I'm trying to cross compile boost 1.38 for the gumstix motherboard (ARM) like this: wget --tries=10 http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/soruceforge/boost/boost_1_38_0.tar.gz tar xzf boost_1_38_0.tar.gz cd boost_1_38_0 echo "using gc : `${GUMSTIXTOP}/tmp/cross/arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi7bin/g++ -v 2>&1 | tail --1 | awk '{print $3}'` : ${GUMSTIXTOP}/tmp/cross/arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi7bin/g++ ; " > tools/build/v2/user-config.jam sudo apt-get install bjam sudo bjam --toolset=gcc-arm --prefix=/opt/gumros install It seems to compile correctly, but when I compile my application that depends on Boost (I have remembered to tell it where to find the cross compiled boost), I get this: /home/jostein/gumstix/gumstix-oe/tmp/cross/lib/gcc/arm- angstrom-linux-gnueabi/4.1.2/../../../../arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /opt/gumros/lib/libboost_thread-gcc-mt-1_38.so when searching for -lboost_thread-gcc-mt-1_38 This looks like Boost wasn't cross compiled at all (or at least incorrectly). Are there any obvious problems with the way I'm doing this? Eventually, does anyone use bitbake and have a working recipe for one of the newer Boost releases (1.35+)? Regards Jostein