Boost 1.67 static library with cmake and travis - c++

Question

H-e-l-l-o everyone.
I try to build my c++-project with cmake and boost 1.67 in travis-ci.
Below are the source files.
On my linux-computer are installed cmake 3.13.4 from sources and a boost-1.67 from the sources, all the libraries (statically and dynamic) are in the directory "/usr/local/lib/" and all works fine. But in travis-ci I every time see this message:
Unable to find the requested Boost libraries.
Boost version: 1.67.0
Boost include path: /usr/include
Could not find the following static Boost libraries:
boost_program_options
No Boost libraries were found. You may need to set BOOST_LIBRARYDIR to the
directory containing Boost libraries or BOOST_ROOT to the location of
Boost.
yml file:
language: cpp
dist: xenial
sudo: false
os: linux
matrix:
include:
- env: COMPILER=g++-8 BUILD=Debug STANDARD=14
compiler: gcc
addons:
apt:
update: true
sources:
- sourceline: 'ppa:mhier/libboost-latest'
- ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
packages:
- g++-8
- boost1.67
- env: COMPILER=g++-8 BUILD=Release STANDARD=14
compiler: gcc
addons:
apt:
update: true
sources:
- sourceline: 'ppa:mhier/libboost-latest'
- ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
packages:
- g++-8
- boost1.67
before_script:
- wget https://cmake.org/files/v3.13/cmake-3.13.4-Linux-x86_64.sh
- sudo sh cmake-3.13.4-Linux-x86_64.sh -- --skip-license --prefix=/usr
script:
- cmake .
- cmake --build .
- cmake --build . --target package
cmake :
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
project(hcch VERSION 0.1.${VERSION_BUILD})
set(BOOST_ROOT /usr/include/boost/)
# For my linux
#set(BOOST_LIBRARYDIR /usr/local/lib)
# For travis-ci host
set(BOOST_LIBRARYDIR /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu)
set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
include_directories (${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
link_directories (${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS})
find_package(Boost 1.67 COMPONENTS program_options REQUIRED)
find_package(LLVM REQUIRED CONFIG)
configure_file (
"${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/version.h.in"
"${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/version.h"
)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
add_executable(hcch hcch.cpp SourcesCreator.cpp SourcesCreator.h)
set_target_properties(hcch PROPERTIES
CXX_STANDARD 14
CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON
COMPILE_OPTIONS -Wpedantic -Wall -Wextra
)
TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( hcch ${BOOST_LIBRARYDIR}/libboost_program_options.a )
Maybe static libraries are not installed from the ppa:mhier/libboost-latest?
Tell me how to fix it if someone came across.
This is my project https://github.com/angelskieglazki/hcch
regards, max

Answer 1

I can confirm that the libboost builds from ppa:mhier/libboost-latest do not currently build static libraries, only shared.
If it's essential that you must use a Boost version later than what is provided by libboost-all-dev then you will need to compile boost from source, although you will run the risk of timing out. Instructions for this can be found in Boost's best practice handbook.