Unable to compile on M1 mac due to libboost dependency

[JudeWells]

When attempting to run .configure I get the following error:

checking for boostlib >= 1.54... configure: We could not detect the boost libraries (version 1.54 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.
configure: error: libboost_base not found

I tried using homebrew to install boost: brew install boost but still get the same error

So I tried exporting the path to where boost was installed:
BOOST_ROOT=/opt/homebrew/Cellar/boost/1.80.0

Still getting the same error.

I ran the following:
./configure --with-boost=no

^ This successfully executes but upon attempting to run make I get the following error:

/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/make all-am
depbase=echo src/blast.o | sed 's|[^/]*$|.deps/&|;s|\.o$||';
g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -std=c++11 -pedantic -Wall -Werror -Wno-reorder -I./src/ -g -O2 -MT src/blast.o -MD -MP -MF $depbase.Tpo -c -o src/blast.o src/blast.cpp &&
mv -f $depbase.Tpo $depbase.Po
In file included from src/blast.cpp:7:
In file included from ./src/blast.h:15:
./src/mas.h:31:10: fatal error: 'boost/version.hpp' file not found
#include <boost/version.hpp>
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
make[1]: *** [src/blast.o] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2

System is M1 MacBook Pro with MacOS Monterey 12.5.1

Any help/advice much appreciated.

[Moomboh]

Got it to compile on Apple M1 Max macOS 13.5.2.

First make sure you have all the other necessary dependencies installed:

brew install zlib bzip2 autoconf automake

Then install boost at version 1.76 with homebrew (1.83 did not work for me):

brew install [email protected]

Once installed export compiler flags for it to be able to find boost:

export LDFLAGS="-L/opt/homebrew/opt/[email protected]/lib"
export CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/homebrew/opt/[email protected]/include"

Also add compiler flags to ignore deprecated and unused variable warnings (needs to be set before ./configure, otherwise make will fail later):

export CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -Wno-deprecated -Wno-unused-but-set-variable"

Finally just follow the instructions but additionally pass the boost libdir to ./configure:

./autogen.sh
./configure --with-boost-libdir=/opt/homebrew/opt/[email protected]/lib 
make

Hope this might help some people!

[tnozturk]

Following everything suggested above, I'm getting the following errors:

In file included from src/dssp.cpp:11:
./src/mas.h:44:9: error: keyword is hidden by macro definition [-Werror,-Wkeyword-macro]
#define nullptr NULL
        ^
In file included from src/dssp.cpp:14:
In file included from ./src/structure.h:11:
In file included from ./src/primitives-3d.h:16:
In file included from /opt/homebrew/Cellar/boost/1.84.0//include/boost/math/quaternion.hpp:14:
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/boost/1.84.0//include/boost/math/tools/config.hpp:23:6: error: #warning is a C++2b extension [-Werror,-Wpedantic]
#    warning "The minimum language standard to use Boost.Math will be C++14 starting in July 2023 (Boost 1.82 release)"
     ^
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/boost/1.84.0//include/boost/math/tools/config.hpp:23:6: error: "The minimum language standard to use Boost.Math will be C++14 starting in July 2023 (Boost 1.82 release)" [-Werror,-W#warnings]
In file included from src/dssp.cpp:16:
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/boost/1.84.0//include/boost/bind.hpp:36:1: warning: The practice of declaring the Bind placeholders (_1, _2, ...) in the global namespace is deprecated. Please use <boost/bind/bind.hpp> + using namespace boost::placeholders, or define BOOST_BIND_GLOBAL_PLACEHOLDERS to retain the current behavior. [-W#pragma-messages]
BOOST_PRAGMA_MESSAGE(
^
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/boost/1.84.0//include/boost/config/pragma_message.hpp:24:34: note: expanded from macro 'BOOST_PRAGMA_MESSAGE'
# define BOOST_PRAGMA_MESSAGE(x) _Pragma(BOOST_STRINGIZE(message(x)))
                                 ^

[beavenah]

I was able to compile using @Moomboh 's suggestions. Just to note that I needed to add the extra option:

export CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -Wno-deprecated -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Wno-enum-constexpr-conversion"

[bj600800]

Got it to compile on Apple M1 Max macOS 13.5.2.

First make sure you have all the other necessary dependencies installed:

brew install zlib bzip2 autoconf automake

Then install boost at version 1.76 with homebrew (1.83 did not work for me):

brew install [email protected]

Once installed export compiler flags for it to be able to find boost:

export LDFLAGS="-L/opt/homebrew/opt/[email protected]/lib"
export CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/homebrew/opt/[email protected]/include"

Also add compiler flags to ignore deprecated and unused variable warnings (needs to be set before ./configure, otherwise make will fail later):

export CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -Wno-deprecated -Wno-unused-but-set-variable"

Finally just follow the instructions but additionally pass the boost libdir to ./configure:

./autogen.sh
./configure --with-boost-libdir=/opt/homebrew/opt/[email protected]/lib 
make

Hope this might help some people!

@Moomboh I love you soooooo much!
Thanks to your instructions, totally saving my life. Thank you!