issue with installation xssp-3.0.2

[anganara]

I tried installing xssp-3.0.2 but after make command I get the following message:

perl mtrx/mkmat_h.pl mtrx/ make all-am make[1]: Entering directory '/home/anganara/software/xssp-3.0.2' depbase=echo src/dssp.o | sed 's|[^/]*$|.deps/&|;s|\.o$||';\ g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -std=c++11 -pedantic -Wall -Werror -Wno-reorder -I/include/boost-0 -I./src/ -g -O2 -MT src/dssp.o -MD -MP -MF $depbase.Tpo -c -o src/dssp.o src/dssp.cpp &&\ mv -f $depbase.Tpo $depbase.Po In file included from src/dssp.cpp:11:0: src/mas.h:31:10: fatal error: boost/version.hpp: No such file or directory

include <boost/version.hpp>

      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

compilation terminated. Makefile:686: recipe for target 'src/dssp.o' failed make[1]: [src/dssp.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/anganara/software/xssp-3.0.2' Makefile:494: recipe for target 'all' failed make: [all] Error 2

Thank you.

[cbaakman]

What is the location of your boost headers?

You could try:

locate boost | grep version

[anganara]

Hi Sorry for my late response.

the output of "locate boost | grep version" is /home/anganara/software/GROMACS2018.3_SOFTWARE/cmake-3.15.0/Tests/RunCMake/FindBoost/CMakePackageFixtures/boost_chrono-1.70.0/boost_chrono-config-version.cmake /home/anganara/software/GROMACS2018.3_SOFTWARE/cmake-3.15.0/Tests/RunCMake/FindBoost/CMakePackageFixtures/boost_headers-1.70.0/boost_headers-config-version.cmake /home/anganara/software/GROMACS2018.3_SOFTWARE/cmake-3.15.0/Tests/RunCMake/FindBoost/CMakePackageFixtures/boost_system-1.70.0/boost_system-config-version.cmake /home/anganara/software/GROMACS2018.3_SOFTWARE/cmake-3.15.0/Tests/RunCMake/FindBoost/CMakePackageFixtures/boost_timer-1.70.0/boost_timer-config-version.cmake /home/anganara/software/GROMACS2018.3_SOFTWARE/cmake-3.15.0/Tests/RunCMake/FindBoost/CMakePackage_LowerCaseTargetPrefix/include/boost/version.hpp /home/anganara/software/GROMACS2018.3_SOFTWARE/cmake-3.15.0/Tests/RunCMake/FindBoost/CMakePackage_MissingTarget/include/boost/version.hpp /home/anganara/software/GROMACS2018.3_SOFTWARE/cmake-3.15.0/Tests/RunCMake/FindBoost/CMakePackage_New/include/boost/version.hpp /home/anganara/software/GROMACS2018.3_SOFTWARE/cmake-3.15.0/Tests/RunCMake/FindBoost/CMakePackage_NoHeaderTarget/include/boost/version.hpp /home/anganara/software/GROMACS2018.3_SOFTWARE/cmake-3.15.0/Tests/RunCMake/FindBoost/MockInstalls/1.70.0/include/boost/version.hpp

[cbaakman]

I see!

Your boost is not installed at a default location, so the compiler can't find it. The configure script should have said the following:

checking for boostlib >= 1.48... configure: We could not detect the boost libraries (version 1.48 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.

Best is to just run sudo ./b2 install from your boost directory, or install it as a package. What is your operating system?

If you have no root rights, then you could try installing it at a different location:

./b2 install --prefix PREFIX

where PREFIX is a directory where you want boost to be installed. Then include this directory with the '--with-boost' option on the configure script.

[anganara]

Thank you very much.

From what I understand I have to install boost?

I have Ubuntu 18.04 as my OS. Could you please tell me from where can I get the package (in for of tar.gz may be) for boost or which boost should I install, in that case I can use wget.

And I have sudo privilege.

Thank you.

[cbaakman]

On ubuntu you can simply run:

sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev

This installs boost.

[anganara]

Thank you very much. It is installed now. It was so simple & yet I could not figure it out. Thank you for prompt response and all the help.