Installing the full boost libraries will do. (not sure how to do it on OpenSuse - I only have very limited internet right now, so I can't search the web)
Dima On January 4, 2026 6:24:13 PM CST, American Citizen <[email protected]> wrote: >Yes, the pre-requisite libraries seem to be installed, but I need to make a >comment here for openSuse users. > >The prerequisites install line in zipper is > >% sudo zypper install binutils make m4 gawk perl python3 tar bc which >glibc-locale-base gcc gcc-c++ ca-certificates gzip findutils diffutils patch >bzip2 pkgconf zlib > >There is no package in opensuse Leap 15.5 (and other versions) named >"boost-base" I am guessing that this is a euphemism for the basic libraries, >say a dozen or so??? > >The two pkgconf(bzip) and pkconf(zilb) lines are NOT zypper installed. They >are run separately on a shell script line > >% pkgconf bzip2 zlib > >I need more information about what is meant by boost-base ??? zypper2 has no >idea what this is . > >It would be nice to get these corrections noted on the >https://github.com/sagemath/sage/blob/develop/build/pkgs/_prereq/distros/opensuse.txt > page. > >Randall > >On 1/4/26 15:41, Dima Pasechnik wrote: >> you also need the packages listed here: >> >> <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/blob/develop/build/pkgs/_prereq/distros/opensuse.txt> >> >> >> >> On January 4, 2026 5:28:51 PM CST, American Citizen >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Dima: >>> >>> I carefully did a "git clone -b master >>> /https://github.com/sagemath/sage.git"; command and let git populate the >>> /sage directory and resolve the updates, etc. >>> >>> I then did a simple ./bootstrap command and it ran fine >>> >>> Next I did the ./configure command and it is failing at the end. >>> >>> I poked around inside the real_configure file, put some tracing on inside >>> so I could see how this file was really executing and it ran through all >>> the packages just fine, but it is blowing up on line 98986 and following >>> lines of real_configure >>> >>> This is where it is failing... >>> >>> if properties=$($SAGE_BOOTSTRAP_PYTHON build/bin/sage-package properties >>> --format=shell $SPKGS 2>& 5) && eval $properties >>> then : >>> >>> else $as_nop >>> >>> as_fn_error $? "Package directory missing. Re-run bootstrap." >>> "$LINENO" 5 >>> fi >>> >>> Can anyone tell me what is going on exactly here and why a failure would >>> occur? >>> >>> Thanks for your help. I really would like to get sage v10.8 built. >>> >>> Randall >>> >>> P.S. I have git cloned the sage directory 5 times now and keep hitting the >>> same problem. >>> >>> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-support/BBDBD0D7-CD47-44FC-BE9C-6592AB12DC5C%40gmail.com.
