how to build the c++ code with boost library - c++

Question

what I want to do is a c++ code which utilize boost library and do a simple RS232 communication. I got the code like following:
#include <boost/asio.hpp> // include boost
using namespace::boost::asio; // save tons of typing
#include <iostream>
using std::cin;
// These are the values our port needs to connect
#ifdef _WIN32
// windows uses com ports, this depends on what com port your cable is plugged in to.
const char *PORT = "COM3";
#else
// Mac OS ports
const char *PORT = "/dev/tty.usbserial";
#endif
// Note: all the following except BAUD are the exact same as the default values
serial_port_base::baud_rate BAUD(19200);
serial_port_base::character_size C_SIZE( 8 );
serial_port_base::flow_control FLOW( serial_port_base::flow_control::none );
serial_port_base::parity PARITY( serial_port_base::parity::none );
serial_port_base::stop_bits STOP( serial_port_base::stop_bits::one );
int main()
{
io_service io;
serial_port port( io, PORT );
port.set_option( BAUD );
port.set_option( C_SIZE );
port.set_option( FLOW );
port.set_option( PARITY );
port.set_option( STOP );
unsigned char command[1] = {0};
// read in user value to be sent to device
int input;
cin >> input;
// The cast will convert too big numbers into range.
while( input >= 0 )
{
// convert our read in number into the target data type
command[0] = static_cast<unsigned char>( input );
write( port, buffer( command, 1 ) );
// read in the next input value
cin >> input;
}
// all done sending commands
return 0;
}
and I am building the code with following command:
c++ -Iboost_1_64_0 -Lboost_1_64_0/libs/ -stdlib=libc++ PortConfig.cpp -o PortConfig
but the terminal keeps giving me error:
Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
"boost::system::system_category()", referenced from:
boost::asio::error::get_system_category() in PortConfig-2187c6.o
boost::system::error_code::error_code() in PortConfig-2187c6.o
___cxx_global_var_init.2 in PortConfig-2187c6.o
"boost::system::generic_category()", referenced from:
___cxx_global_var_init in PortConfig-2187c6.o
___cxx_global_var_init.1 in PortConfig-2187c6.o
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
could anyone help me on that? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

The compiler option -Lboost_1_64_0/libs/ just tells the compiler to look in that directory for libraries. You still need to specify which libraries to link. According to the boost documentation you will need the boost_system library, so add -lboost_system to the compiler options.
The corrected compile command should look something like this
c++ -Iboost_1_64_0 -Lboost_1_64_0/libs/ -lboost_system -stdlib=libc++ PortConfig.cpp -o PortConfig