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

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [program_options] linking error with example
From: katharina (KathiS_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-01-18 05:50:39

Christoph Duelli wrote:
> 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

I tried it - seems to compile ok, but when I try to run the program, I get
"error while loading shared libraries:
libboost_program_options.so.1.41.0: cannot open shared object file: No
such file or directory"
But the library is there...

Best,
Katharina