Re: [Boost-users] how to know which libraries to link?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] how to know which libraries to link?
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-09-01 10:47:46

AMDG

pedro chaparro wrote:
> HI, im newbie with boost, i have a doubt about how to know which
> libraries u have to link when u compile a cpp file,  in the example
> below for example which would be the libraries to link?
> i do for example c++ -I boostdirectory myfile.cpp -o myfile [   and
> here?    ]. Im working with ubuntu, and boost 4.0
>   

You may need to link to boost_date_time and boost_system.
The easiest way to tell is to try to link and look at the namespaces
of any undefined symbols.

> //
> // timer.cpp
> // ~~~~~~~~~
> //
> // Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Christopher M. Kohlhoff (chris at kohlhoff dot com)
> //
> // Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
> // file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
> //
>
> #include <iostream>
> #include <boost/asio.hpp>
> #include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp>
>
> int main()
> {
>   boost::asio::io_service io;
>
>   boost::asio::deadline_timer t(io, boost::posix_time::seconds(5));
>   t.wait();
>
>   std::cout << "Hello, world!\n";
>
>   return 0;
> }
>   

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe