Try adding -L/usr/lib (or -L/usr/lib32) to tell gcc where the libraries are. -Eric

-----Original Message----- From: boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Tord Holmqvist Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 4:24 AM To: boost-users@lists.boost.org Subject: [Boost-users] simple_ls compile error

Just tried to install boost on my laptop and I can't seem to get it to work. (slack 10.1)

installed it with bjam "-sTOOLS=gcc" install

and it seems to have added itself in /usr/local/include and so on.

but when I try to build simple_ls.cpp I only get:

todelod@todelod2:~/hemma/my_little_project$ gcc simple_ls.cpp -lboost_filesystem

/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.3.4/../../../../i486-s lackware-linux/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_filesystem collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

what am I doing wrong?? (going mad...)

/t

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On 5/30/05, Tord Holmqvist wrote:

todelod@todelod2:~/hemma/my_little_project$ gcc simple_ls.cpp -lboost_filesystem

When you install with a simple "bjam ... install", the libraries will be installed with version-warted names, so you'd want to link with gcc ... -lboost_filesystem-gcc-d-1_33 or some suitable analog. Check the filenames in /usr/local/lib to be sure. -- Caleb Epstein caleb dot epstein at gmail dot com