Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Install Issues (linker can't find -lboost_program_options)

[Tom Rondeau]

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Mike Benonis <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 26-Mar-10 17:07, Eric Blossom wrote:
>
>> It may be that you have boost installed in more than one place.
>>
>> Try using:
>>
>>   $ ./configure --with-boost=/opt/boost_1_42_0   ...
>>   $ make&&  make check&&  sudo make install
>>
>> Eric
>
> I've done ./configure and specified the boost location as you suggested, to
> no avail.  I've also tried with boost 1.37.0 (last known working version)
> and still get this error.
>
> This happens pretty late in the make process, and I feel like boost gets
> compiled in/used a lot beforehand.  So maybe this is more a case of a broken
> module or something rather than a systematic issue.  It's also worth noting
> that ./configure reports that boost is in place and happy when it does the
> check.
>
> It might be helpful to know exactly where ld is looking for the boost
> library when it tries to link it in.  Could you shed some light on this, or
> suggest some reading for me to do?  I feel like understanding the root of
> the problem is much more useful than a quick fix.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mike

It seems very strange that you can get past configure and have this
fail on make. Have you used the "--with-boost-libdir=<dir>" option at
configure, too? Also, during configure, it should explicitly say
something like "Checking for exit in -lboost_program_options... yes".

Tom