When trying to run an executable I've been sent in Mac OS X, I get the following error
dyld: Library not loaded: libboost_atomic.dylib
Referenced from: /Users/"Directory my executable is in"
Reason: image not found
Trace/BPT trap:5
I have installed the boost libraries and they are located in /opt/local/lib
. I think the problem has something to do with the executable only looking in the directory it is in as when I paste the 'libboost_atomic.dylib' in there, it doesn't mind about it anymore. Unfortunately then it complains it can't find the next boost library.
Is there an easy way to fix this?
Find all the boost libraries:
$ otool -L exefile
exefile:
@executable_path/libboost_something.dylib (compatibility version 0.7.0, current version 0.7.0)
/usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 65.1.0)
/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 169.3.0)
and for each libboost_xxx.dylib
, do:
$ install_name_tool -change @executable_path/libboost_something.dylib /opt/local/lib/libboost_something.dylib exefile
and finally verify using otool
again:
$ otool -L exefile
exefile:
/opt/local/lib/libboost_something.dylib (compatibility version 0.7.0, current version 0.7.0)
/usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 65.1.0)
/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 169.3.0)
Manpages: otool
install_name_tool
EDIT A while back I wrote a python script (copy_dylibs.py
) to work out all this stuff automatically when building an app. It will package up all libraries from /usr/local
or /opt/local
into the app bundle and fix references to those libraries to use @rpath
. This means you can easily install third-party library using Homebrew and package them just as easily.
I have now made this script public on github.