sudo make Does Not Work on Ubuntu Linux 14.04 x86_64 about ell HOT 9 CLOSED

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Hi,

Thanks for bringing this up.

sudo make is not a supported build configuration for ELL at this time. Is there a reason for needing to do sudo make instead of make?

Our make command does not install anything or require sudo privileges.

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can you share a pastebin with your error log

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Hey! I have exactly the same issue but even without sudo I encounter the same problem. I tried to compile ELL in the CNTK docker container, provided by Microsoft, to build a consistent Toolchain in a transportable environment. I installed all dependencies in the guide.
The container also uses Ubuntu 14.04.

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Thanks for the details. Can you try a Ubuntu 16.04 container instead to see if it make a difference?

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Hey @lisaong. With a fresh Ubuntu 16.04 everything works now. Thanks!

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Great! Thanks for reporting back.

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There are some incompatibilities with Ubuntu14.
ELL requires gcc 5 or above, but CUDA 8 only supports gcc 4x for Ubuntu 14. Therefore, it's hard to install and build ELL on Ubuntu 14.
On the other hand, CUDA 8 supports gcc 5x for Ubuntu 16. Everything will be fine then

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Indeed, we are recommending Ubuntu 16.04 at minimum, unless there is a strong reason for using Ubuntu 14.

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