Help needed: installation directory does not look right

[berrylizzard]

Hello!

Some information about the systems I am working with:

• Ubuntu 22.04 (specifically WSL)
• Python 3.10.6

I ran the pip install openvino-dev command (as a superuser). After installation, mo - h resulted in the Model Optimizer help menu being displayed and I was able to import openvino in Python3.

The issue comes up when I check the installation directory which I expect to be default (/opt/intel/openvino-2022), but my /opt directory is empty. Instead, if I rerun installation command I get Requirement already satisfied: openvino-dev in /usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages (2022.3.0). That directory looks like this:

/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/openvino# tree -d -L 2
.
├── __pycache__
├── _offline_transformations
│   └── __pycache__
├── frontend
│   ├── __pycache__
│   ├── onnx
│   ├── paddle
│   └── tensorflow
├── helpers
│   └── __pycache__
├── inference_engine
│   └── __pycache__
├── libs
├── model_zoo
│   ├── __pycache__
│   ├── data
│   ├── download_engine
│   ├── internal_scripts
│   ├── models
│   └── quantize_engine
├── offline_transformations
│   └── __pycache__
├── preprocess
│   └── __pycache__
├── pyopenvino
│   └── __pycache__
├── runtime
│   ├── __pycache__
│   ├── op
│   ├── opset1
│   ├── opset10
│   ├── opset2
│   ├── opset3
│   ├── opset4
│   ├── opset5
│   ├── opset6
│   ├── opset7
│   ├── opset8
│   ├── opset9
│   ├── passes
│   └── utils
└── tools
    ├── __pycache__
    ├── accuracy_checker
    ├── benchmark
    ├── mo
    └── pot

I expect the installation directory to have a deployment_tools folder (to configure the Movidius MyriadX VPU as described in configuration guide) yet as you can see, it's not there. The above directory tree is only 2 levels deep, but there are files and other folders inside the ones shown, let me know if that would be helpful to have and I'll provide it.

Overall, my question is why didn't the installation happen in the /opt/intel directory by default and why am I missing folder(s) that are mentioned in the guide?

Any pointers or ideas are welcome. Thanks!

P.S. As I was typing this question, I discovered that Ubuntu 22.04 is not officially supported yet with OpenVINO toolkit, but can be installed with PyPI. If that is what causing my problems, is there any way to know whether Ubuntu 22.04 will be supported in the upcoming 2023.0 release? Is there an approximate timeline for 2023.0 release?

[ilya-lavrenov]

/opt/intel/openvino-2022

pip (python package manager) never installs packages to such locations. It installs to current global / virtual environment.

I expect the installation directory to have a deployment_tools

Since 2022.1 release, OpenVINO package structure has changes.
Please, download OpenVINO archive and look inside. The package structure is much more clear now

why am I missing folder(s) that are mentioned in the guide?

Because you use wrong type of distribution. Use archive / debian package

If that is what causing my problems, is there any way to know whether Ubuntu 22.04

While Ubuntu 22.04 is not explicitly mentioned in documentation, it's still supported. Binaries from Ubuntu 20.04 perfectly work on Ubuntu 22.04

[ibrahimsoliman97]

Will MYRAID & HDDL no longer be available for future versions, or this has only happened for 2022.3? @ilya-lavrenov

[ilya-lavrenov]

In 2023 and later it will not be available.
We plan to release it in 2022.3.1 LTS release and it will be available only in 2022.3.x release series.

[ibrahimsoliman97]

Just to double confirm, because we have some applications that depend on VPU/HDDL. After 2022.3.x, Openvino will stop the support for VPU/HDDL plugins, so we need to stick with 2022.3.x versions if we want to use them. am I right? and if we want to upgrade to v2023.x and above, we should change our code to use CPU or other available hardware (Not VPU). @ilya-lavrenov

[ilya-lavrenov]

right. Please, refer to deprecation section https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/release-notes/openvino-relnotes.html.

Also:
NOTE: OpenVINO 2022.3.1 LTS (coming soon) includes support for the devices listed above. Long Term Support (LTS) for OpenVINO 2022.3 ends in December 2024.

[ibrahimsoliman97]

Noted, Thanks!