dyld: Library not loaded ... Reason: Image not found

Question

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?

Answer 1

Find all the boost libraries (where exefile is the name of your executable):

$ 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.

Answer 2

This worked for me:

brew upgrade node