How to link boost libraries properly in Linux

Question

I\'ve been trying to go through Boost tutorials but I got stuck at linking the filesystem library.

I have Ubuntu 12.10. Installation wasn\'t that hard

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Answer 1

The -L command should be the base path where the libraries are contained, not the path to a specific library. Try with -L /usr/lib/ instead.

Answer 2

I found the answer myself here:
http://www.richelbilderbeek.nl/CppLinkErrorUndefinedReferenceToBoostFilesystemDetailGet_current_path_api.htm
Looks like binaries weren't in /usr/lib but in /usr/local/lib.
So the correct command for compilation would be:

g++ -g tut1.cpp -o tut1 -L/usr/local/lib/ -lboost_filesystem

@Yuushi, that was 1 problem.