error installing libtorrent with boost

Question

on Lubuntu 14.04 64 bit, I am getting this configure error when I try to install de libtorrent library:

checking for boostlib >= 1.35... yes
checking whether the Boost::System library is available... yes
checking for exit in -l/usr/local/boost_1_57_0/bin.v2/libs/system/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/... no
checking for exit in -lboost_system-/usr/local/boost_1_57_0/bin.v2/libs/system/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/... no
configure: error: Could not link against boost_system-/usr/local/boost_1_57_0/bin.v2/libs/system/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/ !

I executed this:

alberto@alberto-virtual-machine:~/trabajo/libtorrent-rasterbar-0.14.7$ ./configure --with-boost-system=/usr/local/boost_1_57_0/bin.v2/libs/system/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi

there are this files on the directory:

alberto@alberto-virtual-machine:~/trabajo/libtorrent-rasterbar-0.14.7$ ls /usr/local/boost_1_57_0/bin.v2/libs/system/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/
error_code.o  libboost_system.so.1.57.0

I haven't much idea about static libraries, could someone help me please? thank you.

Answer 1

The argument --with-boost-system takes either:

1. A library name suffix (like mt, which some distros use)
2. A full path including the library name

You did not pass in a full path with the library name, so the configure script interprets it as (1) and it fails to link against that library. Instead, try:

./configure --with-boost-system=/usr/local/boost_1_57_0/bin.v2/libs/system/build/gcc-4.8/release/threading-multi/libboost_system.so