Is that error message copied correctly? Because the library prefix in it is "libbost_" instead of "libboost_", and if accurate, that probably explains why the library isn't found.
John -- John C. Bollinger, Ph.D., RHCSA Computing and X-ray Scientist Department of Structural Biology St. Jude Children's Research Hospital -----Original Message----- From: Francois Berenger <mli...@ligand.eu> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2021 7:25 PM To: Chris Swain <sw...@mac.com> Cc: openbabel-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Open Babel] Library not loaded Caution: External Sender. Do not open unless you know the content is safe. On 13/08/2021 00:29, Chris Swain via OpenBabel-discuss wrote: > Hi, > > I'm sure I've seen mention of this error in the past but I can't find > it. > > An iBabel user has installed openbabel using home-brew on a Mac and > they report this error > > Dyld: Library not loaded: > Usr/local/opt/boost/lib/libbost_iostreams-mt.dylib > Referenced from :/usr/local/bin/obabel Reason image not found Abort > trap: 6 > > Does this need to be installed separately? The formula doesn't mention any boost-related _direct_ dependencies: cf. https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FHomebrew%2Fhomebrew-core%2Fblob%2Ff225ce6dce2cab361b835c5c7471405a05a83a67%2FFormula%2Fopen-babel.rb&data=04%7C01%7CJohn.Bollinger%40stjude.org%7C4b389103f8234c06e9b608d96115f51a%7C22340fa892264871b677d3b3e377af72%7C0%7C1%7C637647569211917889%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=6DuPIr9LyjMh0xPltJ7cskfP%2F629N8pDvGylqCen0dk%3D&reserved=0 If brew can install the missing dependency (that was detected at runtime), then the formula should be corrected. > Cheers, > > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > OpenBabel-discuss mailing list > OpenBabel-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net > https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flist > s.sourceforge.net%2Flists%2Flistinfo%2Fopenbabel-discuss&data=04%7 > C01%7CJohn.Bollinger%40stjude.org%7C4b389103f8234c06e9b608d96115f51a%7 > C22340fa892264871b677d3b3e377af72%7C0%7C1%7C637647569211917889%7CUnkno > wn%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiL > CJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=NUiIUPyfC52JNS4cQWQFE%2BDUpNF3wpMhl5dxm > 6W4URk%3D&reserved=0 _______________________________________________ OpenBabel-discuss mailing list OpenBabel-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.sourceforge.net%2Flists%2Flistinfo%2Fopenbabel-discuss&data=04%7C01%7CJohn.Bollinger%40stjude.org%7C4b389103f8234c06e9b608d96115f51a%7C22340fa892264871b677d3b3e377af72%7C0%7C1%7C637647569211917889%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=NUiIUPyfC52JNS4cQWQFE%2BDUpNF3wpMhl5dxm6W4URk%3D&reserved=0 ________________________________ Email Disclaimer: www.stjude.org/emaildisclaimer Consultation Disclaimer: www.stjude.org/consultationdisclaimer _______________________________________________ OpenBabel-discuss mailing list OpenBabel-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openbabel-discuss