Re: [Boost-users] Linking with the appropriate library component

From: Roman Neuhauser (neuhauser_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-06-12 21:37:00

# umut.tabak_at_[hidden] / 2006-06-12 23:29:38 +0200:
> Dear all,
> 
> I have tried to install boost by the packages that are supplied as a 
> part of Cygwin which kept me doing a lot of work. Anyway, to test the 
> library(lexical_cast) I have a very simple code, for the moment I can 
> compile the file and the .o file is succesfully written, but in the link 
> process I could not figure out which library and/or options I have to 
> use. I have the obj file but can not produce an exe file.
> 
> I used
> 
> g++ -c -I"C:\cygwin\usr\local\include\boost-1_33_1\boost" filename.cc
> 
> and
> 
> filename.o
> 
> is in the directory.
> 
> Can somebody share his/her ideas with me.

    lexical_cast is a "header-only library", boost/lexical_cast.hpp is
    all you need.

    g++ -I"C:\cygwin\usr\local\include\boost-1_33_1\boost" filename.cc

    Notice the missing "-c". You'll want to use the -o option as well.

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