bazel build tensorflow_serving/... no such package 'inception'

[grzesir]

I'm trying to build tensorfolw_serving on OSX El Capitan and keep getting an error. I installed Bazel through homebrew.

Here is the error:
$ bazel build tensorflow_serving/...
Extracting Bazel installation...
............
ERROR: /private/var/tmp/_bazel_robertgrzesik/fb4fbbbabd0582fe8f5abe6ab13dbfd9/external/inception_model/inception/slim/BUILD:93:1: no such package 'inception': BUILD file not found on package path and referenced by '@inception_model//inception/slim:slim'.
ERROR: Loading failed; build aborted.
INFO: Elapsed time: 45.554s

I also tried giving it the package path on my system and got a different error:
$ bazel build --package_path /Users/robertgrzesik/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages tensorflow_serving/...
ERROR: no targets found beneath 'tensorflow_serving'.
INFO: Elapsed time: 0.131s

[grzesir]

I installed Bazel through the download off their website and worked properly.

Here's a link: http://bazel.io/docs/install.html

Seems that installing from homebrew causes some errors.

[kirilg]

Not sure why installing through homebrew should cause bazel to not find inception, unless it's an older version. Could you run bazel version to verify you're using 0.2.0.

If you are, I wonder if it just can't find inception or if it wouldn't be able to find any local_repository. Could you try running
bazel build @tf//tensorflow/core:lib to confirm it can find TensorFlow.

By the way, if you're using homebrew because you're on Mac, keep in mind that there is other stuff that will likely not work - #1

[kirilg]

Note that if you are running on Mac, even though we don't yet have full support for it, it does work if you run it in a docker container - http://tensorflow.github.io/serving/docker