OS/X configure fails: configure: error: libdb_cxx headers missing

[shayanb]

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configure: error: libdb_cxx headers missing

[lclc]

checking for Berkeley DB C++ headers... no

Did you install berkeley-db4 using Homebrew as described here:
https://github.com/ElementsProject/elements/blob/alpha/doc/build-osx.md
?

[shayanb]

@lclc Thanks that worked. but now when I try to make elements, I get this:

Making all in src
  CXX      script/libalphaconsensus_la-script.lo
In file included from script/script.cpp:12:
In file included from ./streams.h:9:
./allocators.h:14:10: fatal error: 'boost/thread/mutex.hpp' file not found
#include <boost/thread/mutex.hpp>
         ^
1 error generated.
make[2]: *** [script/libalphaconsensus_la-script.lo] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

I've tried installing boost, boost-build but no success yet.

[gwillen]

Hmm, from my experience with OS X build issues, these can be very tough to debug. Do you have a /usr/local/include/boost/thread/mutex.hpp? I believe that file should be provided by one of the boost packages. If it's not present, perhaps try brew doctor? If you do, for some reason it's not searching there properly.

[shayanb]

@gwillen yeah I know.
I have "/usr/local/include/boost/thread/mutex.hpp" in the exact path.

I skimmed through MakeFile to figure where is it searching for (either $PATH or ... ) but couldn't find anything related.

[gwillen]

Ooh, I think I found something. Try running:

xcode-select --install

From this SO answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23905661/on-mac-g-fails-to-search-usr-local-include-and-usr-local-lib-by-default

(Allegedly /usr/local/include should be in the default search path for includes, but if your commandline tools are somehow not fully-configured this might not be true?)

If that doesn't work, run

cpp -v

and paste the lines following #include <...> search starts here:

[shayanb]

@gwillen thanks, xcode-select --install worked for the previous error, but now we have a new one -_-

