<p>I encountered the same problem and solved it by appending the following code to ~/.bash_profile file:</p>

<pre><code>export CPATH=/usr/local/include
</code></pre>

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2014-08-09T03:09:08.867Z
2014-08-09T03:09:08.867Z
Larry
<p>Hi i'm building Bitcoin from source and am having some problems. Curious if anyone would be able to help me. </p>

<p>When I try to make I get:</p>

<pre><code>In file included from ./json/json_spirit_reader_template.h:9:
./json/json_spirit_value.h:20:10: fatal error: 'boost/config.hpp' file not found
#include &lt;boost/config.hpp&gt;
         ^
1 error generated.
make[1]: *** [rpcclient.o] Error 1
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
</code></pre>

<p>I try brew install boost and it's saying boost-1.55.0_2 already installed. Any ideas what exatly is going on? </p>

<bitcoind>
Building from Source on MAC OSX 10.9 Error
user3513466
# Building from Source on MAC OSX 10.9 Error

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-07-24)

Hi i'm building Bitcoin from source and am having some problems. Curious if anyone would be able to help me.

When I try to make I get:

```
In file included from ./json/json_spirit_reader_template.h:9:
./json/json_spirit_value.h:20:10: fatal error: 'boost/config.hpp' file not found
#include <boost/config.hpp>
         ^
1 error generated.
make[1]: *** [rpcclient.o] Error 1
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

```

I try brew install boost and it's saying boost-1.55.0\_2 already installed. Any ideas what exatly is going on?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-08-09. Score: 1

I encountered the same problem and solved it by appending the following code to ~/.bash\_profile file:

```
export CPATH=/usr/local/include

```


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