How to link boost using cmake on windows - c++

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I'm trying to link up boost libraries and there's an error of linking up the 'boost_system' static library.
I use cmake 2.8, the MinGW compiler and the 1.55.0 boost.
Judging by the logs, cmake doesn't see the pathway to the libraries.
Here's the error:
Unable to find the requested Boost libraries.
Boost version: 1.55.0
Boost include path: c:/local/boost_1_55_0
Could not find the following static Boost libraries:
boost_system
No Boost libraries were found. You may need to set BOOST_LIBRARYDIR to the
directory containing Boost libraries or BOOST_ROOT to the location of
Boost.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
Here's the cmake code:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
project(test)
if (WIN32)
set(BOOST_ROOT "c:/local/boost_1_55_0")
set(BOOST_LIBRARYDIR ${BOOST_ROOT}/stage/lib/)
set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
set(Boost_MULTITHREADED ON)
set(Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME OFF)
find_package(Boost 1.55 COMPONENTS system REQUIRED)
add_definitions(${Boost_LIB_DIAGNOSTIC_DEFINITIONS})
set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++")
include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR})
set(SOURCE_FILES main.cpp)
add_executable(test ${SOURCE_FILES})
target_link_libraries(test ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
endif (WIN32)
I receive logs like this with the declared set(Boost_DETAILED_FAILURE_MSG on)
status** Boost Include: c:/local/boost_1_55_0
status** Boost Libraries:
status** Boost Libraries:

Answer 1

For me worked setting hint variables CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH & CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH. BOOST_ROOT & BOOST_LIBRARYDIR were not working also.
Another hint variables are Boost_COMPILER, Boost_NAMESPACE, Boost_ARCHITECTURE they help to define how your library is named to boost search script.
Using SET(Boost_DEBUG 1) helped me a lot do diagnose a problem -as it prints Boost path suffixes= and _boost_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DIRS_RELEASE
For example
SET(CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH ${CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH} "D:/boost/boost_1_70_0")
SET(CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH} "D:/boost/boost_1_70_0/stage/gcc/x64/lib")
SET(Boost_COMPILER ${Boost_COMPILER} "-mgw73")
SET(Boost_NAMESPACE ${Boost_NAMESPACE} "libboost")
SET(Boost_ARCHITECTURE "-x64")
Or
SET(CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH ${CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH} "D:/boost/boost_1_70_0")
SET(CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH} "D:/boost/boost_1_70_0/stage/lib")
SET(Boost_COMPILER ${Boost_COMPILER} "-vc142")