I finally did get the parser compiled. But I cannot understand simple error message because the data
is where its supposed to be:
altoidnerd@altoidnerd-HP-EliteBook-8570w:~/Downloads/blockparser$ ./parser closure <address>
info: starting command "closure"
info: Building address equivalence graph ...
fatal: Invalid argument: failed to open block chain file /home/altoidnerd/.bitcoin/blocks/blk00000.dat
Aborted (core dumped)
I checked and that file is there...my blockchain is fine. Is it because bitcoind is running?
edit...nope, because I killed bitcoind and the same message appears :-(
Edit: fixed. This was because of an encrypted home directory.