Re: [Boost-users] Boost build and first program

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost build and first program
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-12-01 10:04:28

On 12/01/2014 02:05 PM, Great Avenger Singh wrote:
> Hi I am first time boost user. I build it using following procedure on
> Ubuntu Linux 14.04.
>
> cd /boost-src/
> ./bootstrap.sh and followed instructions. after the completion it gave
> me following suggestion:
>
> The Boost libraries were successfully built.
>
>      Following directory should be included to compiler include paths;
>      /home/metal-machine/boost-src
>      Following directory should be included to linker library paths;
>      /home/metal-machine/boost-src/stage/lib
>
>
> Now I try to compile and program with following options from command line:
>
> $ g++ -I "/home/metal-machine/boost-src/" -L
> "/home/metal-machine/boost-src/stage/lib/" boostlist.cpp
> -lboost_system -lboost_filesystem -o honey
>
> $ ./honey
>
> ./honey: error while loading shared libraries:
> libboost_system.so.1.57.0: cannot open shared object file: No such
> file or directory

Hi,

You need to run it as

        LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/metal-machine/boost-src/stage/lib

Default linking on Linux is shared, and to run executable that is linked
against shared library in non-system location, you need to specify that
non-system location at runtime.

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Vladimir Prus
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