gnuradio port not installing due to bad Boost version (1.52)

[franzi.roesner@…]

I'm trying to install gnuradio (3.6.4) on my machine (OS X 10.6.8) using "sudo port install gnuradio +full". No matter what I try, I can't seem to get gnuradio files installed anywhere, similar to this previous issue, although the resolution there doesn't seem to apply to me: #37558.

Thanks!

[franzi.roesner@…]

Cc Me!

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Please attach the main.log of the build failure.

[franzi.roesner@…]

Sorry, where should main.log be? To be clear, it doesn't report a build failure -- I just don't end up with any gnuradio related files in python site-packages directories, when I try to execute gnuradio-companion I get command not found, etc.

[michaelld (Michael Dickens)]

What does "port installed gnuradio" return?

[franzi.roesner@…]

Replying to michaelld@…:

What does "port installed gnuradio" return?

The following ports are currently installed:
  gnuradio @3.6.4_0+docs+full+grc+jack+orc+portaudio+python27+qtgui+sdl+swig+uhd+wavelet+wxgui (active)

[michaelld (Michael Dickens)]

OK. Next up is to do:

port contents gnuradio > ~/Desktop/gnuradio_contents.txt 2>&1

and then attach the created file "~/Desktop/gnuradio_contents.txt" to this ticket. Also, what does "env" return?

[franzi.roesner@…]

Okay, file attached, and env returns:

TERM_PROGRAM=Apple_Terminal
TERM=xterm-color
SHELL=/bin/bash
TMPDIR=/var/folders/Ui/UitL3QVxEV4FJNBEn+aAT++++TI/-Tmp-/
Apple_PubSub_Socket_Render=/tmp/launch-jQjNcL/Render
TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION=273.1
USER=franzi
COMMAND_MODE=unix2003
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/launch-XpTjhc/Listeners
__CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F5:0:0
PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/Users/franzi/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/texbin:/usr/X11/bin:/Users/franzi/Documents/Programming/Android/android-sdk-macosx/platform-tools:/Users/franzi/Documents/Programming/Chrome/depot_tools
PWD=/Users/franzi
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHLVL=1
HOME=/Users/franzi
PYTHONPATH=/opt/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages:/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/
LOGNAME=franzi
USE_CCACHE=1
DISPLAY=/tmp/launch-gzDhL7/org.x:0
_=/usr/bin/env

[michaelld (Michael Dickens)]

The 'env' looks fine. You probably do not need to set PYTHONPATH to the "/opt/local" parts (which means all of it); MacPorts' python27 already knows to look in those places. But, it won't hurt either. PATH is good.

At to contents: It does indeed look like the gnuradio port is not installing a bunch of stuff; strange. Please do the following:

sudo port -d configure gnuradio +full > ~/Desktop/gnuradio_configure_full.txt 2>&1

and then attach the file "~/Desktop/gnuradio_configure_full.txt" here.

[franzi.roesner@…]

Okay, done. I noticed a warning about a bad version of Boost, but there may be other things going on. Thanks!

[michaelld (Michael Dickens)]

Yes, that's the issue: Boost 1.52 is known to break threading (not just in GNU Radio, but in general) and hence was removed from the "known good boost" list inside GNU Radio's CMake build scripts. Because you have Boost 1.52 installed and active, CMake is pretty much refusing to compile anything; which is what it is supposed to do in this circumstance. For more info, see ​this thread from the GNU Radio discuss list. Follow the instructions from ​this email to deal with the problem and get the gnuradio port installed and working. You'll also want to do:

sudo port uninstall gnuradio

and then, once boost 1.51 is active, try installing "gnuradio +full" again; should work next time.

I do not know when the MacPorts folks will get Boost 1.53 up and running -- it has been out for quite a while now, but the "boost" port owner has not updated the port yet. I was really hoping that Boost would get updated to 1.53 before anyone had this issue; ah well :)

[franzi.roesner@…]

Thanks for your quick responses! I'll try this :)

[michaelld (Michael Dickens)]

You're welcome; I hope those do the trick for you.

[franzi.roesner@…]

Confirmed working! Thanks a lot. :)

[michaelld (Michael Dickens)]

You're welcome; thanks for being so responsive!