boost library, hardtolink&compile, plz help

[Ian Lance Taylor]

"eric lin" <ericlin@fsshl.zzn.com> writes:

> I follow your hint, but after that I still get a lot compile error
> ----------
> eric@eric-laptop:~/cppcookbook$ g++ -I/home/eric/boost1/boost_1_46_1/ example12-1.cpp 
> /tmp/ccd4Cx51.o: In function `main':
> example12-1.cpp:(.text+0x30): undefined reference to `boost::thread::join()'

These errors, from the linker, mean that you are not linking against the
Boost library.  You need to add something like -lboost with some -L
option which points to the directory where libboost.so or libboost.a can
be found.

Ian