Re: [Boost-users] Specifying library locations for g++

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-30 02:55:44

Scott Meyers wrote:

> I've built Boost 1.34 for VC8 and g++ 4.1.1 on WinXP.  I'm testing my
> installation with a simple program that uses Boost.FileSystem and
> Boost.Regex. Compilation is no problem, and for VC8, all I have to do to
> get things to link is add the location of the Boost binaries to the LIB
> environment variable.
> 
> I was hoping that all I had to do for g++ was do the same for the
> LIBRARY_PATH environment variable (per
> http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Environment-Variables.html), but I get
> unresolved symbol errors during linking even after doing that.  I played
> around with the -l option (per
> http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Link-Options.html#Link-Options), but
> nothing I tried worked.

What is the exact command line you've used, and what is the exact error
you've got? 

> Can somebody explain or point me to an explanation of what I need to do to
> get a
> program using Boost binaries to link?  I'm hoping there's something as
> simple as with VC8 where I can just specify a directory to look in and
> have the linker
> magically figure everything out from there.  

This is not possible.

- Volodya