Boost error on osmium install

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I’m having trouble installing osmium (pip install osmium), and building the source isn’t any easier.
In part, I get the following error :

/cygdrive/e/PATH_DIR/boost_1_72_0/boost/config.hpp:22:29: fatal error: config/user.hpp: No such file or directory
22 | # define BOOST_USER_CONFIG <config/user.hpp>
| ^
compilation terminated.

The config,hpp file is there, but I don’t understand where the 22:29 came from.
What would cause this error? Do I need a different version of Boost?

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In part, I get the following error :

/cygdrive/e/PATH_DIR/boost_1_72_0/boost/config.hpp:22:29: fatal error: config/user.hpp: No such file or directory
22 | # define BOOST_USER_CONFIG <config/user.hpp>
> ^
compilation terminated.
The config,hpp file is there,

The failure pertains to the absence of file: config/user.hpp, rather.
Check if you have that file too.

but I don’t understand where the 22:29 came from.

What tries to use the above-mentioned file is the define directive found at
line number 22 of the file config.hpp at column 29.

This is where 22:29 comes from.

What would cause this error? Do I need a different version of Boost?

I’d reinstall Boost so that all files are found where needed.

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Hi Marco
The file ‘user.hpp’ is indeed in the boost\config directory.
Boost has been installed correctly, and worked for many builds. Why do you think a reinstall would make a difference to files being found?

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If the file is there and the error says:

fatal error: config/user.hpp: No such file or directory

it makes me think there might be other issues regarding file access at play.

For example: file permissions?

I suggested a library reinstallation as it would likely refresh those as well, if you uninstalled and reinstalled.

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I’m not certain, but perhaps the problem is with the version of BOOST. I installed Boost 1.75 set the path, and tried to build libosmium from the cmake file using Visual Studio, and got this > error :

Error CMake Error at E:\libosmium\libosmium\CMakeLists.txt:162 (message):
PLEASE, specify the directory where the Boost library is installed in BOOST_ROOT
libosmium E:\libosmium\libosmium\CMakeLists.txt 162

Checking the CMakeLists, there is this code :

find_package(Boost 1.38)
mark_as_advanced(CLEAR BOOST_ROOT)

if(Boost_FOUND)
include_directories(SYSTEM ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
else()
set(BOOST_ROOT “NOT FOUND: please choose” CACHE PATH “”)
message(FATAL_ERROR “PLEASE, specify the directory where the Boost library is installed in BOOST_ROOT”)
endif()

So it would seem, boost version is specific to the osmium version. I believe this is an older version of libosmium, I am trying, but perhaps the one I was trying to install was not happy with the version of boost it found.

I’ll download boost 1.38 (if it’s available) and see if that’s really the issue.

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That solved nothing. :frowning: