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 But on the other hand if I compile and run as follows: $ g++ boostlist.cpp -lboost_system -lboost_filesystem -o honey $./honey ->it works fine I am using thiscode: https://gist.github.com/vivithemage/9517678 Where I am doing wrong? -- Thanks Arshpreet Singh http://arshpreetsingh.wordpress.com/ “If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves …” T. E. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. http://tv.slashdot.org/