cufflinks installation problem!

[Pirasteh Pahlavan]

Hello,
I'd have tophat in my machine (ubuntu 12.04 LTS) which is running well, but now I'm going to install cufflinks,get the problem in building process:

#./configure --prefix=/usr/local/cufflinks/ --with-boost=/usr/local/boost --with-eigen=/usr/local/include
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checking for boostlib >= 1.47.0... configure: error: We could not detect the boost libraries (version 1.47 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.

while, the boost library's installed and working in tophat,
Would you please let me know how deal with?
Many thanks in advance,

[scott...@gmail.com]

Hi Pirasteh,

I experienced a similar issue with installing Cufflinks recently on a Fedora distribution.  try changing your configure command to only reference the local folder for boost, instead of looking within the boost folder

#./configure --prefix=/usr/local/cufflinks/ --with-boost=/usr/local --with-eigen=/usr/local/include

At least in my case, it solved a similar issue when checking the boostlib version.

The only other idea I have, is that the Tophat2 installation instructions suggest a ./bjam command as follows during boost installation:

# ./bjam --prefix=<YOUR_BOOST_INSTALL_DIRECTORY> link=static \runtime-link=static stage install

While the line that is recommended for cufflinks installation is as follows:

# ./bjam --prefix=<YOUR_BOOST_INSTALL_DIRECTORY> --toolset=gcc architecture=x86 address_model=64 link=static runtime-link=static stage install

Not sure if that would have any effect, but hopefully this helps fix your problem.

Scott

[Ben Ernest]

Did you ever find a solution?  Why not just install a pre-compiled binary?  http://cole-trapnell-lab.github.io/cufflinks/install/  In any case, here is a link to a complete Cufflinks installation from source I provided.  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6644112/how-to-rectify-issues-occurring-while-installing-cufflinks-and-boost/27611515#27611515