Installation Question (QUESO & Boost)

[Anna Claudia]

Hi,

I'm trying to install QUESO 0.56.0 to work together with libMesh 1.1.0. I can't figure out what to do with this boost error below.

I have these packages installed (sudo apt-get install): libboost-dev, libboost-system-dev, libboost-thread-dev and  libboost-all-dev;

Any suggestions would be appreciated. 

Thanks in advance,

Anna Claudia

I'm running configure with:

export CXXFLAGS="-std=c++11"

./configure --prefix=/home/anna/.install/queso-0.56.0/ --with-libmesh=/home/anna/.install/libmesh-1.1.0/

Output:

...

checking for Boost headers version >= 1.35.0... yes

checking for Boost's header version... 1_61

checking for the toolset name used by Boost for mpic++... configure: WARNING: could not figure out which toolset name to use for mpic++

checking boost/program_options.hpp usability... yes

checking boost/program_options.hpp presence... yes

checking for boost/program_options.hpp... yes

checking for the Boost program_options library... yes

checking boost/scoped_ptr.hpp usability... yes

checking boost/scoped_ptr.hpp presence... yes

checking for boost/scoped_ptr.hpp... yes

checking boost/shared_ptr.hpp usability... yes

checking boost/shared_ptr.hpp presence... yes

checking for boost/shared_ptr.hpp... yes

checking boost/math/special_functions.hpp usability... no

checking boost/math/special_functions.hpp presence... yes

configure: WARNING: boost/math/special_functions.hpp: present but cannot be compiled

configure: WARNING: boost/math/special_functions.hpp:     check for missing prerequisite headers?

configure: WARNING: boost/math/special_functions.hpp: see the Autoconf documentation

configure: WARNING: boost/math/special_functions.hpp:     section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled"

configure: WARNING: boost/math/special_functions.hpp: proceeding with the compiler's result

configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------------- ##

configure: WARNING:     ## Report this to queso...@googlegroups.com ##

configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------------- ##

checking for boost/math/special_functions.hpp... no

configure: error: cannot find boost/math/special_functions.hpp

[Anna Claudia]

By the way, "boost/math/special_functions.hpp" exists.

[Damon McDougall]

Hi Anna,

On Mon, 12 Jun 2017, at 17:20, Anna Claudia wrote:
> Hi,

> I'm trying to install *QUESO 0.56.0* to work together with libMesh 1.1.0.
> I
> can't figure out what to do with this *boost error* below.

> I have these packages installed (sudo apt-get install): libboost-dev,
> libboost-system-dev, libboost-thread-dev and libboost-all-dev;
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.

configure detects the presence of special_functions.hpp,

"checking boost/math/special_functions.hpp presence... yes",

but for some reason it can't compile against it.

I'd like to look into this more, can you please send along the
config.log file?

P.S. If you're feeling adventurous, you might try the queso dev branch;
boost has become an optional dependency (configure supports a
--without-boost option if you have it installed and want configure to
ignore it).

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[Anna Claudia]

Hi Damon,

Thank you for the fast reply. Attached is the "config.log" requested.

I don't know how QUESO + Boost interact with libMesh, or if I will need this interaction in some way. I appreciate your alternative option, and I will certainly try the queso-dev branch if this default installation doesn't work.

Best Regards,

Anna Claudia

[Damon McDougall]

Hi Anna,

Libmesh ships with boost included, and it appears queso is getting
confused between the system boost and libmesh's boost.

I have a couple of questions:

1) Can you try an explicit --with-boost=/path/to/system/boost?
2) What do you need libmesh for? Just the likelihood evaluation? If
you're not *sampling* functions interpolated by libmesh, then you
needn't link queso and libmesh together.
3) Did you have any luck with --without-boost on the dev branch?

On Mon, 12 Jun 2017, at 19:33, Anna Claudia wrote:
> Hi Damon,
> Thank you for the fast reply. Attached is the "config.log" requested.
>

> I don't know how *QUESO + Boost* interact with *libMesh*, or if I will

> need
> this interaction in some way. I appreciate your alternative option, and I

> will certainly try the *queso-dev branch* if this default installation

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[Anna Claudia]

Hi Damon,

I was only able to install QUESO from the dev branch and the option --without-boost, as suggested. I tried the installation with and without the link to libMesh and it worked in both cases. I just need the likelihood evaluation, so thanks for the tip.

About the first option, I didn't have much success trying the explicit --with-boost=/path/to/system/boost. For some reason, QUESO does not recognize my path /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ as a valid one (configure: error: cannot find Boost headers version >= 1.35.0).

I'm glad for the help, thank you!

Best Regards,

Anna