So I'm almost a complete newbie to c++. I've been trying desperately for the better part of the day to use cpp-netlib, but I can't really proceed, and would appreciate some help.
I have downloaded the development version as per the instructions (I assume that's what I need to be able to use the library), and am not building it, as the instructions specify that it's only required if I want to run the test suite.
I have downloaded the latest Boost and built it (from the command line).
Now when I try a sample application, I get a linker error saying "cannot open file 'libboost_thread-vc110-mt-gd-1_58.lib".
The include and linker directories have been set up. I've peeked inside relevant folder, and only libboost_thread files are all VC 120, which from what I understand means they've been generated by a different version of Visual Studio.
I don't really know what to do next.
If it helps, I'm using visual Studio 2012.
You have to add the directory where that library is located in your pc in the libpath of the Visual Studio project, as explained in this link.