boost library, hardtolink&compile, plz help

[Marc Glisse]

On Sat, 21 May 2011, eric lin wrote:

> dear g++ programers:
>
>  I download boost's 1_46_1, then try to compile a simple program copied from book(C++ Cookbook) page447, 12.1 Creating a Thread
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> // example 12-1. Creating a thread
> #include <iostream>
> #include </home/eric/boost1/boost_1_46_1/boost/thread/thread.hpp>
> #include </home/eric/boost1/boost_1_46_1/boost/thread/xtime.hpp>

I strongly doubt you copied that from a book. You should have:
#include <boost/thread/thread.hpp>

and compile with g++ -I/home/eric/boost1/boost_1_46_1 ...

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Marc Glisse