Boost::system link error on Ubuntu

Question

I\'m trying to compile the following c++ code that implements Context Tree Switching (More info on the download page):

Zip archive, 0.2 MB

which requires so

Answer 1

Place all the libraries after all the object files within the command line. The order is important here, unlike on some other operating systems.

Answer 2

You need to (just like n.m earlier wrote) make sure you have the correct order of the linking. Basically some implementations care about what order you link object but also libraries.

If you link a library that hasnt yet been referenced by previous code it will be discarded. I remember coming up with a solution to hack in different (versions of) libraries in a program by referencing the same symbol but in an object linked after the first one and then re-link another library version:

-lyourprojwantingv1 -llibraryofv1 -lyourprojwantingv2 -llibraryofv2

Personally i think this is all just madness! (All of it!)