Is that the full error message? Isn't there a stack trace show right below of what you shared with us in your console? Note that protobuf-src tries to build libprotobuf and protoc from source. Might be that it fails building because you already have libprotoc installed on your system. Or you are missing system dependencies needed to build both artefacts. Which protobuf crate(s) are you using? You might have to change the feature set of your dependencies to avoid using a vendored libprotobuf in favour of the one from your system.
Isn't there a stack trace show right below of what you shared with us in your console?
The trace shows
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--- stderr
configure: error: *** A compiler with support for C++11 language features is required.
thread 'main' panicked at /Users/dnyy/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/autotools-0.2.7/src/lib.rs:790:5:
command did not execute successfully, got: exit status: 1
build script failed, must exit now
note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace
Could it be due to this A compiler with support for C++11 language features is required.? I'm on mac and my clang version is
Apple clang version 16.0.0 (clang-1600.0.26.6)
Target: arm64-apple-darwin23.5.0
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin
It seems the build script finds gcc and treats it as the default compiler.
What's the output of which cc and cc --version?
You might have an old gcc lying around, installed through homebrew or macports.
Also you might want to try protobuf-src = "2" which uses cmake for the build. The CMake output should include the C/C++ compiler and its version.
What do you need the protobuf-src dependency for, if you already have protoc and protobuf installed on your computer? Note the docs which state that:
This crate builds a vendored copy of libprotobuf and protoc using Cargo’s support for custom build scripts. It is not intended for direct consumption, but as a dependency for other crates that need libprotobuf or protoc available, like prost-build.
Trying to compile crate for solana, but getting the same error:
error: failed to run custom build command for `protobuf-src v1.1.0+21.5`
Caused by:
process didn't exit successfully: `/Users/nsense/Desktop/.../target/debug/build/protobuf-src-4d5ad723e477eb27/build-script-build` (exit status: 101)
--- stderr
configure: error: *** A compiler with support for C++11 language features is required.
thread 'main' panicked at /Users/nsense/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/autotools-0.2.7/src/lib.rs:790:5:
command did not execute successfully, got: exit status: 1
build script failed, must exit now
note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace
gcc -v:
Apple clang version 16.0.0 (clang-1600.0.26.6)
Target: arm64-apple-darwin24.2.0
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin