Hi Mark, Thank you very much. The link was very helpful. Applying *-DBoost_NO_BOOST_CMAKE=BOOL:ON* to the following cmake command *cmake -DBUILD_PACKAGES=PyBDSM -DUSE_LOG4CPLUS=OFF -DUSE_LOG4CXX=OFF -DBoost_NO_BOOST_CMAKE=BOOL:ON ../.. * solved the problem. Thanks again and sorry for the noise. Valentin On 05/26/2016 05:56 PM, Mark Stodola wrote: > On 05/26/2016 10:48 AM, Mark Stodola wrote: >> On 05/26/2016 10:09 AM, Valentin B wrote: >>> Hi there, >>> >>> Recently I've installed boost and boost-devel and some other packages >>> related to the boost package. >>> >>> I then compiled libboost myself with a custom prefix. All the libs are >>> located in /data/users/myuser/BOOST/lib. >>> >>> The program I'm trying to compile requires libboost_date_time-d.a but >>> this cannot be find anywhere. This is what the program reports: >>> >>> $ cmake -DBUILD_PACKAGES=PyBDSM -DUSE_LOG4CPLUS=OFF -DUSE_LOG4CXX=OFF >>> ../.. >>> -- Loaded compiler defintion file for GNU >>> -- Loading global variants file >>> -- C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc >>> -- CXX compiler: /usr/bin/g++ >>> -- Fortran compiler: /usr/bin/gfortran >>> -- ASM compiler: /usr/bin/gcc >>> -- Adding package PyBDSM ... >>> -- PyBDSM version: 1.0 >>> -- PyBDSM dependencies: >>> CMake Error at /usr/lib64/boost/Boost.cmake:536 (message): >>> The imported target "boost_date_time-static-debug" references the >>> file >>> >>> "/usr/lib64/lib64/libboost_date_time-d.a" >>> >>> but this file does not exist. Possible reasons include: >>> >>> * The file was deleted, renamed, or moved to another location. >>> >>> * An install or uninstall procedure did not complete successfully. >>> >>> * The installation package was faulty and contained >>> >>> "/usr/lib64/boost/Boost.cmake" >>> >>> but not all the files it references. >>> >>> Call Stack (most recent call first): >>> /usr/lib64/boost/BoostConfig.cmake:28 (include) >>> /usr/share/cmake/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:177 (find_package) >>> CMake/FindBoost.cmake:62 (include) >>> CMake/LofarFindPackage.cmake:58 (find_package) >>> CEP/PyBDSM/CMakeLists.txt:7 (lofar_find_package) >>> >>> >>> Is there something wrong with a symlink that is not been created >>> properly during installation ? >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >> >> What boost packages are currently installed? >> rpm -qa \*boost\* >> >> The .a I believe is provided by boost-static (at least in SL7). Only the >> .so are in boost-date-time. >> >> If you compiled your own libboost, is there a reason you are still >> compiling against the RPM packaged version? I'm a bit confused... > > Also may be relevant: > https://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=15270