Error linking Boost with CMake

Question

I am using CLion on OS X 10.10.5 (Yosemite) and trying to use the logging boost (1.58.0) library.

I installed boost using brew install boost. I checked

Answer 1

You have to set #define BOOST_LOG_DYN_LINK 1, this can be done with cmake using add_definitions(-DBOOST_LOG_DYN_LINK=1).

Answer 2

Reading the output makes my suspicion clearer, it doesn't link with any Boost libraries, because you haven't added any Boost libraries to your find_package command.

You need to explicitly list the libraries you want to find and use in the find_package command.