Troubles on Mac OS X

[pol-todo]

Hi all,
I am having issues trying to install the protobuf compiler and am stuck on the first step: running autogen.sh.

Just curious if there is a quick fix for this. Googled for a fix, and the common consensus is to just download (gnu)libtool which I did via homebrew, but regardless I still get the following problem:

configure.ac:29: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL

Here is the whole command line result:

o  ./autogen.sh 
Google Test not present.  Fetching gtest-1.5.0 from the web...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100  638k  100  638k    0     0   650k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  650k
\+ sed -i -e 's/RuntimeLibrary="5"/RuntimeLibrary="3"/g;
           s/RuntimeLibrary="4"/RuntimeLibrary="2"/g;' gtest/msvc/gtest-md.vcproj gtest/msvc/gtest.vcproj gtest/msvc/gtest_main-md.vcproj gtest/msvc/gtest_main.vcproj gtest/msvc/gtest_prod_test-md.vcproj gtest/msvc/gtest_prod_test.vcproj gtest/msvc/gtest_unittest-md.vcproj gtest/msvc/gtest_unittest.vcproj
\+ autoreconf -f -i -Wall,no-obsolete
main::scan_file() called too early to check prototype at /usr/bin/aclocal line 603.
Useless use of /d modifier in transliteration operator at /usr/share/automake-1.10/Automake/Wrap.pm line 60.
Useless use of /d modifier in transliteration operator at /usr/share/automake-1.10/Automake/Wrap.pm line 60.
main::scan_file() called too early to check prototype at /usr/bin/aclocal line 603.
main::scan_file() called too early to check prototype at /usr/bin/aclocal line 603.
*configure.ac:29: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1*

[pol-todo]

So instead of using the source from Github, I downloaded the tar ball, and now autogen works correctly, but making fails:

Here is the call to ./configure (which succeeds)

manolo in ~/Downloads/protobuf-2.6.0 
o  ./configure 
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking build system type... i386-apple-darwin14.0.0
checking host system type... i386-apple-darwin14.0.0
checking target system type... i386-apple-darwin14.0.0
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... ./install-sh -c -d
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... no
checking for awk... awk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking for AIX... no
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking minix/config.h usability... no
checking minix/config.h presence... no
checking for minix/config.h... no
checking whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__... yes
checking C++ compiler flags...... use default: -O2  -g -DNDEBUG
checking whether __SUNPRO_CC is declared... no
checking how to print strings... printf
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed
checking for fgrep... /usr/bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by gcc... /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... no
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 196608
checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes
checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes
checking how to convert i386-apple-darwin14.0.0 file names to i386-apple-darwin14.0.0 format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert i386-apple-darwin14.0.0 file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for objdump... no
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for dlltool... no
checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s

checking for ar... ar
checking for archiver @FILE support... no
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm output from gcc object... ok
checking for sysroot... no
checking for mt... no
checking if : is a manifest tool... no
checking for dsymutil... dsymutil
checking for nmedit... nmedit
checking for lipo... lipo
checking for otool... otool
checking for otool64... no
checking for -single_module linker flag... yes
checking for -exported_symbols_list linker flag... yes
checking for -force_load linker flag... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... yes
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fno-common -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fno-common -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... no
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... darwin14.0.0 dyld
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
checking for ld used by g++... /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... no
checking whether the g++ linker (/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fno-common -DPIC
checking if g++ PIC flag -fno-common -DPIC works... yes
checking if g++ static flag -static works... no
checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the g++ linker (/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... darwin14.0.0 dyld
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
checking fcntl.h usability... yes
checking fcntl.h presence... yes
checking for fcntl.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... (cached) yes
checking limits.h usability... yes
checking limits.h presence... yes
checking for limits.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking for working memcmp... yes
checking for working strtod... yes
checking for ftruncate... yes
checking for memset... yes
checking for mkdir... yes
checking for strchr... yes
checking for strerror... yes
checking for strtol... yes
checking zlib version... ok (1.2.0.4 or later)
checking for library containing zlibVersion... -lz
checking for the pthreads library -lpthreads... no
checking whether pthreads work without any flags... yes
checking for joinable pthread attribute... PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE
checking if more special flags are required for pthreads... -D_THREAD_SAFE
checking whether to check for GCC pthread/shared inconsistencies... no
checking whether what we have so far is sufficient with -nostdlib... no
checking whether -lpthread saves the day... no
configure: WARNING: Impossible to determine how to use pthreads with shared libraries and -nostdlib
checking the location of hash_map... <unordered_map>
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating src/Makefile
config.status: creating protobuf.pc
config.status: creating protobuf-lite.pc
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: config.h is unchanged
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands
=== configuring in gtest (/Users/manolo/Downloads/protobuf-2.6.0/gtest)
configure: running /bin/sh ./configure '--prefix=/usr/local'  --cache-file=/dev/null --srcdir=.
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... build-aux/install-sh -c -d
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... no
checking for awk... awk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
checking build system type... i386-apple-darwin14.0.0
checking host system type... i386-apple-darwin14.0.0
checking how to print strings... printf
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking for fgrep... /usr/bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by gcc... /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... no
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 196608
checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes
checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes
checking how to convert i386-apple-darwin14.0.0 file names to i386-apple-darwin14.0.0 format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert i386-apple-darwin14.0.0 file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for objdump... no
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for dlltool... no
checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s

