0. Based on

Scott Sawyer’s tutorial

1. Install dependencies

sudo apt-get install \
libgtk2.0-dev \
libglew-dev \
glew-utils \
libdevil-dev \
libboost-all-dev \
libatlas-cpp-0.6-dev \
libatlas-dev \
imagemagick \
libcminpack-dev \
libgfortran3 \
libmetis-edf-dev \
libparmetis-dev \
freeglut3-dev \
libgsl-dev \


2. CUDA Setup (Optional)

sudo dpkg -i cuda-repo-ubuntu1604_9.1.85-1_amd64.deb
sudo apt-key adv --fetch-keys http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu1604/x86_64/7fa2af80.pub
sudo apt update
sudo apt install cuda


3. VisualSFM Setup

  • download 
    wget http://ccwu.me/vsfm/download/VisualSFM_linux_64bit.zip
  • extract 
    unzip VisualSFM_linux_64bit.zip
rm VisualSFM_linux_64bit.zip


4. SiftGPU Setup

  • download 
    cd ~/vsfm
wget https://github.com/pitzer/SiftGPU/archive/master.zip
  • extract 
    unzip master.zip
rm master.zip
mv SiftGPU-master SiftGPU
  • generate the shared object libsiftgpu.so and copy to ~/vsfm/bin 
    cd ~/vsfm/SiftGPU
make
cp ~/vsfm/SiftGPU/bin/libsiftgpu.so ~/vsfm/bin
  • change the settings at ~/vsfm/SiftGPU/makefile
    • set siftgpu_disable_devil = 1 in the makefile to drop the dependency on DevIL

5. pba (Multicore Bundle Adjustment) Setup

  • download 
    cd ~/vsfm
wget http://grail.cs.washington.edu/projects/mcba/pba_v1.0.5.zip
  • extract 
    unzip pba_v1.0.5.zip
rm pba_v1.0.5.zip
  • modification for some files
    • add #include <stdlib.h> at the top of the following two files
      (~/vsfm/pba/src/pba/SparseBundleCU.h and ~/vsfm/pba/src/pba/pba.h)
    • you can also copy and paste the commands below 
      cd ~/vsfm/pba
# echo -e "#include <stdlib.h>\n$(cat ~/vsfm/pba/src/pba/SparseBundleCU.h)" > ~/vsfm/pba/src/pba/SparseBundleCU.h
# echo -e "#include <stdlib.h>\n$(cat ~/vsfm/pba/src/pba/pba.h)" > ~/vsfm/pba/src/pba/pba.h
  • for all graphic cards, generate the shared object libpba_no_gpu.so and copy to ~/vsfm/bin 
    make -f makefile_no_gpu
cp ~/vsfm/pba/bin/libpba_no_gpu.so ~/vsfm/bin/


6. PMVS Setup

  • download 
    cd ~/vsfm
wget http://www.di.ens.fr/pmvs/pmvs-2.tar.gz
  • extract 
    tar xvzf pmvs-2.tar.gz
rm pmvs-2.tar.gz
  • hack 
    cd ~/vsfm/pmvs-2/program/main/
cp ~/vsfm/pmvs-2/program/main/mylapack.o ~/vsfm/pmvs-2/program/main/mylapack.o.backup
make clean
cp ~/vsfm/pmvs-2/program/main/mylapack.o.backup ~/vsfm/pmvs-2/program/main/mylapack.o
make depend
make


7. Graclus1.2 Setup

  • download 
    cd ~/vsfm
wget http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/dml/Software/graclus1.2.tar.gz
  • extract 
    tar xvzf graclus1.2.tar.gz
rm graclus1.2.tar.gz
  • modification for the file ~/vsfm/graclus1.2/Makefile.in
    • replace COPTIONS = -DNUMBITS=32 by COPTIONS = -DNUMBITS=64
    • you can also copy and paste the command below 
      sed -i 's/COPTIONS = -DNUMBITS=32/COPTIONS = -DNUMBITS=64/' ~/vsfm/graclus1.2/Makefile.in
  • makefile 
    make


8. CMVS Setup

  • download 
    cd ~/vsfm
wget http://www.di.ens.fr/cmvs/cmvs-fix2.tar.gz
  • extract 
    tar xvzf cmvs-fix2.tar.gz
rm cmvs-fix2.tar.gz
  • hack 
    cp ~/vsfm/pmvs-2/program/main/mylapack.o ~/vsfm/cmvs/program/main/
  • modification for some files
    • add #include <vector> and #include <numeric> at the top of the file (~/vsfm/cmvs/program/base/cmvs/bundle.cc)
    • add #include <stdlib.h> at the top of the file (~/vsfm/cmvs/program/main/genOption.cc)
    • in the file ~/vsfm/cmvs/program/main/Makefile
      (check the red colored words below)
      • #Your INCLUDE path (e.g., -I/usr/include)
      • #YOUR_INCLUDE_PATH =
      • #Your metis directory (contains header files under graclus1.2/metisLib/)
      • #Your LDLIBRARY path (e.g., -L/usr/lib)
      • YOUR_INCLUDE_METIS_PATH = -I/home/scott/vsfm/graclus1.2/metisLib
      • YOUR_LDLIB_PATH = -L/home/scott/vsfm/graclus1.2
    • you can also copy and paste the command below 
      echo -e "#include <vector>\n#include <numeric>\n$(cat ~/vsfm/cmvs/program/base/cmvs/bundle.cc)" > ~/vsfm/cmvs/program/base/cmvs/bundle.cc
echo -e "#include <stdlib.h>\n$(cat ~/vsfm/cmvs/program/main/genOption.cc)" > ~/vsfm/cmvs/program/main/genOption.cc
sed -e '/Your INCLUDE path*/ s/^#*/#/' -i ~/vsfm/cmvs/program/main/Makefile
sed -e '/YOUR_INCLUDE_PATH*/ s/^#*/#/' -i ~/vsfm/cmvs/program/main/Makefile
sed -e '/Your metis directory*/ s/^#*/#/' -i ~/vsfm/cmvs/program/main/Makefile
sed -e '/Your LDLIBRARY path*/ s/^#*/#/' -i ~/vsfm/cmvs/program/main/Makefile
sed -i "s:YOUR_INCLUDE_METIS_PATH =*:YOUR_INCLUDE_METIS_PATH = -I$HOME/vsfm/graclus1.2/metisLib:" ~/vsfm/cmvs/program/main/Makefile
sed -i "s:YOUR_LDLIB_PATH =*:YOUR_LDLIB_PATH = -L$HOME/vsfm/graclus1.2:" ~/vsfm/cmvs/program/main/Makefile
  • hack 
    cd ~/vsfm/cmvs/program/main
make
cp ~/vsfm/cmvs/program/main/cmvs ~/vsfm/bin
cp ~/vsfm/cmvs/program/main/pmvs2 ~/vsfm/bin
cp ~/vsfm/cmvs/program/main/genOption ~/vsfm/bin


9. Run VisualSFM

  • add VisualSFM to your path and LD_LIBRARY_PATH 
    ~/.bashrc
  • add the following two commands in .bashrc 
    export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/vsfm/bin
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$HOME/vsfm/bin
  • and then 
    source ~/.bashrc
  • makefile 
    cd ~/vsfm
make
  • install some packages if the make command failed 
    sudo apt install mesa-utils
sudo apt-get install freeglut3-dev
sudo apt-get install build-essential libxmu-dev libxi-dev libgl-dev libosmesa-dev
  • run VisualSFM 
    VisualSFM&