Hi there I want to use encfs on a box with a Debian distro that doesn't have recent encfs and boost packages available, so I'm compiling them from source. I installed boost like this:: $ ./configure --prefix=/home/zope/local It seems to complete fine. This incantation finds the libraries, but dies shortly thereafter:: zope@iwlearn:/home/zope/src/encfs-1.5$ CPPFLAGS=-I/home/zope/local/include/boost-1_38 ./configure --with-boost-libdir=/home/zope/local/lib --prefix=/home/zope/local [...] checking for boostlib >= 1.34... yes checking whether the Boost::System library is available... yes checking for exit in -lboost_system-gcc41-mt-1_38... yes configure: WARNING: BOOST_CPPFLAGS -I/usr/include checking whether the Boost::Serialization library is available... yes checking for exit in -lboost_serialization-gcc41-mt-1_38... yes checking whether the Boost::Filesystem library is available... yes checking for exit in -lboost_filesystem-gcc41-mt-1_38... no checking for exit in -lboost_filesystem-gcc41-mt-1_38... (cached) no checking for exit in -lboost_filesystem-gcc41-mt-1_38... (cached) no checking for exit in -lboost_filesystem-gcc41-mt... no checking for exit in -lboost_filesystem-gcc41-mt... (cached) no configure: error: Could not link against boost_filesystem-gcc41-mt ! I wonder why "checking for exit" works in -lboost_serialization-gcc41-mt-1_38 and not in -lboost_filesystem-gcc41-mt-1_38 .. What does that mean, "checking for exit"? (Googling ..) -- jean . .. .... //\\\oo///\\