Re: [Libmesh-users] Error in Configure script

[Povolotskyi, M. <mpo...@pu...>]

Hello,

I have got the same error in 1.4.0, but then I used --disable-metaphysicl

To me it looked like a missing target definition in a makefile.

Michael.

On 4/3/2019 3:14 AM, John Peterson wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 2:25 PM Nikhil Vaidya <nik...@gm...>
> wrote:
>
>> I am trying to configure libMesh 1.3. I get the following error in my
>> configure script:
>>
>> configure: WARNING: boost/system/error_code.hpp: present but cannot be
>> compiled
>> configure: WARNING: boost/system/error_code.hpp:     check for missing
>> prerequisite headers?
>> configure: WARNING: boost/system/error_code.hpp: see the Autoconf
>> documentation
>> configure: WARNING: boost/system/error_code.hpp:     section "Present
>> But Cannot Be Compiled"
>> configure: WARNING: boost/system/error_code.hpp: proceeding with the
>> compiler's result
>> configure: WARNING:     ## --------------------------------------- ##
>> configure: WARNING:     ## Report this to roy...@ic... ##
>> configure: WARNING:     ## --------------------------------------- ##
>> checking for boost/system/error_code.hpp... no
>> configure: error: cannot find boost/system/error_code.hpp
>> configure: error: ../../../../contrib/metaphysicl/0.2.0/configure
>> failed for contrib/metaphysicl/0.2.0
>>
>>
>> The config.log file is also attached. What is going wrong?
>>
> It's difficult to say, possibly something is weird with your boost
> installation?
>
> If you don't specifically need metaphysicl, a quick fix you can try is
> simply configuring with --disable-metaphysicl. Also, unless you have a
> specific reason to be using libmesh 1.3, you might want to try version 1.4
> instead.
>
> https://github.com/libMesh/libmesh/releases/tag/v1.4.0
>