Vladimir Prus wrote:
What is the exact command line you've used, and what is the exact error you've got?
D:\Temp>g++ -Wall -O3 -ID:\C++\Boost\Current -o boostbuildtest.exe boostbuildtest.cpp -lboost_filesystem -lboost_regex d:\apps\msys\1.0\mingw\bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\4.1.1\..\..\..\..\mingw32\bin\ld.exe: cannot find -lboost_filesystem collect2: ld returned 1 exit status Reversing the order of the libraries to link yields this: D:\Temp>g++ -Wall -O3 -ID:\C++\Boost\Current -o boostbuildtest.exe boostbuildtest.cpp -lboost_regex -lboost_filesystem d:\apps\msys\1.0\mingw\bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\4.1.1\..\..\..\..\mingw32\bin\ld.exe: cannot find -lboost_regex collect2: ld returned 1 exit status This suggests that whichever library is listed first is the one leading to the linker quitting. Specifying full paths doesn't help: D:\Temp>g++ -Wall -O3 -ID:\C++\Boost\Current -o boostbuildtest.exe boostbuildtest.cpp -lc:\boost_current\lib\boost_regex -lc:\boost_ current\lib\boost_filesystem d:\apps\msys\1.0\mingw\bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\4.1.1\..\..\..\..\mingw32\bin\ld.exe: cannot find -lc:\boost_current\lib\boost_regex collect2: ld returned 1 exit status But the libraries are there: D:\Temp>ls c:\boost_current\lib | grep filesystem | grep mgw boost_filesystem-mgw41-1_34.a boost_filesystem-mgw41-d-1_34.a boost_filesystem-mgw41-mt-1_34.a boost_filesystem-mgw41-mt-d-1_34.a libboost_filesystem-mgw41-1_34.a libboost_filesystem-mgw41-d-1_34.a libboost_filesystem-mgw41-mt-1_34.a libboost_filesystem-mgw41-mt-d-1_34.a libboost_filesystem-mgw41-mt-s-1_34.a libboost_filesystem-mgw41-mt-sd-1_34.a libboost_filesystem-mgw41-s-1_34.a libboost_filesystem-mgw41-sd-1_34.a D:\Temp>ls c:\boost_current\lib | grep regex | grep mgw libboost_regex-mgw41-1_34.a libboost_regex-mgw41-d-1_34.a libboost_regex-mgw41-mt-1_34.a libboost_regex-mgw41-mt-d-1_34.a libboost_regex-mgw41-mt-s-1_34.a libboost_regex-mgw41-mt-sd-1_34.a libboost_regex-mgw41-s-1_34.a libboost_regex-mgw41-sd-1_34.a Suggestions? Thanks, Scott