Proto Compilation Error - No such file or directory

Question

I am trying to compile Protoc library but It just keeps giving me the error of No Such Directory even though it is there

I am following Google's Photobuf compilation steps I have added Protoc to PATH environment variable as well.

But it simply won't see the object_detection/protos directory

protoc object_detection/protos/*.proto --python_out=.

The directory and the files are clearly there

Answer 1

Same issue with you.
I have been installed protoc with anaconda3,but it is useless.

This is my solution:
Head to the protoc releases page and download the protoc-3.4.0-win32.zip, extract it, and you will find protoc.exe in the bin directory.

Move this to models/research folder tensorflow model project

Next,you can use the protoc command like

protoc object_detection/protos/*.proto --python_out=.

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Answer 2

I was running into the same problem using the latest protoc version for windows: 3.5.0. On a whim I tried using the slightly older version (3.4.0) and got it to work using the exact same instructions.