Yet another build issue - Mac OS X - error: unknown type name 'atomic_flag' atomic_flag_clear #13595

Goal: getting command line utility, analyse blockchain, learn more about transactions, analysis, everything...

I'm following instructions from here: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/43148/bitcoin-cli-not-found-on-osx

When I run ./configure I ran into errors.

configure: error: libdb_cxx headers missing, Bitcoin Core requires this library for wallet functionality (--disable-wallet to disable wallet functionality)

Some Google searches:

brew install berkeley-db4

==> ../dist/configure --disable-debug --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/berkeley-db4/4.8.30 --mandir=/usr/local/Cellar/berkeley-db4/4.8.30/share/man --enable-cxx
==> make install
Last 15 lines from /Users/ms/Library/Logs/Homebrew/berkeley-db4/02.make:
                                  ^
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/include/c++/v1/atomic:1789:28: error: unknown type name 'atomic_flag'
atomic_flag_clear(volatile atomic_flag* __o) _NOEXCEPT
                           ^
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/include/c++/v1/atomic:1796:19: error: unknown type name 'atomic_flag'
atomic_flag_clear(atomic_flag* __o) _NOEXCEPT
                  ^
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/include/c++/v1/atomic:1803:37: error: unknown type name 'atomic_flag'
atomic_flag_clear_explicit(volatile atomic_flag* __o, memory_order __m) _NOEXCEPT
                                    ^
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/include/c++/v1/atomic:1810:28: error: unknown type name 'atomic_flag'
atomic_flag_clear_explicit(atomic_flag* __o, memory_order __m) _NOEXCEPT
                           ^
11 errors generated.
make: *** [cxx_db.lo] Error 1

READ THIS: https://git.io/brew-troubleshooting

/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.3/usr/lib/ruby/2.3.0/open-uri.rb:359:in `open_http': 422 Unprocessable Entity (GitHub::Error)
Validation Failed
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	from /usr/local/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb:523:in `open'
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I have Bitcoin Core aka Bitcoin-QT running, so actually I don't need to install wallet, tried: ./configure --disable-wallet;

Now run into: configure: error: No working boost sleep implementation found.

Somewhere found that I can run a commands like that:

/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt.app/Contents/MacOS/Bitcoin-Qt -version

But it seems like a starting parameters, not if I want to get a block or transaction by hash...

Try to reinstall your packaged with brew (and eventually reinstall home-brew). Make sure you remove other package managers (check for fink, macports, etc.).

Google a bit how to reinstall brew packages and check brew doctor

Still messing around with brew: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/4423

That's why I prefer front-end development over command line build issues... :)

Didn't succeed with updating brew, I'm on my own...

Tried this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46872922/broken-c-std-libraries-on-macos-high-sierra-10-13/47401866#

I don't know: error: unknown type name 'atomic_flag'

Me monkey, never was good at solving command line build issues.

why would you mix up dated stuff when the accurate build instructions are just around the corner?

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/build-osx.md

If they are working or not depends on your OSX though as most of the dependencies need to be tricked on versions < 10.11

Going to close this, as it looks like your brew installation is broken. Once you've reinstalled/fixed that, and have installed all dependencies without error, if you're still having build issues, feel free to reopen this issue.