Could not detect boost libraries when configuring Bitcoin core - Apple M1 Mac Mini

Question

I´m trying to install Bitcoin from source on an Apple M1 Mac Mini (Big Sur 11.2.3) and Im getting this when running

./configure --prefix=$PWD/depends/arm-apple-darwin20.3.0

"We could not detect the boost libraries (version 1.58.0 or higher). If you have a staged boost library (still not installed) please specify $BOOST_ROOT in your environment and do not give a PATH to --with-boost option."

config.log tells me:

configure:32586: checking for boostlib >= 1.58.0 (105800)
configure:32618: g++ -std=c++17 -c -g -O2 -I/opt/homebrew/opt/libffi/include -DHAVE_BUILD_INFO -D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS -DMAC_OSX -DOBJC_OLD_DISPATCH_PROTOTYPES=0 -DPROVIDE_FUZZ_MAIN_FUNCTION  conftest.cpp >&5
conftest.cpp:73:10: fatal error: 'boost/version.hpp' file not found
#include <boost/version.hpp>
         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
configure:32618: $? = 1

I have boost installed via homebrew in /opt/homebrew/Cellar/boost (Version 1.75.0) and I did try

export BOOST_ROOT=/opt/homebrew/Cellar/boost

before building, but keep getting the same result.

echo 'export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/icu4c/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
echo 'export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/icu4c/sbin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
export LDFLAGS="-L/opt/homebrew/opt/icu4c/lib"
export CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/homebrew/opt/icu4c/include"

also didnt help. Any ideas very much appreciated. Thanks

Answer 1

Problem solved. Rosetta 2 was missing on the new system I set up. If anyone else runs into the same problem:

softwareupdate --install-rosetta

does the trick. Thanks to @AlgorithmicRisk on Twitter for pointing this out.

Answer 2

I had the same issue and it turns out that my system was missing the Boost library.

Install it using this(on wsl): sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev Then it should work.