Question

The problem: At the moment im compiling on Ubuntu but my server is running Fedora/Redhat. Ubunutu uses boost 1.42 and linux latest at this very moment is 1.41. So what i decided was to download the boost lib and put it in the folder of my workspace

Here is the directory structure

/workspace
    /myprogram
        /src
            /main.cpp
        /Debug
            /main
    /boost_1_42_0
        /downloaded from boost.com

In my main.cpp, i have this code

#include "../../boost_1_42_0/boost/regex.hpp"

Is this even posible or am i barking up the wrong tree. I have tried to compile it but it failed (ofcourse) with 13 errors

If i missed some information please ask for it, il try providing it

Make File (My Program is called vlogd)

################################################################################
# Automatically-generated file. Do not edit!
################################################################################

-include ../makefile.init

RM := rm -rf

# All of the sources participating in the build are defined here
-include sources.mk
-include subdir.mk
-include src/subdir.mk
-include src/class/vException/subdir.mk
-include src/class/mysqlcppapi/subdir.mk
-include src/class/mysqlcppapi/row/subdir.mk
-include src/class/mysqlcppapi/query_results/subdir.mk
-include src/class/mysqlcppapi/query/subdir.mk
-include src/class/mysqlcppapi/fields/subdir.mk
-include src/class/mysqlcppapi/exceptions/subdir.mk
-include src/class/mysqlcppapi/datetime/subdir.mk
-include objects.mk

ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),clean)
ifneq ($(strip $(C++_DEPS)),)
-include $(C++_DEPS)
endif
ifneq ($(strip $(C_DEPS)),)
-include $(C_DEPS)
endif
ifneq ($(strip $(CC_DEPS)),)
-include $(CC_DEPS)
endif
ifneq ($(strip $(CPP_DEPS)),)
-include $(CPP_DEPS)
endif
ifneq ($(strip $(CXX_DEPS)),)
-include $(CXX_DEPS)
endif
ifneq ($(strip $(C_UPPER_DEPS)),)
-include $(C_UPPER_DEPS)
endif
endif

-include ../makefile.defs

# Add inputs and outputs from these tool invocations to the build variables 

# All Target
all: vlogd

# Tool invocations
vlogd: $(OBJS) $(USER_OBJS)
    @echo 'Building target: $@'
    @echo 'Invoking: GCC C++ Linker'
    g++ -L/usr/lib64/mysql -L../../boost_1_42_0/lib/ -o"vlogd" $(OBJS) $(USER_OBJS) $(LIBS)
    @echo 'Finished building target: $@'
    @echo ' '

#     Other Targets
clean:
    -$(RM) $(OBJS)$(C++_DEPS)$(C_DEPS)$(CC_DEPS)$(CPP_DEPS)$(EXECUTABLES)$(CXX_DEPS)$(C_UPPER_DEPS) vlogd
    -@echo ' '

.PHONY: all clean dependents
.SECONDARY:

-include ../makefile.targets

Object File

################################################################################
# Automatically-generated file. Do not edit!
################################################################################

USER_OBJS :=

LIBS := -lmysqlclient -lboost_regex

Answer 1

No need to include using full path, if you use gcc just specify the correct include path and link path

gcc -I../../boost_1_42_0/ myprogram.cpp -L../../boost_1_42_0/lib -lboostXYZ

Thus, all #include <boost/...> headers and libs will be first searched in your local boost.

Edit
Following the question in the comment.

By default -l will search for .so libraries. So if boost is built with e.g. libboost_regex.so and liboost_regex.a, then by default you will link to the .so. If you’re linked to .so, on the working server you need to have correct versions of these libraries (several boost versions can be installed).

If you want to link implicitly to the static versions, either use the full path

gcc .... ../../boost_1_42_0/lib/libboost_regex.a

or

gcc ... -Wl,-Bstatic -L../../boost_1_42_0/lib -lboost_regex -Wl,-Bdynamic

or (in newer versions of ld)

gcc ... -L../../boost_1_42_0/lib -l:libboost_regex.a

Having the binary with ldd command you may see its shared library dependencies and check if boost ones are among them

ldd ./yourapp