Re: [Boost-users] Correctlt installing libboost*

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Correctlt installing libboost*
From: Alain Leblanc (aalebl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-01-16 21:44:06

I don't know anything about the facebook/thrift framework but I
noticed that the boost references in the configure command has a dash
('-') between mt and 1_37, but is not there in the error message. Is
this just a typo that you put in while writing the email?

2009/1/16 Robert Denton <robert_at_[hidden]>:
> Hi there.  I am attempting to get the facebook thrift/scribe framework
> installed on an ubuntu 8.10 server which requires boost and libboost.  I
> thought I'd installed boost correctly, simply by downloading the most recent
> tarball and doing a ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/boost and then a make
> install (which took about 30 minutes).
>
> However, when attempting to configure scribe with the following params,
>
> ./configure --with-boost=/usr/local/boost
> -with-boost-system=boost_system-gcc42-mt-1_37
> -with-boost-filesystem=boost_filesystem-gcc42-mt-1_37
>
>
> I ended up with an error like this as the last line of the configure output:
>
> configure: error: Could not link against
> boost_system-boost_system-gcc42-mt1_37 !
>
> I am wondering if this is a known problem with this version of boost, or if
> anyone who listens to this list might have some advice for me. Thanks!
>
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