using c++ Boost in a makefile - c++

Question

I have a simple C++ program which I compile with clang using the Boost library and with C++14 support.
I use the following command to compile my sample.cpp file and it works fine:
clang++ -g -std=c++1y -I$BOOST_ROOT sample.cpp -o sample
where $BOOST_ROOT is the path to where I downloaded and extracted the boost zip file.
$BOOST_ROOT=/usr/local/boost_1_66_0/
When I try to compile the same sample.cpp file with a makefile, it doesn't work.
This is what my makefile looks like:
sample: sample.cpp
clang++ -g -std=c++1y -I$BOOST_ROOT sample.cpp -o sample
Running make command, I get the error:
Sample.cpp:9:10: fatal error: 'boost/format.hpp' file not found
#include <boost/format.hpp>
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
And here is the sample.cpp
//
// sample.cpp
//
//
#include <iostream>
#include <boost/format.hpp>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
std::cout << "Enter your first name: " << std::endl;
std::string firstName;
std::cin >> firstName;
std::cout << "Enter your surname: " << std::endl;
std::string surname;
std::cin >> surname;
auto formattedName = str( boost::format("%1% %2%"s) % firstName % surname );
std::cout << "You said your name is: " << formattedName << std::endl;
return 0;
}
CONSOLE OUTPUT
MacBook-Air:Listing_1_7 userd43f$ make
c++ sample.cpp -o sample
sample.cpp:9:10: fatal error: 'boost/format.hpp' file not found
#include <boost/format.hpp>
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
make: *** [sample] Error 1
MacBook-Air:Listing_1_7 userd43f$ ls $BOOST_ROOT
INSTALL boost boost.png bootstrap.sh index.html rst.css
Jamroot boost-build.jam boostcpp.jam doc libs status
LICENSE_1_0.txt boost.css bootstrap.bat index.htm more tools

Answer 1

The problem was that there were spaces instead of a tab in the command-line of my makefile.
BOOST_ROOT := /usr/local/boost_1_66_0
BOOST_INC := ${BOOST_ROOT}/include
sample: sample.cpp
clang++ -g -std=c++1y -I$(BOOST_ROOT) sample.cpp -o sample
In the last line just before clang++ command I was using spaces instead of a TAB. I replaced all the spaces with a single TAB before clang++, and also I needed to put the BOOST_ROOT inside the parentheses as (mentioned by #MaximEgorushkin)
Then it started picking up the right command, as shown in the output below:
MacBook-Air:Listing_1_7 userd43f$ make
clang++ -g -std=c++1y -I/usr/local/boost_1_66_0 sample.cpp -o sample

Answer 2

Boost root directory normally has include and lib directories in it.
It should probably be:
BOOST_ROOT := /usr/local/boost_1_66_0
BOOST_INC := ${BOOST_ROOT}/include
sample: sample.cpp
clang++ -g -std=c++1y -I${BOOST_INC} sample.cpp -o sample