454  bazel --version
  455  bazel version
  456  which bazel
  457  brew uninstall bazel
  458  brew tap bazelbuild/tap
  459  brew install bazelbuild/tap/bazel
  460  rm /usr/local/bin/bazel
  461  brew link --overwrite bazel
  
# here is where I am trying to install a correct version after uninstall

http://effectif.com/mac-os-x/installing-specific-version-of-homebrew-formula
https://docs.bazel.build/versions/master/install-os-x.html

# Alternatively, config.py has a min/max version of bazel.  That can be edited rather than installing specific version