Re: [Boost-users] How do you compile Boost C++ code in Ubuntu?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] How do you compile Boost C++ code in Ubuntu?
From: Giovanni (giovanni.ong_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-02-07 10:21:47

Greetings,
  I am sorry for the confusion; I mean my code that uses Boost C++ Libraries.

  I had set the shell variable $LD_LIBRARY_PATH to:
/usr/lib/libboost_system.so. It was originally empty. I used the
"echo" command to reflect the path that I had set it to.

  I had installed it with Ubuntu Software Center.
Here is a snippet of: /usr/lib

-rw-r--r--   1 root root        31152 Jan  5  2012 libboost_chrono.so.1.48.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root root        68216 Jan  2  2012 libboost_date_time.so.1.46.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root root       122280 Jan  2  2012 libboost_filesystem.so.1.46.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root root       324192 Jan  2  2012 libboost_graph.so.1.46.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root root       328328 Jan  5  2012 libboost_graph.so.1.48.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root root       101592 Jan  2  2012 libboost_iostreams.so.1.46.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root root       885000 Jan  5  2012 libboost_locale.so.1.48.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root root       105264 Jan  2  2012 libboost_math_c99f.so.1.46.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root root       109264 Jan  2  2012 libboost_math_c99l.so.1.46.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root root       109312 Jan  2  2012 libboost_math_c99.so.1.46.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root root       265088 Jan  2  2012 libboost_math_tr1f.so.1.46.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root root       244536 Jan  2  2012 libboost_math_tr1l.so.1.46.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root root       240440 Jan  2  2012 libboost_math_tr1.so.1.46.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root root        89656 Jan  3  2012
libboost_mpi_python-py27.so.1.46.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root root        89656 Jan  3  2012
libboost_mpi_python-py32.so.1.46.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root root       180320 Jan  3  2012 libboost_mpi.so.1.46.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root root       180320 Jan  5  2012 libboost_mpi.so.1.48.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root root       116720 Jan  5  2012 libboost_prg_exec_monitor.a
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root           27 Jan  5  2012
libboost_prg_exec_monitor-mt.a -> libboost_prg_exec_monitor.a
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root           35 Jan  5  2012
libboost_prg_exec_monitor-mt.so -> libboost_prg_exec_monitor.so.1.48.0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root           35 Jan  5  2012
libboost_prg_exec_monitor.so -> libboost_prg_exec_monitor.so.1.48.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root root        56352 Jan  2  2012
libboost_prg_exec_monitor.so.1.46.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root root        56352 Jan  5  2012
libboost_prg_exec_monitor.so.1.48.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root root       414280 Jan  2  2012
libboost_program_options.so.1.46.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root root       311168 Jan  2  2012
libboost_python-py27.so.1.46.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root root       315264 Jan  5  2012
libboost_python-py27.so.1.48.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root root       307072 Jan  2  2012
libboost_python-py32.so.1.46.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root root       311136 Jan  5  2012
libboost_python-py32.so.1.48.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root root        10472 Jan  2  2012 libboost_random.so.1.46.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root root      1054456 Jan  2  2012 libboost_regex.so.1.46.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root root      1079096 Jan  5  2012 libboost_regex.so.1.48.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root root      1240020 Jan  5  2012 libboost_serialization.a
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root           24 Jan  5  2012
libboost_serialization-mt.a -> libboost_serialization.a
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root           32 Jan  5  2012
libboost_serialization-mt.so -> libboost_serialization.so.1.48.0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root           32 Jan  5  2012
libboost_serialization.so -> libboost_serialization.so.1.48.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root root       446584 Jan  2  2012
libboost_serialization.so.1.46.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root root       446584 Jan  5  2012
libboost_serialization.so.1.48.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root root        80600 Jan  2  2012 libboost_signals.so.1.46.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root root        14568 Jan  2  2012 libboost_system.so.1.46.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root root        14568 Jan  5  2012 libboost_system.so.1.48.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root root      1635110 Jan  5  2012 libboost_test_exec_monitor.a
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root           28 Jan  5  2012
libboost_test_exec_monitor-mt.a -> libboost_test_exec_monitor.a
-rw-r--r--   1 root root       101304 Jan  2  2012 libboost_thread.so.1.46.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root root       109536 Jan  5  2012 libboost_thread.so.1.48.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root root        33102 Jan  5  2012 libboost_timer.a
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root           16 Jan  5  2012 libboost_timer-mt.a
-> libboost_timer.a
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root           24 Jan  5  2012
libboost_timer-mt.so -> libboost_timer.so.1.48.0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root           24 Jan  5  2012 libboost_timer.so
-> libboost_timer.so.1.48.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root root        18832 Jan  5  2012 libboost_timer.so.1.48.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root root      1879526 Jan  5  2012
libboost_unit_test_framework.a
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root           30 Jan  5  2012
libboost_unit_test_framework-mt.a -> libboost_unit_test_framework.a
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root           38 Jan  5  2012
libboost_unit_test_framework-mt.so ->
libboost_unit_test_framework.so.1.48.0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root           38 Jan  5  2012
libboost_unit_test_framework.so ->
libboost_unit_test_framework.so.1.48.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root root       656824 Jan  2  2012
libboost_unit_test_framework.so.1.46.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root root       669080 Jan  5  2012
libboost_unit_test_framework.so.1.48.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root root      1320168 Jan  2  2012 libboost_wave.so.1.46.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root root       845962 Jan  5  2012 libboost_wserialization.a
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root           25 Jan  5  2012
libboost_wserialization-mt.a -> libboost_wserialization.a
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root           33 Jan  5  2012
libboost_wserialization-mt.so -> libboost_wserialization.so.1.48.0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root           33 Jan  5  2012
libboost_wserialization.so -> libboost_wserialization.so.1.48.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root root       323128 Jan  2  2012
libboost_wserialization.so.1.46.1
-rw-r--r--   1 root root       323128 Jan  5  2012
libboost_wserialization.so.1.48.0

