problems with ./configure for libtorrent on linux
Solution 1
You need to install libboost-system.
If you are using Debian/Ubuntu, use apt-get as follows.
$ apt-get install libboost-system-dev
You may also need to install ...
$ apt-get install libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-thread-dev
Solution 2
The easiest way to install all the dependencies is with apt-get.
sudo apt-get build-dep python-libtorrent
Solution 3
I know this is a bit old, but to solve your OpenSSL problem you need to install the OpenSSL libraries with sudo apt-get install libssl-dev
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Solution 4
For CentOS users, you will want to install boost-devel.
# yum install boost-devel
But I still got the same error. Just want to point out one more thing, the CentOS 6.4 I work with had an old gcc compiler:
# g++ --version
g++ (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-3)
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Installing a newer version of gcc helped me to get rid of that particular error. I used g++ (GCC) 4.8.2 version and this time calling the following command worked:
# ./configure --with-boost-libdir=/usr/lib64
After this point you might still run into not finding openssl headers like the OP posted here, this post will help to overcome the error. You may have to install openssl-devel (for CentOS) or libssl-dev (for Debian), or you can run with
# ./configure --with-boost-libdir=/usr/lib64 --without-ssl
If you have openssl headers installed in your system, you don't need to use --with-openssl flag, or at least I didn't need to use it.
Although this is old post, hope it will help someone else like me.
GreatGather
Updated on June 06, 2022Comments
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GreatGather almost 2 years
Hell I have been having an extremely tough time installing libtorrent and am unsure what the problems are. I have seen plenty similar errors online but the solutions were not helpful and I am pretty sure the error message is just too vague for comparison.
When I run ./configure I get
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Building libtorrent-rasterbar 0.16.5 Checking for a C/C++ compiler to use: checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking whether gcc and cc understand -c and -o together... yes checking for g++... g++ checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E checking whether g++ understands -c and -o together... yes . .. . Checking for boost libraries: checking for boostlib >= 1.36... yes checking whether the Boost::System library is available... yes configure: error: Boost.System library not found. Try using --with-boost-system=lib
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I then use the suggestion and the difference is that the bottom says
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Checking for boost libraries: checking for boostlib >= 1.36... yes checking whether the Boost::System library is available... yes checking for exit in -llib... no checking for exit in -lboost_system-lib... no configure: error: Could not link against boost_system-lib !
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the config.log file has an error
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configure:16572: result: no configure:16537: checking for exit in -lboost_system-lib configure:16562: gcc -o conftest -lpthread -g -O2 -fvisibility=hidden -I/usr/include -L/usr/lib conftest.c -lboost_system-lib -lpthread >&5 conftest.c:33: warning: conflicting types for built-in function 'exit' /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_system-lib collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
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Any insight would be enormously appreciated
after installing
apt-get install libboost-system-dev
apt-get install libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-thread-dev
Checking features to be enabled: checking whether encryption support should be enabled... yes configure: encryption support: now checking for the OpenSSL library... checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config checking for openssl/ssl.h in /usr/local/ssl... no checking for openssl/ssl.h in /usr/lib/ssl... no checking for openssl/ssl.h in /usr/ssl... no checking for openssl/ssl.h in /usr/pkg... no checking for openssl/ssl.h in /usr/local... no checking for openssl/ssl.h in /usr... no checking whether compiling and linking against OpenSSL works... no configure: error: OpenSSL library not found. Try using --with-openssl=DIR or disabling encryption at all.
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Mo2 about 9 yearscheck my answer for openssl
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GreatGather over 11 yearshmmmm now I get the error---------- checking whether compiling and linking against OpenSSL works... no configure: error: OpenSSL library not found. Try using --with-openssl=DIR or disabling encryption at all.
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myol about 9 yearsThanks saved a ton of time
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Harsh Sharma almost 5 yearsreally helped @Zobayer Hasan :)