Hi,
I'm trying to build graph-tool (from git) under my Mac OS X 10.4. I have installed through macports the libboost 1.40 (and boost::python support for python2.6).
The configure script chooses to build for python 2.5, and therefore it cannot find boost::python Here's the configure output:
checking for a Python interpreter with version >= 2.5... python checking for python... /opt/local/bin/python checking for python version... 2.6 checking for python platform... darwin checking for python script directory... ${prefix}/lib/python2.6/site-packages checking for python extension module directory... ${exec_prefix}/lib/python2.6/site-packages checking for python2.6... (cached) /opt/local/bin/python checking for a version of Python >= '2.1.0'... yes checking for a version of Python 2.5... yes checking for the distutils Python package... yes checking for Python include path... -I/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/include/python2.6 checking for Python library path... -L/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6 -lpython2.6 checking for Python site-packages path... /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages checking python extra libraries... -ldl checking python extra linking flags... -u _PyMac_Error /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Python checking consistency of all components of python development environment... yes checking for boostlib >= 1.33.1... yes checking for python build information... checking for python2.5... python2.5 checking for main in -lpython2.5... yes checking python2.5/Python.h usability... yes checking python2.5/Python.h presence... yes checking for python2.5/Python.h... yes results of the Python check: Binary: python2.5 Library: python2.5 Include Dir: /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/include/python2.5 /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/include/python2.5 checking whether the Boost::Python library is available... no configure: error: No usable boost::python found
As you can see, python 2.6 is found at configure time, but it chooses to switch to 2.5 and i dunno why. i tried setting PYTHON_VERSION="2.6" but i still get the same problem.
Do you have any suggestions about this problem?
Hi Claudio,
I'm trying to build graph-tool (from git) under my Mac OS X 10.4. I have installed through macports the libboost 1.40 (and boost::python support for python2.6).
The configure script chooses to build for python 2.5, and therefore it cannot find boost::python
Different systems call the boost libraries by different names. The configure script tries to discover this, but it can be unsuccessful. But you can override it with the --with-boost-python parameter. Try finding out how the boost::python library is called in your system, and pass it to this parameter.
Don't worry about the python2.5 thing. This is just the name of the variable the configure script uses... It is really using 2.6 if it finds it.
Even if it finds boost::python, you probably will still have problems later on with the linker, which behaves totally differently in MacOS... But let's see how far you get. I don't have MacOS so I can't make it work by myself. But if you are willing, we can try to do it step by step, based on the information you give me.
Cheers and good luck, Tiago
how is boost::python called on your system?
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Tiago de Paula Peixoto tiago@forked.de wrote:
Hi Claudio,
I'm trying to build graph-tool (from git) under my Mac OS X 10.4. I have installed through macports the libboost 1.40 (and boost::python support for python2.6).
The configure script chooses to build for python 2.5, and therefore it cannot find boost::python
Different systems call the boost libraries by different names. The configure script tries to discover this, but it can be unsuccessful. But you can override it with the --with-boost-python parameter. Try finding out how the boost::python library is called in your system, and pass it to this parameter.
Don't worry about the python2.5 thing. This is just the name of the variable the configure script uses... It is really using 2.6 if it finds it.
Even if it finds boost::python, you probably will still have problems later on with the linker, which behaves totally differently in MacOS... But let's see how far you get. I don't have MacOS so I can't make it work by myself. But if you are willing, we can try to do it step by step, based on the information you give me.
Cheers and good luck, Tiago
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OK, here I have /opt/local/lib/libboost_python-mt.a /opt/local/lib/libboost_python-mt.dylib
I tried --with-boost-library="/opt/local/lib/libboost_python-mt" and --with-boost-library="-mt" but no success. Do you have any suggestions?
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 7:17 PM, Tiago de Paula Peixoto tiago@forked.de wrote:
Claudio Martella wrote:
how is boost::python called on your system?
On mine it is called simply libboost_python.so, but in sometimes it can have all sorts of suffixes, link -mt, -py25, etc...
Cheers, Tiago
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Claudio Martella wrote:
OK, here I have /opt/local/lib/libboost_python-mt.a /opt/local/lib/libboost_python-mt.dylib
I tried --with-boost-library="/opt/local/lib/libboost_python-mt" and --with-boost-library="-mt" but no success. Do you have any suggestions?
