Missing Bazel plugin for building Tensorflow snap

skjensen · August 26, 2017, 9:52am

Project proposal
I see a lot of interest in building TensorFlow to run on various small ARM processor boards like the RaspberryPi, I like to start a project to make a skeleton for building a snap there uses the TensorFlow library.

One of the better guides I have found on how to build TensorFlow on a RaspberryPI is written by Sam Abrahams who also have published some wheels.

github.com

samjabrahams/tensorflow-on-raspberry-pi/blob/master/GUIDE.md

# Building TensorFlow for Raspberry Pi: a Step-By-Step Guide

_[Back to readme](README.md)_

## What You Need

* Raspberry Pi 2 or 3 Model B
* An SD card running Raspbian with several GB of free space
	* An 8 GB card with a fresh install of Raspbian **does not** have enough space. A 16 GB SD card minimum is recommended.
	* These instructions may work on Linux distributions other than Raspbian
* Internet connection to the Raspberry Pi
* A USB memory drive that can be installed as swap memory (if it is a flash drive, make sure you don't care about the drive). Anything over 1 GB should be fine
* A fair amount of time

## Overview

These instructions were crafted for a [Raspberry Pi 3 Model B](https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-3-model-b/) running a vanilla copy of Raspbian 8.0 (jessie). It appears to work on Raspberry Pi 2, but [there are some kinks that are being worked out](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/issues/445#issuecomment-196021885). If these instructions work for different distributions, let me know!
Updated (2017-09-11) to work with the latest (HEAD) version of tensorflow on Raspbian Strech (Vanilla version september 2017) and Python 3.5.

Here's the basic plan: build a RPi-friendly version of [Bazel](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel) and use it to build TensorFlow.

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I believe there are a 2 steps in this project:

Make a Bazel plugin
Use the plugin to build Tensorlow

I’m looking for anyone who has experience in building a plugin, or even has tried/succeeded in building a Bazel plugin. And of course I’m looking for people who has similar interest as my self in building TensorFlow into a snap.