Re: [Boost-users] Linker error with boost_1_36_0

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Linker error with boost_1_36_0
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-10-10 11:57:56

AMDG

kumar bhargav wrote:
>
> I built the thread library after downloading "boost_1_36_0.zip".
>
> After building the thread library from bjam, when I build the program 
> in VS2008, I get following linker error:-
>
>  
>
> Error     1          fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 
> 'libboost_thread-vc90-mt-gd-1_36.lib' 
>

This is the static library.

>  
>
> What I see in the generated library folder is that 
> boost_thread-vc90-mt-gd-1_36.lib is generated, but the linker is 
> looking for 'libboost_thread-vc90-mt-gd-1_36.lib'.
>
boost_thread-vc90-mt-gd-1_36.lib is the import library for
boost_thread-vc90-mt-gd-1_36.dll.

You can either
a) build the static library using bjam ... link=static or
b) Use the dynamic libs: compile with -DBOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe