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

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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...

Try adding -R$BOOST_LIBS to the link line. This should include a runtime path to be looked when loading the library. :-)