boost conflicts with boost-python

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donald1000

Hi!
I need boost-python as a dependency for gimp and some other ports. But i got this error:
===> boost-1.37.0 conflicts with installed package(s):
boost-python-1.37.0

I cannot deinstall boost-python-1.37.0:

pkg_delete: package 'boost-python-1.37.0' is required by these other packages
and may not be deinstalled:
kde-3.5.10_1
kdeedu-3.5.10

What can i do?

Thanks.
 
Hi!
Thank you. That did the trick. gimp is running now.

But it seems not to be possible to have boost and boost-python installed at the same time. Although boost-python is needed by many apps in KDE everything seems to run fine without it?! Strange...

Best wishes
 
boost-python is primarily needed for kdeedu, which you probably don't use.

The problem lies with the way slave ports and dependencies are implemented in the ports system.

boost-python is a superset of boost - it's boost c++ with boost python. So, if you need both, you want boost-python, which unfortunately is the slave port.

Ports needing "only boost" will set the dependency to devel/boost, while those wanting the python support will set dependency origin to devel/boost-python.

I've fixed this locally in Makefile's where it effects me, by setting WITH_BOOST_PYTHON=yes in /etc/make.conf and change the port's Makefile like so:
Code: 
Index: games/wesnoth/Makefile
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/ports/games/wesnoth/Makefile,v
retrieving revision 1.63
diff -u -r1.63 Makefile
--- games/wesnoth/Makefile      24 Mar 2009 20:09:01 -0000      1.63
+++ games/wesnoth/Makefile      18 Apr 2009 17:35:20 -0000
@@ -15,9 +15,12 @@
 MAINTAINER=    philip@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=       A fantasy turn-based strategy game

-LIB_DEPENDS=   boost_thread.4:${PORTSDIR}/devel/boost \
-               freetype.9:${PORTSDIR}/print/freetype2
-
+LIB_DEPENDS=   freetype.9:${PORTSDIR}/print/freetype2
+.if defined(WITH_BOOST_PYTHON)
+LIB_DEPENDS+=  boost_python:${PORTSDIR}/devel/boost-python
+.else
+LIB_DEPENDS+=  boost_thread.4:${PORTSDIR}/devel/boost
+.endif
 CONFLICTS=     wesnoth-1.5*

 USE_SDL=       image mixer net ttf

This will correctly use boost python (which also installs boost_thread needed for the game).
 
Hi Mel_Flynn,

thanks for your useful description. This is good to know. I´ll handle it like that, when i get in trouble with the boost dependencies again.

Have a nice day.
 
conflict among boost, boost-python and boost_build packages.

I need to use boost_build features for building my python modules using boost-python. But when I try to install python_build it is dependent on boost.

This conflict among boot and boost-python is confusing. Even though there is a option of -DWITH_PYTHON in boost package, it does to do the desired things properly for me.

I am curious to run my first example python module written in c++ using boost-python and boost_build.

Can anyone walk me through the process of installation and execution of first python extension module on freebsd 7.1 release.

Regards,

Sury
 
Actually, boost-python is just boost plus python bindings. So if you've got boost-python it should satisfy all dependencies on boost as well. If not the dependency line in the port is broken.
 
boost is there when we install boost-python but not the boost_build.

When I do pkg_add -r boost_build it fails, as it requires boost and boost-python is conflicting package of that requirement.

Please suggest the best way to fix.

And by the way, there is a option in boost itself to compile with python support, then why do we have two seperate packages and conflicting behaviour of two. Cant we either fix them or merge them.
 
When I tried to install boost with python support, and later added boost_build. but things didnt go smooth. So it someone has successfully installed boost with python support and compiled example python extensions using boost_build can share their experience.

Thanks in advance.
 
spsoni said:
boost is there when we install boost-python but not the boost_build.

When I do pkg_add -r boost_build it fails, as it requires boost and boost-python is conflicting package of that requirement.

Please suggest the best way to fix.
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Install sysutils/bsdadminscripts (you need to do that from ports, because the package is too old).

Run the following command:
# pkg_upgrade boost_build

This will resolve the conflicts for you.
 
Hi there!
The way I fixed it was just forcing the installation of gimp and then running pkgdb -F with
ALT_PKGDEP = { 'boost-1.37.*' => 'boost-python-1.37.*', }
inside my pkgtools.conf
I think portupgrade should better recognize the altered dependencies before any installation..
 
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