Cmake - Could NOT find Boost windows - c++

Question

Hej, I have a problem running my project with Cmake.
But I am getting an error.
"Could NOT find Boost"
I have the boost folder in
"C:\Program Fileenter code heres\PCL 1.6.0\3rdParty\Boost"
images: http://imgur.com/a/YgtQR
At first I got a error popup:
"error in configuration process, projekt files may be invalid"
Than I get this error.
The C compiler identification is MSVC 19.0.24215.1
The CXX compiler identification is MSVC 19.0.24215.1
Check for working C compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0/VC/bin/cl.exe
Check for working C compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0/VC/bin/cl.exe -- works
Detecting C compiler ABI info
Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
Check for working CXX compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0/VC/bin/cl.exe
Check for working CXX compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0/VC/bin/cl.exe -- works
Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
Detecting CXX compile features
Detecting CXX compile features - done
Could NOT find PkgConfig (missing: PKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE)
Found eigen: C:/Program Files/PCL 1.6.0/3rdParty/Eigen/include
Looking for pthread.h
Looking for pthread.h - not found
Found Threads: TRUE
Could NOT find Boost
CMake Error at
C:/Program Files/PCL 1.6.0/cmake/PCLConfig.cmake:39 (message):
common is required but boost was not found
Call Stack (most recent call first):
C:/Program Files/PCL 1.6.0/cmake/PCLConfig.cmake:354 (pcl_report_not_found)
C:/Program Files/PCL 1.6.0/cmake/PCLConfig.cmake:500 (find_external_library)
CMakeLists.txt:5 (find_package)
Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "//mac/Home/Documents/Visual Studio 2015/Projects/openni_range_image_visualization/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
See also "//mac/Home/Documents/Visual Studio 2015/Projects/openni_range_image_visualization/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".
my CMakeLists contains:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6 FATAL_ERROR)
project(openni_range_image_visualization)
find_package(PCL 1.3 REQUIRED)
include_directories(${PCL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
link_directories(${PCL_LIBRARY_DIRS})
add_definitions(${PCL_DEFINITIONS})
add_executable (openni_range_image_visualization openni_range_image_visualization.cpp)
target_link_libraries (openni_range_image_visualization ${PCL_LIBRARIES})

Answer 1

This was asked a few years back, but for anybody that is still running into this problem-- the default download instructions on the PCL website help install PCL 1.6.0, which is an old version of PCL that has this little "bug" with regards to boost.
Instead, head over to their Github page and download the latest release here:
https://github.com/PointCloudLibrary/pcl/releases
for this bug has been fixed in the later releases.