Ok, I had to run the following after unzipping boost: ./bootstrap.sh --with-libraries=python --prefix=/home/user/Tools/cinfony/tree ./bjam install
There was no need to download or install bjam separately. The RDKit build was then configured as follows: cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/user/Tools/cinfony/tree -DBoost_INCLUDE_DIR=/home/user/Tools/cinfony/tree/include - Noel On 31 March 2010 17:16, Greg Landrum <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Noel, > > Looks like the problem with the build instructions is that I assume a > pre-built version of bjam; bad assumption. > > Your best bet is probably to follow the build instructions for boost > that are in the boost docs: > http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_42_0/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html#easy-build-and-install > > you only need the python library, so don't worry about building everything. > > Note: I haven't tested the RDKit with boost 1.42, but I don't > anticipate any major problems. > > -greg > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Noel O'Boyle <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello Greg, >> >> I'm trying to follow the instructions at >> http://code.google.com/p/rdkit/wiki/BuildingWithCmake on an Ubuntu >> 9.04 system. >> >> (1) I downloaded a boost source version. >> (http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.42.0/boost_1_42_0.tar.gz/download) >> (2) I extracted it and tried "bjam --with-python release install", but >> I don't have bjam. >> (3) I downloaded ../boost-jam-3.1.18. It said there was a precompiled >> version, but there wasn't so I compiled it. >> (4) I run "bjam --with-python release install", but got >> >> """u...@ubuntu904desktop:~/Tools/cinfony/boost_1_42_0$ >> ../boost-jam-3.1.18/bin.linuxx86/bjam >> >> Unable to load Boost.Build: could not find build system. >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> /home/user/Tools/cinfony/boost_1_42_0/boost-build.jam attempted to >> load the build system by invoking >> >> 'boost-build tools/build/v2 ;' >> >> but we were unable to find "bootstrap.jam" in the specified directory >> or in BOOST_BUILD_PATH (searching >> /home/user/Tools/cinfony/boost_1_42_0/tools/build/v2, >> /usr/share/boost-build). >> >> Please consult the documentation at 'http://www.boost.org'.""" >> >> What am I doing wrong? Were you using the same versions? >> >> - Noel >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval >> Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs >> proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. >> See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Rdkit-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rdkit-discuss >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Rdkit-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rdkit-discuss

