[Solved]libboost_filesystem: no file or directory

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olividir
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[Solved]libboost_filesystem: no file or directory

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Hello all

I was trying to start FreeCAD 0.2 (git version in AUR), but ran into this issue:

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❯ FreeCAD
FreeCAD: error while loading shared libraries: libboost_filesystem.so.1.78.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Searching the web suggested to reinstall FreeCAD and do a clean build.
The clean build seemed to be going very well, unless the last few lines, I got this error code. I am not sure what means:

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FAILED (errors=3)
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in check().       (100 %)
    Aborting...
 -> error making: freecad-git
The lines before that were just install code. I am not sure how to figure this out, after all, this is the whole error message.
To be clear, I am trying to install freecad-git from AUR. I would show build number if I could, but currently FreeCAD is not installed.

I am on EndeavourOS
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Re: libboost_filesystem: no file or directory

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Please try the AppImage version. It has most (all?) libraries on board.
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Re: libboost_filesystem: no file or directory

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use --nocheck option when running makepkg or install unofficial precompiled binary from here: https://github.com/adrianinsaval/pacman ... nux-x86_64 (mine) or here: http://mirrors.fossho.st/garuda/repos/c ... ur/x86_64/ (chaotic-aur repo)
Note that the fact that the check fails means there is something wrong with some function of freecad in that build, likely due to some currently incompatible library so if you find something that doesn't work when using the package consider swithcing to the appimage as chrisb suggests
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Re: libboost_filesystem: no file or directory

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@adrianinsaval

Thank you for this. I grabbed one of your package and installed. Seems to be working for now. If something breaks, I'll consider appimage.
Solved for now.
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Re: [Solved]libboost_filesystem: no file or directory

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@olividir if you use the -git version yo should update relatively frequently since it can break when you update your system
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