How to fix 'boost/operators.hpp' file not found' error in react-native

Question

when I use 'react-native run-ios', there is some error, 'boost/operators.hpp' file not found. I can not build and run my project:

react-native-cli: 2.0.1 react-native: 0.59.9 npm: 6.9.0 yarn: 1.16.0 node: v12.4.0 os: macos 10.14.5 xcode: 10.2.1

▸ Compiling JSIDynamic.cpp

❌  /Users/lidongbo/WorkBentch/ReactNative/AwesomeProject/node_modules/react-native/React/../third-party/folly-2018.10.22.00/folly/dynamic.h:63:10: 'boost/operators.hpp' file not found

#include <boost/operators.hpp>
              ^


▸ Analyzing JSCRuntime.cpp
▸ Analyzing jsi.cpp
error Failed to build iOS project. We ran "xcodebuild" command but it exited with error code 65. To debug build logs further, consider building your app with Xcode.app, by opening AwesomeProject.xcodeproj

project can build and run.

Answer 1

If you get this issue in react-native-reanimated after upgrading to react-native 0.66 update your react-native-reanimated in package.json

Try "react-native-reanimated": "2.3.0-beta.2" 

Don't forget to run yarn install or npm install to update your packages. Also do a pod install for ios and restart your server instance .

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Answer 2

This might due to incomplete pods install - try deleting ios/Pods folder and run pod install under ios.

Answer 3

An alternative error for the same issue that I encountered was:

ios/Pods/boost-for-react-native/boost/operators.hpp:97:10: 'boost/config.hpp' file not found

To fix it, you need to clear cocoa pods and cache and re-install.

1. Delete cocoa pods cache: rm -r ~/Library/Caches/CocoaPods
2. Delete the Pods folder and the Podfile.lock usually located in <project_root>/ios.
3. Reinstall pods: pod update