Re: [Boost-build] {Newbie] linker error 1104 when using VC++ Express

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] {Newbie] linker error 1104 when using VC++ Express
From: Bob Keane (Armand.Tamzarian_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-13 13:45:19

Steven Watanabe <watanabesj <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> AMDG
> 
> Bob Keane wrote:
> > I am new to boost so bear with me. I used the loader to download and 
install 
> > Boost, selected all variants and was sucessful running the example program 
> > using Visual Studio C++ Express edition. However, when following the first 
> > tutorial, I get an error, "LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 
> > 'libboost_system-vc90-mt-gd-1_36.lib'". I checked previous threads and 
found 
> > the one, "[Thread] visual studio hello word multithreading problem" to be 
> > similar. I looked into the \lib directory for the suspect file but did not 
find 
> > it. I did find a lot of libboost_system-vc80... files though, so I suspect 
> > something is looking for a different version. Is there a simple way to 
correct 
> > this? Thanks in advance.
> >   
> 
> You are building with Visual C++ 9.0, right?
> 
> It looks like you installed the libraries for Visual Studio 8.0.
> 
> In Christ,
> Steven Watanabe

Thanks for the reply, I apologize for responding so late. I verified my msvc 
version is correct, it is 9. I uninstalled and reinstalled boost, ensured I 
downloaded the version for 9.0 but still get the error. Any other suggestions?

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