Build Bazel 0.24.1 for RaspberryPi3 (For native build of Tensorflow v2.0.0-beta)

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１．Introduction

In order to build Tensorflow v2.0.0-beta natively on RaspberryPi3, first build Bazel natively on RaspberryPi3. Tensorflow v2.0.0-beta requires Bazel 0.24.1 or higher. Btw, The pre-built binary can be downloaded from the above Github repository.

２．Environment

• RaspberryPi3 model B+ (armv7l)
• Raspbian Stretch
• Bazel 0.24.1
• openjdk-8-jdk

３．Procedure

Build_procedure

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential openjdk-8-jdk python zip unzip

$ wget https://github.com/PINTO0309/Tensorflow-bin/raw/master/zram.sh
$ chmod 755 zram.sh
$ sudo mv zram.sh /etc/init.d/
$ sudo update-rc.d zram.sh defaults
$ sudo reboot

$ cd ~
$ mkdir bazel;cd bazel
$ wget https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/0.24.1/bazel-0.24.1-dist.zip
$ unzip bazel-0.24.1-dist.zip
$ env EXTRA_BAZEL_ARGS="--host_javabase=@local_jdk//:jdk"

#==== Only RaspberryPi ============================================================
$ nano compile.sh

#################################################################################
bazel_build "src:bazel_nojdk${EXE_EXT}" \
  --action_env=PATH \
  --host_platform=@bazel_tools//platforms:host_platform \
  --platforms=@bazel_tools//platforms:target_platform \
  || fail "Could not build Bazel"
#################################################################################
↓
#################################################################################
bazel_build "src:bazel_nojdk${EXE_EXT}" \
  --host_javabase=@local_jdk//:jdk \
  --action_env=PATH \
  --host_platform=@bazel_tools//platforms:host_platform \
  --platforms=@bazel_tools//platforms:target_platform \
  || fail "Could not build Bazel"
#################################################################################

$ nano scripts/bootstrap/compile.sh

#################################################################################
  run "${JAVAC}" -classpath "${classpath}" -sourcepath "${sourcepath}" \
      -d "${output}/classes" -source "$JAVA_VERSION" -target "$JAVA_VERSION" \
      -encoding UTF-8 ${BAZEL_JAVAC_OPTS} "@${paramfile}"
#################################################################################
↓
#################################################################################
  run "${JAVAC}" -classpath "${classpath}" -sourcepath "${sourcepath}" \
      -d "${output}/classes" -source "$JAVA_VERSION" -target "$JAVA_VERSION" \
      -encoding UTF-8 ${BAZEL_JAVAC_OPTS} "@${paramfile}" -J-Xmx800M
#################################################################################
#==== Only RaspberryPi ============================================================

$ sudo bash ./compile.sh   #<--- Execute it directly under the bazel folder
$ sudo cp output/bazel /usr/local/bin   #<--- Always execute after completion of build

４．Reference article

[Stable] Install openjdk-8-jdk safely in Raspbian Buster (Debian 10) environment