Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Install Issues (linker can't find -lboost_program_options)

[Eric Blossom]

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:39:30PM -0400, Mike Benonis wrote:
> I hate to post yet another install issues thread, but I'm stuck for the 
> moment here.  During make, I get the following error:
> 
> make[5]: Entering directory `/home/shared/gnuradio/gnuradio-core/src/lib'
> /bin/bash ../../../libtool --tag=CXX   --mode=link g++ -g -O2  -Wall 
> -Woverloaded-virtual -pthread   -o gnuradio-config-info 
> gnuradio-config-info.o libgnuradio-core.la -lboost_program_options
> libtool: link: g++ -g -O2 -Wall -Woverloaded-virtual -pthread -o 
> .libs/gnuradio-config-info gnuradio-config-info.o ./.libs/libgnuradio-core.so 
> -lboost_program_options -pthread
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_program_options
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> 
> System:  Ubuntu 9.10, Boost 1.42.0 installed in /opt (I checked, 
> /opt/boost_1_42_0/lib/ does have libboost_program_options.a and .so), latest 
> git repository (24 March).
> 
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Mike Benonis
> address@hidden
> KI4RIX

It may be that you have boost installed in more than one place.

Try using:

  $ ./configure --with-boost=/opt/boost_1_42_0   ...
  $ make && make check && sudo make install

Eric