object_detection.sh

#object detection using tensorflow object detection API 
#tensorflow >= 1.12.0 
#!/bin/bash

sudo apt update
sudo pip install -U virtualenv  # system-wide install

virtualenv --system-site-packages -p python2.7 ./tf_object_detection
source ./tf_object_detection/bin/activate  # sh, bash, ksh, or zsh
pip install --upgrade pip

#install tensorflow
pip install --upgrade tensorflow-gpu

#install remaining libraries
sudo apt-get install protobuf-compiler python-pil python-lxml python-tk
pip install --user Cython
pip install --user contextlib2
pip install --user jupyter
pip install --user matplotlib
pip install --user wheel
pip install --user pandas

#coco api installation
cd ~/tf_object_detection/
pwd
git clone https://github.com/cocodataset/cocoapi.git
cd ./cocoapi/PythonAPI
make
cd ..
cd ..

#download models and copy coco tools
git clone https://github.com/tensorflow/models.git
cp -r ./cocoapi/PythonAPI/pycocotools ./models/research/

#Manual protobuf-compiler installation and usage
cd models/research/
wget -O protobuf.zip https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases/download/v3.0.0/protoc-3.0.0-linux-x86_64.zip
unzip protobuf.zip
#compile
./bin/protoc object_detection/protos/*.proto --python_out=.

#Add Libraries to PYTHONPATH
LOCAL_DIR=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
var=$(printf 'export PYTHONPATH="${PYTHONPATH}:%s/slim"' "$LOCAL_DIR")
echo $var >> ~/.bashrc

#test the installation from /home/USER/ in a NEW terminal
#-------------------------------------------
#source ./tf_object_detection/bin/activate
#cd tf_object_detection/models/research/
#python object_detection/builders/model_builder_test.py