Linker errors when trying to statically linking Boost - c++

Question

I am trying to include a Boost library in my program, but I am having difficulties statically linking my program. I get a bunch of linker errors even though I have added -L/usr/include/boost/ -lboost_filesystem to my makefile.
E.g., during compilation I get undefined reference to boost::iostreams::detail::gzip_footer::reset()'
My version of Boost is 1.61.0.2, I am running Ubuntu 16.10 (64 bit) and gcc version 6.2.0 20161005. My boost libraries such as accumulators, algorithms, ... are located in /usr/include/boost, so my makefile looks like this:
CXX = g++
CXXFLAGS = -static -std=c++11 -Wall
LDFLAGS = -L/usr/include/boost/ -lboost_filesystem
DEPFLAGS = -MM
SRC_DIR = ./src
OBJ_DIR = ./obj
SRC_EXT = .cpp
OBJ_EXT = .o
TARGET = main
SRCS := $(wildcard $(SRC_DIR)/*$(SRC_EXT))
OBJS := $(SRCS:$(SRC_DIR)/%$(SRC_EXT)=$(OBJ_DIR)/%$(OBJ_EXT))
DEP = depend.main
.PHONY: clean all depend
all: $(TARGET)
$(TARGET): $(OBJS)
#echo "-> linking $#"
#$(CXX) $^ $(LDFLAGS) -o $#
$(OBJ_DIR)/%$(OBJ_EXT) : $(SRC_DIR)/%$(SRC_EXT)
#echo "-> compiling $#"
#$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $# -c $<
clean:
#echo "removing objects and main file"
#rm -f $(OBJS) $(TARGET) *.out
$(SRC_DIR)/%.$(SRC_EXT):
$(CXX) $(DEPFLAGS) -MT \
"$(subst $(SRC_DIR),$(OBJ_DIR),$(subst $(SRC_EXT),$(OBJ_EXT),$#))" \
$(addprefix ,$#) >> $(DEP);
clear_dependencies:
#echo "-> (re-)building dependencies";
#$(RM) $(DEP)
depend: clear_dependencies $(SRCS)
-include $(DEP)
I'm trying to compile the following file (an example found online)
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <boost/iostreams/filtering_stream.hpp>
#include <boost/iostreams/filtering_streambuf.hpp>
#include <boost/iostreams/copy.hpp>
#include <boost/iostreams/filter/gzip.hpp>
namespace bo = boost::iostreams;
int main()
{
{
std::ofstream ofile("hello.gz", std::ios_base::out | std::ios_base::binary);
bo::filtering_ostream out;
out.push(bo::gzip_compressor());
out.push(ofile);
out << "This is a gz file\n";
}
{
std::ifstream ifile("hello.gz", std::ios_base::in | std::ios_base::binary);
bo::filtering_streambuf<bo::input> in;
in.push(bo::gzip_decompressor());
in.push(ifile);
boost::iostreams::copy(in, std::cout);
}
}

Answer 1

Your program does not use libboost_filesystem at all. The only
boost library it depends on is liboost_iostreams.