Re: [Boost-users] Boost library names

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-09-13 10:37:58

on Wed Sep 12 2007, "Mark B." <anonymoususr-AT-gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to use string_algo (specifically split) in my program but I have
> no idea about which Boost library I have to link to. Library naming in Boost
> is not very regular. For example, to link to the filesystem classes I have
> to use -lboost_filesystem, but for linking to uBlas, I have to use -lblas.
> Thus, the substring "boost" is not necessarily in the  library's filename
>
> Can somebody help me?

Please see
http://www.boost.org/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html#library-naming
or
http://www.boost.org/more/getting_started/windows.html#library-naming
depending on your platform.

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