solved my problem thx !

Hi, I am in similar situation, which version of python and libboost did you use ?
Could you upload your Makefile.config file, please ?
thanks

This solution did not work for me, unfortunately. Any reason why?
I changed the boost_python3 in the Makefile.config to boost_python3-py35 and it worked perfectly.

I solved using cmake. I modified the cmakelist.txt, I changed the interpreter line : set(python_version "3.5.2" CACHE STRING "Specify which Python version to use"). And It worked!

Great solution!@H-adorable

I am building caffe under Ubuntu 16.04. The solution for me is to change boost_python3 to boost_python-py35.

Thank you. This has solved my question.

I am building caffe in Ubuntu 16.04. For me changing boost_python3 to boost_python-py35 worked. "boost_python3-py35" did not work for me.

For my Python 3.6 setup, something similar worked, ln -s libboost_python36.so libboost_python3.so

thanks @minhaj3

For those who tried all methods mentioned above and still got the error, check if you have already installed libboost by running: sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libboost-all-dev.

Ive got multiple python versions using pyenv (3.8 and 3.7).
I started the build on python3.7 and since on my system i had boost_python38 hence in the makefile i edited to look for boost_python38 instead of boost_python37
PYTHON_LIBRARIES := boost_python38 python3.7m
I did that because sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libboost-all-dev says requirement already satisfied.

But now when I do make -j4 Im getting this error :-

CXX/LD -o .build_release/tools/extract_features.bin
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/9/../../../arm-linux-gnueabihf/libboost_python38.so: undefined reference to `_Py_tracemalloc_config'
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/9/../../../arm-linux-gnueabihf/libboost_python38.so: undefined reference to `_PyTraceMalloc_NewReference'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [Makefile:630: .build_release/tools/get_image_size.bin] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/9/../../../arm-linux-gnueabihf/libboost_python38.so: undefined reference to `_Py_tracemalloc_config'
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/9/../../../arm-linux-gnueabihf/libboost_python38.so: undefined reference to `_PyTraceMalloc_NewReference'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [Makefile:630: .build_release/tools/convert_imageset.bin] Error 1
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/9/../../../arm-linux-gnueabihf/libboost_python38.so: undefined reference to `_Py_tracemalloc_config'
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/9/../../../arm-linux-gnueabihf/libboost_python38.so: undefined reference to `_PyTraceMalloc_NewReference'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [Makefile:630: .build_release/tools/convert_annoset.bin] Error 1
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/9/../../../arm-linux-gnueabihf/libboost_python38.so: undefined reference to `_Py_tracemalloc_config'
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/9/../../../arm-linux-gnueabihf/libboost_python38.so: undefined reference to `_PyTraceMalloc_NewReference'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [Makefile:630: .build_release/tools/extract_features.bin] Error 1

I wanted to build Caffe and faced the same issue. Unfortunately, none of the answers work in my case. I checked the location of lboost_python by the following command:


find /usr/lib -name libboost_python-py

I found the lboost_python libraries and here are some of them:

• libboost_python37.a
• libboost_python37-mt.a
• libboost_python37-mt.so
• libboost_python37-mt.so.1.68.0

Then in the Makefile.config file I changed the following line:

PYTHON_LIBRARIES := boost_python python3.7m
to

PYTHON_LIBRARIES := boost_python37-mt python3.7m

Thank you so much for this! you are adorable love for everyone. God bless you