Thank you for your response. I knew I should have added that to my steps in the last email.. Sorry. I thought that the version numbers might be the issue as well and tried sym linking them out but that doesn't help. Same issue.
> 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 >> 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

