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I keep getting this error message after running 'make' or 'make check':

Making check in src
  CXXLD    bitcoind
Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
  "__ZN2Db6verifyEPKcS1_PSoj", referenced from:
      __ZN16BerkeleyDatabase6VerifyER13bilingual_str in libbitcoin_wallet.a(libbitcoin_wallet_a-bdb.o)
  "__ZN5boost10filesystem4path5imbueERKSt6locale", referenced from:
      __Z16SetupEnvironmentv in libbitcoin_util.a(libbitcoin_util_a-system.o)
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [bitcoind] Error 1
make[1]: *** [check-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1

Any ideas on how to fix it?

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  • How did you install Berkeley-DB? What compiler are you using to build Core?
    – MCCCS
    Commented Mar 15, 2021 at 19:31
  • I installed Berkeley-DB using brew (brew install berkeley-db4) and am using gcc-10. I had to explicitly configure like this though because compiling C++ on Catalina is a pain: './configure CXX=g++-10 CPP=cpp-10 CC=gcc-10'
    – Julian Moraes
    Commented Mar 15, 2021 at 19:35
  • I don't think setting CPP is needed. I set the variables with export in ~/.zprofile and configure automatically takes them from the env
    – MCCCS
    Commented Mar 15, 2021 at 19:49

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Berkeley-db from brew which is clang compiled is GCC incompatible. Either Recompile berkeley-db4 with GCC:

HOMEBREW_CC=gcc-10 HOMEBREW_CXX=g++-10 brew reinstall --build-from-source berkeley-db4

or compile Core with clang

Discussion: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/3228

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  • Thanks for the reply - that fixed the Berkeley-DB problem but I just received this error message after running 'make check': Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64: "__ZN5boost10filesystem4path5imbueERKSt6locale", referenced from: __Z16SetupEnvironmentv in libbitcoin_util.a(libbitcoin_util_a-system.o) ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64 collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [bitcoind] Error 1 make[1]: *** [check-recursive] Error 1 make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1 . Any ideas how to fix this one?
    – Julian Moraes
    Commented Mar 15, 2021 at 20:28
  • You need to rebuild boost too similarly
    – MCCCS
    Commented Mar 15, 2021 at 20:33
  • I'm struggling to figure out the command to do that - do you know what it should be?
    – Julian Moraes
    Commented Mar 15, 2021 at 23:41
  • Running HOMEBREW_CC=gcc-10 HOMEBREW_CXX=g++-10 brew install --build-from-source boost --HEAD or brew install boost --build-from-source --HEAD leads to the following patch error: ==> Patching ==> Applying 7b3fc734242eea9af734d6cd8ccb3d8f6b64c5b2.patch patching file boost-install.jam Hunk #1 FAILED at 483. 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file boost-install.jam.rej
    – Julian Moraes
    Commented Mar 15, 2021 at 23:58
  • Remove --HEAD
    – MCCCS
    Commented Mar 16, 2021 at 7:49

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