You should try --with-boost-python=boost_python-mt. But you should also pass --prefix=/opt/local, in case you haven't done so, since it seems like a non-default directory. In general, these are the following parameters you have to tweak for a particular environment, in order of importance, if it is not automatically detected:
--prefix [general prefix, defaults to /usr/local] --with-boost [_include_ directory, if not prefix/include] --with-boost-libdir [_library_ directory, if not prefix/lib] --with-boost-python [library name, i.e., libboost_python-mt] --with-boost-iostreams [the same for boost iostreams] --with-boost-regex [the same for boost regex]
Check if the include files and library files are in the expected places according to the above. If it still fails, take a look at config.log, to see what it is trying to do, and why it fails. It would also be good if you could attach this file to your messages if you are still having problems.
Cheers, Tiago
OK,
i didn't specify the --prefix but i did specify the library position through LDFLAGS.
Mac OS X doesn't have many gnu libraries in its default. A project exists called Macports which is very similar to Gentoo packaging (in the sense that is sourcebased, handles dependencies, patches online etc.) and installs everything under /opt/local/.
So, I tried specifing some more options:
./configure LDFLAGS="-L/opt/local/lib" --prefix="/opt/local/" --with-boost-python="libboost_python-mt" --with-boost="/opt/local/include/boost/" --with-boost-libdir="/opt/local/lib/"
error: checking for the distutils Python package... yes checking for Python include path... -I/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/include/python2.6 checking for Python library path... -L/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6 -lpython2.6 checking for Python site-packages path... /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages checking python extra libraries... -ldl checking python extra linking flags... -u _PyMac_Error /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Python checking consistency of all components of python development environment... yes checking for boostlib >= 1.33.1... configure: error: We could not detect the boost libraries (version 1.33 or higher). If you have a staged boost library (still not installed) please specify $BOOST_ROOT in your environment and do not give a PATH to --with-boost option. If you are sure you have boost installed, then check your version number looking in <boost/version.hpp>. See http://randspringer.de/boost for more documentation.
config.log: attached config.log.1
./configure LDFLAGS="-L/opt/local/lib" --prefix="/opt/local/" --with-boost-python="libboost_python-mt"
error:
checking for the distutils Python package... yes checking for Python include path... -I/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/include/python2.6 checking for Python library path... -L/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6 -lpython2.6 checking for Python site-packages path... /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages checking python extra libraries... -ldl checking python extra linking flags... -u _PyMac_Error /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Python checking consistency of all components of python development environment... yes checking for boostlib >= 1.33.1... yes checking for python build information... checking for python2.5... python2.5 checking for main in -lpython2.5... yes checking python2.5/Python.h usability... yes checking python2.5/Python.h presence... yes checking for python2.5/Python.h... yes results of the Python check: Binary: python2.5 Library: python2.5 Include Dir: /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/include/python2.5 /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/include/python2.5 checking whether the Boost::Python library is available... no configure: error: No usable boost::python found
config.log: attached config.log.2
which is the same as setting BOOST_ROOT="/opt/local/include/boost"
I guess it's missing something from python too!
I attach two files that list the content of the boost and python26 package and where they are put
Hope it helps
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Tiago de Paula Peixoto tiago@forked.de wrote:
Claudio Martella wrote:
OK, here I have /opt/local/lib/libboost_python-mt.a /opt/local/lib/libboost_python-mt.dylib
I tried --with-boost-library="/opt/local/lib/libboost_python-mt" and --with-boost-library="-mt" but no success. Do you have any suggestions?
You should try --with-boost-python=boost_python-mt. But you should also pass --prefix=/opt/local, in case you haven't done so, since it seems like a non-default directory. In general, these are the following parameters you have to tweak for a particular environment, in order of importance, if it is not automatically detected:
--prefix [general prefix, defaults to /usr/local] --with-boost [_include_ directory, if not prefix/include] --with-boost-libdir [_library_ directory, if not prefix/lib] --with-boost-python [library name, i.e., libboost_python-mt] --with-boost-iostreams [the same for boost iostreams] --with-boost-regex [the same for boost regex]
Check if the include files and library files are in the expected places according to the above. If it still fails, take a look at config.log, to see what it is trying to do, and why it fails. It would also be good if you could attach this file to your messages if you are still having problems.
Cheers, Tiago
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Claudio Martella wrote:
OK,
i didn't specify the --prefix but i did specify the library position through LDFLAGS.
Mac OS X doesn't have many gnu libraries in its default. A project exists called Macports which is very similar to Gentoo packaging (in the sense that is sourcebased, handles dependencies, patches online etc.) and installs everything under /opt/local/.
