Error: Failed to configure boost

Christopher Jones jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk
Fri Apr 23 14:53:03 UTC 2021


Python 2.7 is no longer the default variant with boost, and your log shows you are still using this.

> sudo port sync
> sudo port -f uninstall boost
> sudo ports install boost

As others have said, the best way to avoid issues like this is to not leave things too long between port updates.

> On 23 Apr 2021, at 3:48 pm, tom eee <eeetom87 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I got the following error message while doing sudo port upgrade outdated:
> 
> Error: Failed to configure boost: configure failure: command execution failed
> 
> OS X 10.7.5
> Mac Mini mid-2011
> 
> main.log is attached.
> 
> Thank you,
> Tom
> 
> <main.log>

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