The issue is that the library is named libboost_filesystem- mt-1_35.dylib while scons is looking for a library named: libboost_filesystem-mt.dylib
So, just link the libboost-XX-mt-1_35.dylib files in /usr/local/lib to libboost-XX-mt.dylib (without the -1_35) and it should be fine. Claire On Apr 17, 2008, at 12:36 PM, Collin Olan wrote: > Hi, > > I am new to this list and Mapnik. I've been attempting to install on > OS X Leopard but without success and was hoping someone else has > been through this and would have some pointers. > First, I followed the instructions on the Mapnik site and installed > all the necessary libraries into /usr/local/lib (and /usr/local/ > include for the boost headers). > Then I tried running scons/scons.py without any options and got this: > > scons: Reading SConscript files ... > Building on Darwin ... > Checking for C library m... yes > Checking for C library ltdl... yes > Checking for C library png... yes > Checking for C library tiff... yes > Checking for C library z... yes > Checking for C library jpeg... yes > Checking for C library proj... yes > Checking for C library iconv... yes > Checking for C library pq... no > Checking for C++ library gdal... no > Checking for C++ library boost_filesystem-mt... no > Could not find header or shared library for boost filesystem, exiting! > > Ok, so there is an issue finding the boost libraries I figured. I > can see libboost_filesystem-mt-1_35.dylib sitting there in /usr/ > local/lib > > Next I removed the scons caches and ran scons.py again but with > these options: BOOST_LIBS=/usr/local/lib BOOST_INCLUDES=/usr/local/ > include/boost-1_35 > which produced the same output. Always failing on the filesystem > library. > > After searching the web for help I came across some references to > Boost not being properly built as universal binaries. I originally > downloaded and built Boost with regular: > ./configure --prefix=/usr/local > make > sudo make install > > But maybe there are more hoops for OS X and Intel Macs? > > At this point I am at a loss. Thank you in advance for any help, and > my apologies if this is common knowledge. > > -Frollino > _______________________________________________ > Mapnik-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users _______________________________________________ Mapnik-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users

