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cmake requiring a boost_system library

Dear admins,

I'm trying to compile an external piece of software to use in my platform i'm building...

when running a cmake I get the following error about a missing library - could you please take a look and maybe install this... many thanks

(mabtools) 15:28 ~/downloads/Absolve-master (master)$ cmake CMakeLists.txt
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 9.3.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 9.3.0
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc -- works
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- works
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:48 (message):
  could not find boost_system library, please install

[edit by admin: formatting]

Beloved premium user mabtools | 7 posts | Nov. 18, 2021, 3:33 p.m. | permalink

Unfortunately it looks like that software relies on an OS package that we don't have installed, libboost-all-dev. We will add it for our next system image, but that won't be available until next year.

Staff giles | 11788 posts | PythonAnywhere staff | Nov. 18, 2021, 5:04 p.m. | permalink

UPDATE: libboost-all-dev has been installed to our new system image, "haggis", see this blog post for more information.

Staff pafk | 2973 posts | PythonAnywhere staff | Sept. 7, 2022, 3:33 p.m. | permalink