Re: [Boost-Users] Newbie: problems installing under RedHat 7.2

From: John Maddock (john_maddock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-04-26 07:02:00

> I'm just trying to install Boost library under RedHat 7.2. I was
> following the build instructions found on the Boost website, but it
> seemed to fail for several targets.

The first thing to realise is that most of boost does not require you to
build anything (just use the headers), those parts that do require building
(currently the thread, regex, and python libs), can be built pretty easily
without using the jam build system if you would rather - just build
libs/foo/src/*.cpp into an archive in order to build lib "foo".

> I'm wondering if it's because RH7.2 uses its version of gcc 2.96. Since
> my project work needs gcc 3.0+, my question is, what do I need to do
> in order to use gcc3/g++3 instead of gcc/g++? The build system seems
> exotic and I just want to get over with the installation asap and
> start to use the library.
>
> (does changing /usr/bin/gcc and /usr/bin/g++ links work?)
>
> Here is the build command I tried:
>
> jam -sBOOST_ROOT=. -sTOOLS="gcc"
>
> Errors (selected):
>
> ...
> libs/thread/build/../src/once.cpp: In function `void boost::call_once
> (void (*) (), once_flag &)':
> boost/thread/once.hpp:38: previous declaration of `void
> boost::call_once (void (*) (), once_flag &)' with C++ linkage
> libs/thread/build/../src/once.cpp:77: conflicts with new declaration
> ...
> MkDir1
> libs/python/build/bin/libboost_python_static/gcc/debug/runtime-link-dynam
> ic/shared-linkable-true
> gcc-C++-action
> libs/python/build/bin/libboost_python_static/gcc/debug/runtime-li
> nk-dynamic/shared-linkable-true/types.o
> In file included from boost/python/errors.hpp:13,
>                  from boost/python/detail/call_object.hpp:8,
>                  from libs/python/build/../src/types.cpp:11:
> boost/python/detail/wrap_python.hpp:24:24: patchlevel.h: No such file
> or directo
> ry
> boost/python/detail/wrap_python.hpp:100:20: Python.h: No such file or
> directory
> ...
> (lots of Python-related errors)
> ...
> gcc-C++-action
> status/bin/is_function_test/gcc/debug/runtime-link-dynamic/is_fun
> ction_test.o
> boost/type_traits/function_traits.hpp: In instantiation of
> `boost::is_function<i
> nt[]>':
> status/../libs/type_traits/tests/is_function_test.cpp:68:
> instantiated from he
> re
> boost/type_traits/function_traits.hpp:148: Internal error: Segmentation
> fault.
> Please submit a full bug report.
> See <URL:http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/> for instructions.
> ...
> &boost::noncopyable::operator= (const boost::noncopyable &)' is private
> status/../libs/utility/noncopyable_test.cpp:35: within this context
> ...failed updating 43 targets...
> ...skipped 24 targets...
> ...updated 629 targets...
>
>
>
> The folllowing RPMs are installed on the machine:
>
> 1. gcc-2.96-110
> 2. gcc3-3.1-0.23.1
> 3. python-1.5.2-38
> 4. python2-2.2-16
> 5. glibc-2.2.5-32
> 6. boost-build-1.0-1
> 7. boost-jam-3.0-1
>
> Other info: kernel 2.4.18 (manually built)
>
>
> Any comment would be greatly appreciated,
>
> Ben
>
>
>
>
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