Problems during make: missing file

[tcimoli]

Hello,
I have downloaded the zipped project and unzipped it.
Then, upon running "make all", I get the error:

g++ -std=c++14 -c -o Disassm.o Disassm.cpp
In file included from Disassm.cpp:18:0:
Porosity.h:22:36: fatal error: boost/dynamic_bitset.hpp: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
: recipe for target 'Disassm.o' failed
make: *** [Disassm.o] Error 1

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Operative system: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

[tcimoli]

Actually, upon further investigation, it seems that the whole directory "boost", needed by Porosity.h, is missing.

[braydonf]

You need to have boost installed, however, the necessary boost version (> 1.58) isn't included in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, so apt-get install libboost-all-dev won't install the necessary version.

So boost will need to be installed or built from source, I added details here.

[tcimoli]

Thank you.
I followed your instructions. As a minor, you wrote "./bootstap.sh" instead of "./bootstrap.sh ".
The /b2 install went fine.

But then, from which directory do I have to run ./autogen.sh +./configure + make ?

[braydonf]

I added autotools build to my branch, so the root of that repo.

[tcimoli]

I do not have any file called autogen.sh or configure or make in the libbost pakage. What are they referred to? Also I have checked at the installation guide provided with libbost (index.html) and there is no mention of them. I do not understand what they are.

To make a different try, I have just added a link to libbost to my porosity directory:
.....porosity-master/porosity/porosity/ln -s ~/boost_1_64_0 boost
and now, the porosity make works.

Are the ./autogen.sh +./configure + make really necessary?

[braydonf]

They are in my branch here https://github.com/braydonf/porosity

[tcimoli]

Oh, I see. But they are not in the zip I downloaded.
I thought it was the same, to download the zip or the branch version -- a part from keeping updated obviously.

Is the zip package any different? Do you advise to download the branch version?

[tcimoli]

Also, I think it might be useful to mention that './autogen.sh' +'./configure' + 'make' is referred to porosity and not to boost. (here https://github.com/braydonf/porosity#debian-ubuntu-1604)

[tcimoli]

I noticed that the repo you mention https://github.com/braydonf/porosity is not the one we are right now https://github.com/comaeio/porosity and they contain different files.

Why are there two ? Which one is the right one?

[samholmes]

How do I install boost on macOS?

[tuancm]

All I had to do before running make is to install boost on macOS:
brew install boost