Re: [Boost-users] Could not link (link_program_options)

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Could not link (link_program_options)
From: Olaf Meeuwissen (olaf.meeuwissen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-02-06 03:08:15

Wilson Tan <wmtan_at_[hidden]> writes:

> I'm trying to install Sandia's SST when I encountered this error while
> running the configuration script.
>
> checking for doxygen... no
> checking for mpicc... mpicc
> checking for MPI_Init... yes
> checking for mpi.h... yes
> checking for mpic++... mpic++
> checking for mpi.h... yes
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
> checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
> checking for boostlib >= 1.41... yes
> checking whether the Boost::Program_Options library is available... yes
> configure: error: Could not link (link_program_options) against  !
>
> I installed my BOOST libraries via Ubuntu's Synaptic, and I have
> installed libboost-program-options-dev, libboost-program-options1.46.1
> and libboost-program-options1.46-dev.
>
> Any ideas on how to fix the error? Any help would be appreciated. =)

This can happen when you have multiple versions of the Boost libraries
installed (via the package management system and/or manually) or due to
a bashism in the AX_BOOST_* autoconf macros.

See http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/index.php?7246 and http://bugs.debian.org/584180

Hope this helps,
-- 
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