Re: [Boost-users] [program_options] linking error with example

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [program_options] linking error with example
From: Christoph Duelli (duelli_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-01-12 10:25:47

katharina wrote:

> I have problems starting out with the program_options library.
> Looking at the tutorial, I wanted to try out the first example metioned,
>  first.cpp (which is located in
>  boost_1_41_0/libs/program_options/example).
> 
> But there seems to be some linking error.
> I try to compile it by
>  g++ -I ~boost_1_41_0 first.cpp -o first
> ~/boost_1_41_0/stage/lib/libboost_program_options.a

Unless you insist on linking statically, try

export BOOST_INC=~/boost_1_41_0
export BOOST_LIBS=~/boost_1_41_0/stage/lib
g++ -I $BOOST_INC first.cpp -o first -L$BOOST_LIBS -lboost_program_options

HTH
Christoph