So, I tried specifing some more options:
./configure LDFLAGS="-L/opt/local/lib" --prefix="/opt/local/" --with-boost-python="libboost_python-mt" --with-boost="/opt/local/include/boost/" --with-boost-libdir="/opt/local/lib/"
From what I can see, you need only --prefix=/opt/local ... The --with-boost parameter should be /opt/local/include not /opt/local/include/boost, but that can be omitted, since it is inferred from --prefix. The rest seems also redundant, if the correct --prefix is given. Can you try just with --prefix=/opt/local?
Cheers, Tiago
./configure --prefix=/opt/local/
checking for the distutils Python package... yes checking for Python include path... -I/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/include/python2.6 checking for Python library path... -L/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6 -lpython2.6 checking for Python site-packages path... /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages checking python extra libraries... -ldl checking python extra linking flags... -u _PyMac_Error /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Python checking consistency of all components of python development environment... no configure: error: Could not link test program to Python. Maybe the main Python library has been installed in some non-standard library path. If so, pass it to configure, via the LDFLAGS environment variable. Example: ./configure LDFLAGS="-L/usr/non-standard-path/python/lib" ============================================================================ ERROR! You probably have to install the development version of the Python package for your distribution. The exact name of this package varies among them. ============================================================================ this IS weird.
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Tiago de Paula Peixoto tiago@forked.de wrote:
Claudio Martella wrote:
OK,
i didn't specify the --prefix but i did specify the library position through LDFLAGS.
Mac OS X doesn't have many gnu libraries in its default. A project exists called Macports which is very similar to Gentoo packaging (in the sense that is sourcebased, handles dependencies, patches online etc.) and installs everything under /opt/local/.
So, I tried specifing some more options:
./configure LDFLAGS="-L/opt/local/lib" --prefix="/opt/local/" --with-boost-python="libboost_python-mt" --with-boost="/opt/local/include/boost/" --with-boost-libdir="/opt/local/lib/"
From what I can see, you need only --prefix=/opt/local ... The --with-boost parameter should be /opt/local/include not /opt/local/include/boost, but that can be omitted, since it is inferred from --prefix. The rest seems also redundant, if the correct --prefix is given. Can you try just with --prefix=/opt/local?
Cheers, Tiago
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Claudio Martella wrote:
./configure --prefix=/opt/local/
[...]
configure: error: Could not link test program to Python. Maybe the main Python library has been installed in some non-standard library path. If so, pass it to configure, via the LDFLAGS environment variable. Example: ./configure LDFLAGS="-L/usr/non-standard-path/python/lib" ============================================================================ ERROR! You probably have to install the development version of the Python package for your distribution. The exact name of this package varies among them. ============================================================================
this IS weird.
It is always useful to look in config.log to understand what is going on, and in this case it is not so complicated. In the log there is the line
configure:16040: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -I/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/include/python2.6 conftest.c -L/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6 -lpython2.6 >&5 ld: library not found for -lpython2.6
Which makes sense, since your python library seems to be
/opt/local/lib/libpython2.6.dylib
Therefore you need to include /opt/local/lib/ to your linker path. You can do this with LDFLAGS="-L/opt/local/lib".
If you think this is annoying, just wait until you get it to start compiling, and the linker starts really spitting errors... :-(
Cheers, Tiago
I did that since the beginning. It then complains about not finding boost::python, which is why i wrote you in the first place.
see my first try, so config.log.1
The thing is that i should not install into /opt/local/ as it's for macports. we should avoid conflicts and macports developers suggest i should avoid that. so i should not --prefix
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Tiago de Paula Peixoto tiago@forked.de wrote:
Claudio Martella wrote:
./configure --prefix=/opt/local/
[...]
configure: error: Could not link test program to Python. Maybe the main Python library has been installed in some non-standard library path. If so, pass it to configure, via the LDFLAGS environment variable. Example: ./configure LDFLAGS="-L/usr/non-standard-path/python/lib" ============================================================================ ERROR! You probably have to install the development version of the Python package for your distribution. The exact name of this package varies among them. ============================================================================
this IS weird.
It is always useful to look in config.log to understand what is going on, and in this case it is not so complicated. In the log there is the line
configure:16040: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -I/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/include/python2.6 conftest.c -L/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6 -lpython2.6 >&5 ld: library not found for -lpython2.6
Which makes sense, since your python library seems to be
/opt/local/lib/libpython2.6.dylib
Therefore you need to include /opt/local/lib/ to your linker path. You can do this with LDFLAGS="-L/opt/local/lib".
