Boost & makefile - c++

Question

i'm trying to use the boost_math libs on OS X (i'm not using Xcode), specifically the one containing the error function
I downloaded and compiled boost_1_60_0 myself (using bootstrap.sh and following the instructions.) I didn't use home-brew or something else, which might be why my installation seems so screwed up.
What i'm trying to include in my Szabo.hpp is this:
#include <boost/math/special_functions/erf.hpp>
My makefile goes like this:
LIB_FLAGS = -L/Documents/boost_1_60_0/stage/lib -lboost_math
ALL_OBJECTS = main.o Gaussienne.o Grille.o Szabo.o
all: $(ALL_OBJECTS)
g++ -o hydrogene $(ALL_OBJECTS) $(LIB_FLAGS)
Gaussienne.o: Gaussienne.cpp
g++ -o Gaussienne.o -c Gaussienne.cpp -W -Wall -ansi
main.o: Gaussienne.hpp Grille.hpp main.cpp Szabo.o
g++ -o main.o -c main.cpp -W -Wall -ansi
Grille.o: Grille.cpp Gaussienne.cpp
g++ -o Grille.o -c Grille.cpp -W -Wall -ansi
Szabo.o: Szabo.cpp Gaussienne.cpp
g++ -o Szabo.o -c Szabo.cpp -W -Wall -ansi
clean:
rm -rf *.o
mrproper: clean
rm -rf hydrogene
I get no linking error from g++, however i got:
In file included from Szabo.cpp:12:
./Szabo.hpp:21:10: fatal error: 'boost/math/special_functions/erf.hpp' file not found
#include <boost/math/special_functions/erf.hpp>
^
1 error generated.
Can you please provide help on how to fix this? Thanks in advance
Ok so apparently likes this, it works:
LIB_FLAGS = -L/Users/devolution/Documents/boost_1_60_0/stage/lib -lboost_math_tr1
I_FLAGS = -I/Users/devolution/Documents/boost_1_60_0/
ALL_OBJECTS = main.o Gaussienne.o Grille.o Szabo.o
all: $(ALL_OBJECTS)
g++ -o hydrogene $(ALL_OBJECTS) $(LIB_FLAGS)
Gaussienne.o: Gaussienne.cpp
g++ -o Gaussienne.o -c Gaussienne.cpp -ansi ${I_FLAGS}
main.o: Gaussienne.hpp Grille.hpp main.cpp Szabo.o
g++ -o main.o -c main.cpp -ansi ${I_FLAGS}
Grille.o: Grille.cpp Gaussienne.cpp
g++ -o Grille.o -c Grille.cpp -ansi ${I_FLAGS}
Szabo.o: Szabo.cpp Gaussienne.cpp
g++ -o Szabo.o -c Szabo.cpp -ansi ${I_FLAGS}
.PHONY: clean mrproper
clean:
rm -rf *.o
mrproper: clean
rm -rf hydrogene
Is there a way to pass I_FLAGS?

Answer 1

You've compiled Boost's separately-compiled libraries, which is great, but you didn't copy the headers to your toolchain's include path. Indeed, most of Boost is comprised of header-only libraries, so this is arguably the more crucial step of installing Boost.
The internet tells me you may be able to find the default header search path with the following command at shell:
gcc -x c++ -v -E /dev/null
(https://stackoverflow.com/a/19852298/560648)
When you find it, copy the distribution's boost subdirectory to it.
And, yes, having home-brew install Boost for you would have been much easier… probably one command!