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Asked: 2026-05-24T12:30:33+00:00

I successfully switched to Linux, and I really start to love it. Except that

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I successfully switched to Linux, and I really start to love it. Except that I can’t link code against Boost libraries that are non-header only.

Steps that I have taken:

  1. Run sudo apt-get install libboost.*-dev in terminal to install the Boost libraries
  2. Let CMake generate my make-files and locate the Boost libraries as I have done it on Windows.
  3. Run make to compile.

The same code compiles and link fine under Windows with Microsoft Visual C++.

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  1. Editorial Team

    From your output and your CMakeFiles it doesn’t look like you are linking your code to the Boost filesystem library.

    That is,

    target_link_libraries(RCMeta ${Boost_FILESYSTEM_LIBRARY} ${Boost_REGEX_LIBRARY})

    Note: I may have the variable name wrong for that library you may have to double check it.

    You can also use the generic ${Boost_LIBRARIES} variable,

    target_link_libraries(RCMeta ${Boost_LIBRARIES})

    for your RCMeta library.

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