checking for ar... ar
checking for archiver @FILE support... no
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm output from gcc object... ok
checking for sysroot... no
checking for mt... no
checking if : is a manifest tool... no
checking for dsymutil... dsymutil
checking for nmedit... nmedit
checking for lipo... lipo
checking for otool... otool
checking for otool64... no
checking for -single_module linker flag... yes
checking for -exported_symbols_list linker flag... yes
checking for -force_load linker flag... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... yes
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fno-common -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fno-common -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... no
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... darwin14.0.0 dyld
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
checking for ld used by g++... /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... no
checking whether the g++ linker (/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fno-common -DPIC
checking if g++ PIC flag -fno-common -DPIC works... yes
checking if g++ static flag -static works... no
checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the g++ linker (/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... darwin14.0.0 dyld
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking for python... /usr/bin/python
checking for the pthreads library -lpthreads... no
checking whether pthreads work without any flags... yes
checking for joinable pthread attribute... PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE
checking if more special flags are required for pthreads... -D_THREAD_SAFE
checking whether to check for GCC pthread/shared inconsistencies... no
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating scripts/gtest-config
config.status: creating build-aux/config.h
config.status: build-aux/config.h is unchanged
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands

Here is the call to make (which fails)

manolo in ~/Downloads/protobuf-2.6.0 
o  make
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/make  all-recursive
Making all in .
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
Making all in src
depbase=`echo google/protobuf/stubs/atomicops_internals_x86_gcc.lo | sed 's|[^/]*$|.deps/&|;s|\.lo$||'`;\
    /bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CXX   --mode=compile g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I..    -D_THREAD_SAFE  -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Woverloaded-virtual -Wno-sign-compare -O2 -g -DNDEBUG -MT google/protobuf/stubs/atomicops_internals_x86_gcc.lo -MD -MP -MF $depbase.Tpo -c -o google/protobuf/stubs/atomicops_internals_x86_gcc.lo google/protobuf/stubs/atomicops_internals_x86_gcc.cc &&\
    mv -f $depbase.Tpo $depbase.Plo
../libtool: line 842: X--tag=CXX: command not found
../libtool: line 875: libtool: ignoring unknown tag : command not found
../libtool: line 842: X--mode=compile: command not found
../libtool: line 1008: *** Warning: inferring the mode of operation is deprecated.: command not found
../libtool: line 1009: *** Future versions of Libtool will require --mode=MODE be specified.: command not found
../libtool: line 1152: Xg++: command not found
../libtool: line 1152: X-DHAVE_CONFIG_H: command not found
../libtool: line 1152: X-I.: command not found
../libtool: line 1152: X-I..: command not found
../libtool: line 1152: X-D_THREAD_SAFE: command not found
../libtool: line 1152: X-Wall: command not found
../libtool: line 1152: X-Wwrite-strings: command not found
../libtool: line 1152: X-Woverloaded-virtual: command not found
../libtool: line 1152: X-Wno-sign-compare: command not found
../libtool: line 1152: X-O2: command not found
../libtool: line 1152: X-g: command not found
../libtool: line 1152: X-DNDEBUG: command not found
../libtool: line 1152: X-MT: command not found
../libtool: line 1152: Xgoogle/protobuf/stubs/atomicops_internals_x86_gcc.lo: No such file or directory
../libtool: line 1152: X-MD: command not found
../libtool: line 1152: X-MP: command not found
../libtool: line 1152: X-MF: command not found
../libtool: line 1152: Xgoogle/protobuf/stubs/.deps/atomicops_internals_x86_gcc.Tpo: No such file or directory
../libtool: line 1152: X-c: command not found
../libtool: line 1203: Xgoogle/protobuf/stubs/atomicops_internals_x86_gcc.lo: No such file or directory
../libtool: line 1208: libtool: compile: cannot determine name of library object from `': command not found
make[2]: *** [google/protobuf/stubs/atomicops_internals_x86_gcc.lo] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2

Any info would be most helpful.

[pol-todo]

Though it's still a mystery as to why I can't do this on my mac, as a side-note, it seems you can install it via homebrew. Found a little more out about it. Found this thread on Stackoverflow:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21775151/installing-google-protocol-buffers-on-mac

There are some issues with building protobuf 2.4.1 from source on a Mac. There is a patch that also has to be applied. All this is contained within the homebrew protobuf241 formula, so I would advise using it.

To install protocol buffer version 2.4.1 type the following into a terminal:

brew tap homebrew/versions
brew install protobuf241

If you already have a protocol buffer version that you tried to install from source, you can type the following into a terminal to have the source code overwritten by the homebrew version:

brew link --force --overwrite protobuf241

Check that you now have the correct version installed by typing:

protoc --version

It should display 2.4.1

[pol-todo]

Also found this somewhat related post about using Mac pre-built binaries. Thought I would also post it here for developers that run into a similar issue.

https://code.google.com/p/protobuf/issues/detail?id=270

[xfxyjwf]

@paulito-bandito, this seems to be a problem of the libtool version you use. Here is the version number of these tools I used when compiling protobuf on mac:
autoconf 2.6.9
automake 1.14
libtool 2.4

Can you try if using a different libtool version works?