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Asked: 2026-05-23T14:46:47+00:00

I need to add Boost libraries into my CMakeLists.txt. How do you do it

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I need to add Boost libraries into my CMakeLists.txt. How do you do it or how do you add it?

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    Put this in your CMakeLists.txt file (change any options from OFF to ON if you want):

    set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS OFF) 
set(Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED ON)  
set(Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME OFF) 
find_package(Boost 1.45.0 COMPONENTS *boost libraries here*) 

if(Boost_FOUND)
    include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}) 
    add_executable(progname file1.cxx file2.cxx) 
    target_link_libraries(progname ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
endif()

    Obviously you need to put the libraries you want where I put *boost libraries here*. For example, if you’re using the filesystem and regex library you’d write:

    find_package(Boost 1.45.0 COMPONENTS filesystem regex)
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