Re: [Quantlib-users] Installation of QL in custom folder

[Luigi B. <lui...@gm...>]

Strange.  Glad it worked out in the end.

Luigi


On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 5:40 PM George Sebastine <geo...@ao...>
wrote:

> Thanks Luigi.
>
> It happens that if I dont break the line using '\' i.e. put everything in
> one line only, everything work just fine and I am able to run examples in
> QL.
>
> I dont have answer though why breaking line using '\' is failing.
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thursday, 26 October 2023 at 16:18:02 GMT+5:30, Luigi Ballabio <
> lui...@gm...> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> > zsh: no such file or directory:
> --prefix=/Users/DDD/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/QL_INSTALL
>
> the above seems to mean that the '--prefix=' was considered a part of the
> directory name instead of an option.
>
> > configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target
> > configure: WARNING: invalid host type:
>
> > checking build system type... config.sub: missing argument
> > Try `config.sub --help' for more information.
> > configure: error: /bin/sh ./config/config.sub   failed
>
> and the above suggests something strange is going on in your system.  Just
> to check if the --prefix thing is the problem, may you remove it and see if
> configure works?
>
> Luigi
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 8:17 AM George Sebastine via QuantLib-users <
> qua...@li...> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Below is the output
> >
> > % ls /Users/DDD/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/QL_INSTALL
> >
> > BOOST            QuantLib-1.32        QuantLib-1.32.tar.gz
> >
> >
> > BOOST is the folder where the Boost library is installed.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thursday, 26 October 2023 at 05:25:02 GMT+5:30, Jonathan Sweemer <
> sw...@gm...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > What output do you see from `ls
> > /Users/DDD/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/QL_INSTALL`?
> >
> > If it is recognized as a valid directory then unfortunately I’m not sure
> what the problem could be.
> >
> >
> > 2023년 10월 26일 (목) 07:05, George Sebastine <geo...@ao...>님이
> 작성:
> >> Hi Jonathan,
> >>
> >> I tried below
> >>
> >> ./configure
> --with-boost-include='/Users/DDD/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/QL_INSTALL/BOOST/b2-4.10.1/include/'
> \
> >>
>             --prefix='/Users/DDD/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/QL_INSTALL' \
> >>             CXXFLAGS='-O2 -stdlib=libc++ -mmacosx-version-min=10.9' \
> >>             LDFLAGS='-stdlib=libc++ -mmacosx-version-min=10.9'
> >>
> >> With this I got below error
> >>
> >> configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target
> >>
> >> configure: WARNING: invalid host type:
> >>
> >> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> >>
> >> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> >>
> >> checking for a race-free mkdir -p... ./config/install-sh -c -d
> >>
> >> checking for gawk... no
> >>
> >> checking for mawk... no
> >>
> >> checking for nawk... no
> >>
> >> checking for awk... awk
> >>
> >> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
> >>
> >> checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
> >>
> >> checking whether UID '502' is supported by ustar format... yes
> >>
> >> checking whether GID '20' is supported by ustar format... yes
> >>
> >> checking how to create a ustar tar archive... gnutar
> >>
> >> checking for gawk... (cached) awk
> >>
> >> checking for -gcc... no
> >>
> >> 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 the compiler supports GNU C... yes
> >>
> >> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> >>
> >> checking for gcc option to enable C11 features... none needed
> >>
> >> checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
> >>
> >> checking whether make supports the include directive... yes (GNU style)
> >>
> >> checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
> >>
> >> checking for -g++... no
> >>
> >> checking for -c++... no
> >>
> >> checking for -gpp... no
> >>
> >> checking for -aCC... no
> >>
> >> checking for -CC... no
> >>
> >> checking for -cxx... no
> >>
> >> checking for -cc++... no
> >>
> >> checking for -cl.exe... no
> >>
> >> checking for -FCC... no
> >>
> >> checking for -KCC... no
> >>
> >> checking for -RCC... no
> >>
> >> checking for -xlC_r... no
> >>
> >> checking for -xlC... no
> >>
> >> checking for -clang++... no
> >>
> >> checking for g++... g++
> >>
> >> checking whether the compiler supports GNU C++... yes
> >>
> >> checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
> >>
> >> checking for g++ option to enable C++11 features... none needed
> >>
> >> checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
> >>
> >> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> >>
> >> checking build system type... config.sub: missing argument
> >>
> >> Try `config.sub --help' for more information.
> >>
> >> configure: error: /bin/sh ./config/config.sub   failed
> >>
> >> zsh: no such file or directory:
> --prefix=/Users/DDD/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/QL_INSTALL
> >>
> >> However one strange thing in above error message is the last line. I am
> pretty sure that the folder '
> /Users/DDD/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/QL_INSTALL' exists!
> >>
> >> I also have xcode installed in my computer.
> >>
> >> Any workaround will be helpful.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thursday, 26 October 2023 at 03:09:48 GMT+5:30, Jonathan Sweemer <
> sw...@gm...> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The ${HOME} in your prefix looks out of place. Can you try removing it?
> >>
> >> If that doesn’t fix it then I would try escaping the ampersands in the
> directory name, or even better renaming the directory.
> >>
> >> By the way, the warning message means you can safely remove
> —with-boost-lib because it’s no longer required.
> >>
> >>
> >> 2023년 10월 26일 (목) 05:13, George Sebastine via QuantLib-users <
> qua...@li...>님이 작성:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I am following the instructions in
> https://www.quantlib.org/install/macosx.shtml to install QL in custom
> folder. So I tried following
> >>>
> >>> ./configure
> --with-boost-include='/Users/DDD/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/AAA &
> BBB/Programs/QuantLib/QL_INSTALL/BOOST/b2-4.10.1/include/' \
> >>>
> >>>
> --with-boost-lib='/Users/DDD/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/AAA &
> BBB/Programs/QuantLib/QL_INSTALL/BOOST/b2-4.10.1/lib/' \
> >>>
> >>>
> --prefix=${HOME}'/Users/DDD/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/AAA &
> BBB/Programs/QuantLib/QL_INSTALL' \
> >>>
> >>>             CXXFLAGS='-O2 -stdlib=libc++ -mmacosx-version-min=10.9' \
> >>>
> >>>             LDFLAGS='-stdlib=libc++ -mmacosx-version-min=10.9'
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> However with this, I am getting below error
> >>>
> >>> configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-boost-lib
> >>>
> >>> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> >>>
> >>> checking whether build environment is sane... configure: error: unsafe
> absolute working directory name
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I am using iMac with MacOS version 13.6 (22G120)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Could you please guide what went wrong and the correct approach to
> install QL in some custom folder.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for your time.
> >>>
> >>>
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