If you think this is annoying, just wait until you get it to start compiling, and the linker starts really spitting errors... :-(
Cheers, Tiago
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Claudio Martella wrote:
I did that since the beginning. It then complains about not finding boost::python, which is why i wrote you in the first place.
see my first try, so config.log.1
There you did:
./configure LDFLAGS=-L/opt/local/lib --prefix=/opt/local/ --with-boost-python=libboost_python-mt --with-boost=/opt/local/include/boost/ --with-boost-libdir=/opt/local/lib/
Which has a wrong --with-boost parameter... It should have been "/opt/local/include", or nothing since it is already deduced from --prefix. You should do simply:
./configure LDFLAGS=-L/opt/local/lib --prefix=/opt/local/
Or with --with-boost-python=boost_python-mt if it can't guess the name of the library (without the "lib" at the beginning).
The thing is that i should not install into /opt/local/ as it's for macports. we should avoid conflicts and macports developers suggest i should avoid that. so i should not --prefix
It is totally fine installing it somewhere else, but then you have to manually specify where everything is... I would recommend running configure at least once with --prefix=/opt/local to be sure you have everything you need, and then later specifying all the "--with..." parameters and with a different --prefix.
Cheers, Tiago
./configure LDFLAGS=-L/opt/local/lib --prefix=/opt/local/ --with-boost-python=boost_python-mt
checking python extra libraries... -ldl checking python extra linking flags... -u _PyMac_Error /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Python checking consistency of all components of python development environment... yes checking for boostlib >= 1.33.1... yes checking for python build information... checking for python2.5... python2.5 checking for main in -lpython2.5... yes checking python2.5/Python.h usability... yes checking python2.5/Python.h presence... yes checking for python2.5/Python.h... yes results of the Python check: Binary: python2.5 Library: python2.5 Include Dir: /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/include/python2.5 /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/include/python2.5 checking whether the Boost::Python library is available... no configure: error: No usable boost::python found
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Tiago de Paula Peixoto tiago@forked.de wrote:
Claudio Martella wrote:
I did that since the beginning. It then complains about not finding boost::python, which is why i wrote you in the first place.
see my first try, so config.log.1
There you did:
./configure LDFLAGS=-L/opt/local/lib --prefix=/opt/local/ --with-boost-python=libboost_python-mt --with-boost=/opt/local/include/boost/ --with-boost-libdir=/opt/local/lib/
Which has a wrong --with-boost parameter... It should have been "/opt/local/include", or nothing since it is already deduced from --prefix. You should do simply:
./configure LDFLAGS=-L/opt/local/lib --prefix=/opt/local/
Or with --with-boost-python=boost_python-mt if it can't guess the name of the library (without the "lib" at the beginning).
The thing is that i should not install into /opt/local/ as it's for macports. we should avoid conflicts and macports developers suggest i should avoid that. so i should not --prefix
It is totally fine installing it somewhere else, but then you have to manually specify where everything is... I would recommend running configure at least once with --prefix=/opt/local to be sure you have everything you need, and then later specifying all the "--with..." parameters and with a different --prefix.
Cheers, Tiago
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Claudio Martella wrote:
./configure LDFLAGS=-L/opt/local/lib --prefix=/opt/local/ --with-boost-python=boost_python-mt
Try:
./configure LDFLAGS=-L/opt/local/lib CXXFLAGS="-I/opt/local/include" --prefix=/opt/local/ --with-boost-python=boost_python-mt
It don't object helping you like this, but maybe we should take this off the list, since it may take forever with back and forth messages like this. Could you please respond in private from now on?
Cheers, Tiago
by the way --prefix= is for the installation destination, it should tell anything about the libs positions. Isn't it?
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Tiago de Paula Peixoto tiago@forked.de wrote:
Claudio Martella wrote:
OK,
i didn't specify the --prefix but i did specify the library position through LDFLAGS.
Mac OS X doesn't have many gnu libraries in its default. A project exists called Macports which is very similar to Gentoo packaging (in the sense that is sourcebased, handles dependencies, patches online etc.) and installs everything under /opt/local/.
So, I tried specifing some more options:
./configure LDFLAGS="-L/opt/local/lib" --prefix="/opt/local/" --with-boost-python="libboost_python-mt" --with-boost="/opt/local/include/boost/" --with-boost-libdir="/opt/local/lib/"
From what I can see, you need only --prefix=/opt/local ... The --with-boost parameter should be /opt/local/include not /opt/local/include/boost, but that can be omitted, since it is inferred from --prefix. The rest seems also redundant, if the correct --prefix is given. Can you try just with --prefix=/opt/local?
Cheers, Tiago
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