configure error: Could not link against boost_system

Question

I\'m trying to install a package (soccer simulator 2d) on Debian. When I go to the directory and run ./configure, I get the following:

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Answer 1

On a Debian based 32-bit machine, the following command fixed this error for me:

./configure --with-boost-libdir=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu

On a Debian based 64-bit machine, try the following command:

./configure --with-boost-libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu

More info can be found here.