How to compile an independent executable file by g++? - c++

Question

I devellop a piece of c++ software on my OpenSUSE, which I like to test on another OpenSUSE system.
I copied the executable file on the other system, but when I am starting it I receive an error:
"error while loading shared libraries: libboost_system.so.1.61.0:
cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"
How can I compile an independent executable without dependencies?
Eclipse does this:
17:24:41 **** Incremental Build of configuration Debug for project boostServer ****
make all
Building file: ../src/boostCom.cpp
Invoking: Cross G++ Compiler
g++ -I/opt/boost -I/usr/local/lib -O0 -g3 -Wall -c -fmessage-length=0 -isystem /opt/boost -MMD -MP -MF"src/boostCom.d" -MT"src/boostCom.o" -o "src/boostCom.o" "../src/boostCom.cpp"
Finished building: ../src/boostCom.cpp
Building file: ../src/main.cpp
Invoking: Cross G++ Compiler
g++ -I/opt/boost -I/usr/local/lib -O0 -g3 -Wall -c -fmessage-length=0 -isystem /opt/boost -MMD -MP -MF"src/main.d" -MT"src/main.o" -o "src/main.o" "../src/main.cpp"
Finished building: ../src/main.cpp
Building target: boostServer
Invoking: Cross G++ Linker
g++ -L/usr/local/lib -o "boostServer" ./src/boostCom.o ./src/boostServer.o ./src/main.o -lboost_system -lboost_serialization -lboost_thread -lboost_date_time -lpthread
Finished building target: boostServer
Greets Ulf

Answer 1

You need to make sure you have the boost libraries installed on your system, and that the path to them is included in you LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable.
For example, if the libboost_system.so file (or symlink) is to be found at /usr/local/boost-1.56.0/lib64 on your system, then you would run the command.
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/boost-1.56.0/lib64`
To find out exactly which libraries you need, you can run the command:
ldd my_binary
The output will tell you exactly which libraries are required, and which of those can't currently be resolved.