Hello all, I am new to using Boost Libraries... I am wondering how I can indicate that the compiler links the specific boost libraries... For example.. *"gcc -o thread_example thread.cpp -lpthread*" uses -lpthread option which is the posix threads library I can't find the list of the options to link the specific boost libraries. I have scanned the documentation of the libraries but they have not provided any sample on compiling programs using boost libraries. Thanks for the help.. Marc Glenn
Marc Glenn wrote:
Hello all,
I am new to using Boost Libraries... I am wondering how I can indicate that the compiler links the specific boost libraries... For example.. *"gcc -o thread_example thread.cpp -lpthread*" uses -lpthread option which is the posix threads library
I can't find the list of the options to link the specific boost libraries. I have scanned the documentation of the libraries but they have not provided any sample on compiling programs using boost libraries.
Thanks for the help..
Marc Glenn
In many cases, there is little to add (and so the silence). Since many boost libraries are header only, they need to be in the include path, but they don't need to be in the library path. The include path needed is just enough to get to the /boost directory of the installation. The #include commands used are written so detailed include paths are not needed. In the cases where they do need to be included in the library path, it is for the libraries that have an explicitly compiled section during the installation process. The getting started guide in CVS (which will ship with 1.34) includes a list of these and instructions for how to call libraries. The name for the file includes the compiler the file was produced for, si it will not be the same in all cases. John Phillips
Okay. thanks for the information.. I am going to look into that... John Phillips wrote:
Marc Glenn wrote:
Hello all,
I am new to using Boost Libraries... I am wondering how I can indicate that the compiler links the specific boost libraries... For example.. *"gcc -o thread_example thread.cpp -lpthread*" uses -lpthread option which is the posix threads library
I can't find the list of the options to link the specific boost libraries. I have scanned the documentation of the libraries but they have not provided any sample on compiling programs using boost libraries.
Thanks for the help..
Marc Glenn
In many cases, there is little to add (and so the silence). Since many boost libraries are header only, they need to be in the include path, but they don't need to be in the library path. The include path needed is just enough to get to the /boost directory of the installation. The #include commands used are written so detailed include paths are not needed. In the cases where they do need to be included in the library path, it is for the libraries that have an explicitly compiled section during the installation process. The getting started guide in CVS (which will ship with 1.34) includes a list of these and instructions for how to call libraries. The name for the file includes the compiler the file was produced for, si it will not be the same in all cases.
John Phillips
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