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

Installing

• libboost-system-dev
• libboost-filesystem-dev
• libboost-chrono-dev
• libboost-program-options-dev
• libboost-test-dev
• libboost-thread-dev
• libboost-iostreams-dev

Fixed the issue. The report of ./configure is:

checking whether the Boost::System library is available... yes
checking for exit in -lboost_system... yes
checking whether the Boost::Filesystem library is available... yes
checking for exit in -lboost_filesystem... yes
checking whether the Boost::IOStreams library is available... yes
checking for exit in -lboost_iostreams... yes
checking whether the Boost::Program_Options library is available... yes
checking for exit in -lboost_program_options... yes
checking whether the Boost::Regex library is available... yes
checking for exit in -lboost_regex... yes
checking whether the Boost::Thread library is available... yes
checking for exit in -lboost_thread... yes
checking whether the Boost::Unit_Test_Framework library is available... yes

Answer 2

In my case I was missing some necessary parts of boost. Try executing on Ubuntu/Debian:

sudo apt-get install libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-chrono-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-iostreams-dev

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

Just to let potential viewers know, use ./configure --with-boost-libdir=/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf on armhf devices. Thanks to @Hadi for the inspiration.