  Here is a listing of the files in: /usr/include/boost

Go Bears >ls -al
total 1308
drwxr-xr-x  86 root root 12288 Feb  7 03:51 .
drwxr-xr-x 121 root root 20480 Feb  7 03:50 ..
drwxr-xr-x   5 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 accumulators
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 algorithm
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  4297 Jan  5  2012 aligned_storage.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  6505 Jan  5  2012 any.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   5 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:51 archive
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 15525 Jan  5  2012 array.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   9 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 asio
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  4265 Jan  5  2012 asio.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  4120 Jan  5  2012 assert.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:51 assign
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   614 Jan  5  2012 assign.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   9 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:51 bimap
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   387 Jan  5  2012 bimap.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 bind
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   581 Jan  5  2012 bind.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   618 Jan  5  2012 blank_fwd.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  1946 Jan  5  2012 blank.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   773 Jan  5  2012 call_traits.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  4455 Jan  5  2012 cast.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  4173 Jan  5  2012 cerrno.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  1589 Jan  5  2012 checked_delete.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 chrono
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   706 Jan  5  2012 chrono.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 circular_buffer
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  1157 Jan  5  2012 circular_buffer_fwd.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  2540 Jan  5  2012 circular_buffer.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 compatibility
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   801 Jan  5  2012 compressed_pair.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 concept
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 23671 Jan  5  2012 concept_archetype.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 concept_check
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 32100 Jan  5  2012 concept_check.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   7 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:51 config
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  2074 Jan  5  2012 config.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:51 container
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 33373 Jan  5  2012 crc.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   721 Jan  5  2012 cregex.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 17287 Jan  5  2012 cstdint.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  1739 Jan  5  2012 cstdlib.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  1511 Jan  5  2012 current_function.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   5 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 date_time
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   587 Jan  5  2012 date_time.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 detail
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 dynamic_bitset
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   675 Jan  5  2012 dynamic_bitset_fwd.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   560 Jan  5  2012 dynamic_bitset.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   530 Jan  5  2012 enable_shared_from_this.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 exception
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   434 Jan  5  2012 exception.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   374 Jan  5  2012 exception_ptr.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   5 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 filesystem
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  1340 Jan  5  2012 filesystem.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 flyweight
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   622 Jan  5  2012 flyweight.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  2198 Jan  5  2012 foreach_fwd.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 45365 Jan  5  2012 foreach.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:51 format
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  2179 Jan  5  2012 format.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 function
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 functional
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 18893 Jan  5  2012 functional.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   791 Jan  5  2012 function_equal.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  2200 Jan  5  2012 function.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  1574 Jan  5  2012 function_output_iterator.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:51 function_types
drwxr-xr-x  13 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:51 fusion
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  1859 Jan  5  2012 generator_iterator.hpp
drwxr-xr-x  13 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 geometry
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   704 Jan  5  2012 geometry.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   921 Jan  5  2012 get_pointer.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 gil
drwxr-xr-x   7 root root 12288 Feb  7 03:50 graph
drwxr-xr-x   6 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 icl
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   794 Jan  5  2012 implicit_cast.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  1039 Jan  5  2012 indirect_reference.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:51 integer
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  4617 Jan  5  2012 integer_fwd.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 10877 Jan  5  2012 integer.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  8714 Jan  5  2012 integer_traits.hpp
drwxr-xr-x  11 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:51 interprocess
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 intrusive
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   499 Jan  5  2012 intrusive_ptr.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:51 io
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  2381 Jan  5  2012 io_fwd.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   5 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:51 iostreams
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   634 Jan  5  2012 is_placeholder.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 iterator
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   466 Jan  5  2012 iterator_adaptors.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  1983 Jan  5  2012 iterator.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:51 lambda
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  1271 Jan  5  2012 last_value.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 75248 Jan  5  2012 lexical_cast.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  6119 Jan  5  2012 limits.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 locale
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   887 Jan  5  2012 locale.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:51 logic
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   484 Jan  5  2012 make_shared.hpp
drwxr-xr-x  10 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 math
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  2527 Jan  5  2012 math_fwd.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   596 Jan  5  2012 mem_fn.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  1273 Jan  5  2012 memory_order.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 move
drwxr-xr-x   5 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 mpi
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  1101 Jan  5  2012 mpi.hpp
drwxr-xr-x  10 root root 12288 Feb  7 03:50 mpl
drwxr-xr-x   5 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 msm
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 multi_array
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drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 multi_index
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  3794 Jan  5  2012 multi_index_container_fwd.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 33455 Jan  5  2012 multi_index_container.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  1296 Jan  5  2012 next_prior.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  1014 Jan  5  2012 noncopyable.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   595 Jan  5  2012 nondet_random.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   773 Jan  5  2012 none.hpp
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drwxr-xr-x   5 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 numeric
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 38818 Jan  5  2012 operators.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 optional
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   528 Jan  5  2012 optional.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:51 parameter
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   724 Jan  5  2012 parameter.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 pending
drwxr-xr-x  12 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:51 phoenix
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   476 Jan  5  2012 phoenix.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  1821 Jan  5  2012 pointee.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  1124 Jan  5  2012 pointer_cast.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  1199 Jan  5  2012 pointer_to_other.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 polygon
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 pool
drwxr-xr-x  19 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 preprocessor
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   486 Jan  5  2012 preprocessor.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:51 program_options
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   819 Jan  5  2012 program_options.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  5510 Jan  5  2012 progress.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 property_map
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:51 property_tree
drwxr-xr-x   6 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 proto
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 ptr_container
drwxr-xr-x   6 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:51 python
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  2868 Jan  5  2012 python.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 random
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drwxr-xr-x   6 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 range
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drwxr-xr-x   4 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:51 ratio
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-rw-r--r--   1 root root  3926 Jan  5  2012 ref.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   5 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 regex
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   693 Jan  5  2012 regex_fwd.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  2174 Jan  5  2012 regex.h
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-rw-r--r--   1 root root   491 Jan  5  2012 scoped_ptr.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  9936 Jan  5  2012 scope_exit.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:51 serialization
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   552 Jan  5  2012 shared_array.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  2007 Jan  5  2012 shared_container_iterator.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   539 Jan  5  2012 shared_ptr.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 12795 Jan  5  2012 signal.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 signals
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 signals2
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   752 Jan  5  2012 signals2.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   345 Jan  5  2012 signals.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 smart_ptr
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   892 Jan  5  2012 smart_ptr.hpp
drwxr-xr-x  17 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 spirit
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drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 statechart
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drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:51 system
drwxr-xr-x   7 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:51 test
drwxr-xr-x   5 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:51 thread
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drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 timer
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drwxr-xr-x   4 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 tr1
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:51 tuple
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drwxr-xr-x   5 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:51 typeof
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root 12288 Feb  7 03:51 type_traits
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drwxr-xr-x   6 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:51 units
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 unordered
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-rw-r--r--   1 root root   550 Jan  5  2012 unordered_set.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:51 utility
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drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 uuid
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 variant
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-rw-r--r--   1 root root   719 Jan  5  2012 visit_each.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   5 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 wave
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   926 Jan  5  2012 wave.hpp
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   474 Jan  5  2012 weak_ptr.hpp
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root  4096 Feb  7 03:50 xpressive
Go Bears >pwd
/usr/include/boost

