Confused about linking

[Mattias Brändström]

lrtaylor@micron.com wrote:
> -lxx causes the linker to look first for libxx.so and then libxx.a, unless you override that default by specifying the appropriate actions.  In this case, with -lboost_thread, it's going to look for libboost_thread.so and then libboost_thread.a.  However, neither of them exists - instead, you have libboost_thread.so.1.  Create a symbolic link in /usr/lib named libboost_thread.so to libboost_thread.so.1, and you should be OK.
> 
> For example, execute the following commands:
> 
> su (must be logged in as root)
> cd /usr/bin
> ln -s libboost_thread.so.1 libboost_thread.so
> 

Thanks everyone! When creating the symbolic link everything works fine! 
Now why didn't I try that in the first place? =)

:.:: mattias