Making all in src
  CXX      script/libalphaconsensus_la-script.lo
  CXX      script/libalphaconsensus_la-interpreter.lo
script/interpreter.cpp:1620:40: warning: unused variable 'vlockBlockHeight'
      [-Wunused-variable]
                        const valtype &vlockBlockHeight = stacktop(stack...
                                       ^
In file included from script/interpreter.cpp:6:
script/interpreter.h:163:15: warning: private field 'nSpendHeight' is not used
      [-Wunused-private-field]
    const int nSpendHeight;
              ^
2 warnings generated.
  CXX      script/libalphaconsensus_la-bitcoinconsensus.lo
  CXX      libalphaconsensus_la-uint256.lo
  CXX      libalphaconsensus_la-utilstrencodings.lo
  CC       src/libsecp256k1_la-secp256k1.lo
  CCLD     libsecp256k1.la
  CXXLD    libalphaconsensus.la
Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
  "IsConfirmedBitcoinBlock(uint256 const&, int)", referenced from:
      TransactionSignatureChecker::IsConfirmedBitcoinBlock(uint256 const&, bool) const in libalphaconsensus_la-interpreter.o
  "CHMAC_SHA256::CHMAC_SHA256(unsigned char const*, unsigned long)", referenced from:
      EvalScript(std::__1::vector<std::__1::vector<unsigned char, std::__1::allocator<unsigned char> >, std::__1::allocator<std::__1::vector<unsigned char, std::__1::allocator<unsigned char> > > >&, CScript const&, unsigned int, BaseSignatureChecker const&, ScriptError_t*) in libalphaconsensus_la-interpreter.o
  "_SSL_library_init", referenced from:
      boost::asio::ssl::detail::openssl_init_base::do_init::do_init() in libalphaconsensus_la-interpreter.o
  "CHMAC_SHA256::Finalize(unsigned char*)", referenced from:
      EvalScript(std::__1::vector<std::__1::vector<unsigned char, std::__1::allocator<unsigned char> >, std::__1::allocator<std::__1::vector<unsigned char, std::__1::allocator<unsigned char> > > >&, CScript const&, unsigned int, BaseSignatureChecker const&, ScriptError_t*) in libalphaconsensus_la-interpreter.o
  "GetScriptForDestination(boost::variant<CNoDestination, CKeyID, CScriptID, boost::detail::variant::void_, boost::detail::variant::void_, boost::detail::variant::void_, boost::detail::variant::void_, boost::detail::variant::void_, boost::detail::variant::void_, boost::detail::variant::void_, boost::detail::variant::void_, boost::detail::variant::void_, boost::detail::variant::void_, boost::detail::variant::void_, boost::detail::variant::void_, boost::detail::variant::void_, boost::detail::variant::void_, boost::detail::variant::void_, boost::detail::variant::void_, boost::detail::variant::void_> const&)", referenced from:
      EvalScript(std::__1::vector<std::__1::vector<unsigned char, std::__1::allocator<unsigned char> >, std::__1::allocator<std::__1::vector<unsigned char, std::__1::allocator<unsigned char> > > >&, CScript const&, unsigned int, BaseSignatureChecker const&, ScriptError_t*) in libalphaconsensus_la-interpreter.o
  "CheckBitcoinProof(CBlockHeader const&)", referenced from:
      EvalScript(std::__1::vector<std::__1::vector<unsigned char, std::__1::allocator<unsigned char> >, std::__1::allocator<std::__1::vector<unsigned char, std::__1::allocator<unsigned char> > > >&, CScript const&, unsigned int, BaseSignatureChecker const&, ScriptError_t*) in libalphaconsensus_la-interpreter.o
  "CheckProof(CBlockHeader const&)", referenced from:
      EvalScript(std::__1::vector<std::__1::vector<unsigned char, std::__1::allocator<unsigned char> >, std::__1::allocator<std::__1::vector<unsigned char, std::__1::allocator<unsigned char> > > >&, CScript const&, unsigned int, BaseSignatureChecker const&, ScriptError_t*) in libalphaconsensus_la-interpreter.o
  "boost::system::system_category()", referenced from:
      __GLOBAL__I_a in libalphaconsensus_la-script.o
      boost::asio::ssl::detail::openssl_init_base::do_init::do_init() in libalphaconsensus_la-interpreter.o
      ___cxx_global_var_init62 in libalphaconsensus_la-interpreter.o
      ___cxx_global_var_init65 in libalphaconsensus_la-interpreter.o
      __GLOBAL__I_a in libalphaconsensus_la-interpreter.o
  "CPartialMerkleTree::CPartialMerkleTree()", referenced from:
      EvalScript(std::__1::vector<std::__1::vector<unsigned char, std::__1::allocator<unsigned char> >, std::__1::allocator<std::__1::vector<unsigned char, std::__1::allocator<unsigned char> > > >&, CScript const&, unsigned int, BaseSignatureChecker const&, ScriptError_t*) in libalphaconsensus_la-interpreter.o
  "GetBoolArg(std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char> > const&, bool)", referenced from:
      EvalScript(std::__1::vector<std::__1::vector<unsigned char, std::__1::allocator<unsigned char> >, std::__1::allocator<std::__1::vector<unsigned char, std::__1::allocator<unsigned char> > > >&, CScript const&, unsigned int, BaseSignatureChecker const&, ScriptError_t*) in libalphaconsensus_la-interpreter.o
  "CBlockHeader::GetHash() const", referenced from:
      EvalScript(std::__1::vector<std::__1::vector<unsigned char, std::__1::allocator<unsigned char> >, std::__1::allocator<std::__1::vector<unsigned char, std::__1::allocator<unsigned char> > > >&, CScript const&, unsigned int, BaseSignatureChecker const&, ScriptError_t*) in libalphaconsensus_la-interpreter.o
  "_SSL_load_error_strings", referenced from:
      boost::asio::ssl::detail::openssl_init_base::do_init::do_init() in libalphaconsensus_la-interpreter.o
  "CPartialMerkleTree::ExtractMatches(std::__1::vector<uint256, std::__1::allocator<uint256> >&)", referenced from:
      EvalScript(std::__1::vector<std::__1::vector<unsigned char, std::__1::allocator<unsigned char> >, std::__1::allocator<std::__1::vector<unsigned char, std::__1::allocator<unsigned char> > > >&, CScript const&, unsigned int, BaseSignatureChecker const&, ScriptError_t*) in libalphaconsensus_la-interpreter.o
  "CScriptID::CScriptID(CScript const&)", referenced from:
      EvalScript(std::__1::vector<std::__1::vector<unsigned char, std::__1::allocator<unsigned char> >, std::__1::allocator<std::__1::vector<unsigned char, std::__1::allocator<unsigned char> > > >&, CScript const&, unsigned int, BaseSignatureChecker const&, ScriptError_t*) in libalphaconsensus_la-interpreter.o
  "boost::system::generic_category()", referenced from:
      __GLOBAL__I_a in libalphaconsensus_la-script.o
      __GLOBAL__I_a in libalphaconsensus_la-interpreter.o
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
make[2]: *** [libalphaconsensus.la] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

[gwillen]

Aha, this one I can solve! The problem is that libalphaconsensus doesn't build on some (maybe all, for all I know) OS X machines. The solution is to configure --with-libs=no, or pull the latest version of elements in which that's now the default. (This was bug #11.) That library is not actually used for anything in elements anyway, as far as I know -- it's built by default in bitcoin (as libbitcoinconsensus) and so it was building by default here too.

[shayanb]

pulling the latest version did the job.
thanks @gwillen , let's see how it goes from here... pretty excited to see how this will end up :)

[gwillen]

No problem, let us know if you have any other issues! :-)