Install Thrift 0.2.0

INSTALL THRIFT 0.2.0?!!!

It's true. As of this writing, Thrift is already at version 0.4.0. But FlockDB requires version 0.2.0, and for whatever reason is not forwards compatible. QED, install Thrift 0.2.0. Hopefully this situation will sort out soon.

Boost Install

Thrift requires the boost C++ libraries. This script works for me on OS X. Just know that compiling boost takes a very, very long time:

mkdir -p ~/build
cd ~/build
curl --location --remote-name http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/boost/boost/1.44.0/boost_1_44_0.tar.gz
tar -xf boost_1_44_0.tar.gz
cd boost_1_44_0
./bootstrap.sh
./bjam
sudo ./bjam install

Thrift Install

cd ~/build
curl --location --remote-name http://apache.cs.utah.edu/incubator/thrift/0.2.0-incubating/thrift-0.2.0-incubating.tar.gz
tar -xf thrift-0.2.0-incubating.tar.gz
cd thrift-0.2.0
./configure
sudo make
sudo make install

Test

/usr/local/bin/thrift
Usage: thrift [options] file
Options:
  -version    Print the compiler version
...

There is more bundled into the Thrift 0.2.0 distribution, but I am not sure it remains relevant. Testing that will have to remain a project for another day, probably involving Scribe.