  I may be terribly wrong, but I believe that I have already installed
Boost C++ Libraries.

  When I followed your instructions to install it (again), I couldn't.
Here is the transcript from the Terminal.
Go Bears >sudo apt-get install libboost-system-dev
[sudo] password for arvind:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libboost-system-dev : Depends: libboost-system1.46-dev but it is not
going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Go Bears >

  Can you please kindly tell me where did I go wrong, and what is
wrong? Can you also please kindly tell me how can I compile my C++
code that uses Boost C++ Libraries?

  Thank you very much, and have an awesome day!

Regards

On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 6:18 AM, Mateusz Loskot <mateusz_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On 7 February 2013 10:06, Giovanni <giovanni.ong_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>   I cannot compile my Boost C++ code.
>
> Do you mean Boost C++ code, thus building Boost libraries,
> or you mean your code that *uses* Boost libraries? Unclear.
>
>>   Initially, it complains of “undefined reference”. When I try to
>> resolve this by including the library, I get the "/usr/bin/ld: cannot
>> find -lboost_system" error.
>
> So, looks like the former, you are trying to use the libraries.
>
>>   From the Terminal:
>> Go Bears >echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>> /usr/lib/libboost_system.so
>
> Where do you get this from?
>
> "LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which is a colon-separated list of directories" [1]
>
> [1] http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Program-Library-HOWTO/shared-libraries.html
>
>> Go Bears >make all
>> g++ -L/usr/lib -lboost_system get_sys_info.cpp
>
> Have you installed it first?
>
> sudo apt-get install libboost-system-dev
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net