How to resolve compilation errors for boost multithreading simple program - c++

Question

I have a problem with compiling a boost integrated source code in my PC. I am working on below environment
OS: CentOs 6.3
Boost version: 1.41
Boost installation header file directory: /usr/include/boost/
IDE: code::block
Program for the compilation:
#include <boost/thread.hpp>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
void ThreadFunction()
{
int counter = 0;
for(;;)
{
std::cout << "thread iteration " << ++counter << " Press Enter to stop" << std::endl;
try
{
// Sleep and check for interrupt.
// To check for interrupt without sleep,
// use boost::this_thread::interruption_point()
// which also throws boost::thread_interrupted
boost::this_thread::sleep(boost::posix_time::milliseconds(500));
}
catch(boost::thread_interrupted&)
{
std::cout << "Thread is stopped" << std::endl;
return;
}
}
}
int main()
{
// Start thread
boost::thread t(&ThreadFunction);
// Wait for Enter
char ch;
std::cin.get(ch);
// Ask thread to stop
t.interrupt();
// Join - wait when thread actually exits
t.join();
std::cout << "main: thread ended" << std::endl;
return 0;
}
Error output:
Build: Debug in testPro (compiler: GNU GCC Compiler) ===|
obj/Debug/main.o||In function `main':|
<path to code>/main.cpp|40|undefined reference to `boost::thread::interrupt()'|
<path to code>/main.cpp|43|undefined reference to `boost::thread::join()'|
<path to code>/main.cpp|47|undefined reference to `boost::thread::~thread()'|
<path to code>/main.cpp|47|undefined reference to `boost::thread::~thread()'|
obj/Debug/main.o||In function `thread_data_base':|
/usr/include/boost/thread/pthread/thread_data.hpp|65|undefined reference to `vtable for boost::detail::thread_data_base'|
obj/Debug/main.o||In function `void boost::this_thread::sleep<boost::date_time::subsecond_duration<boost::posix_time::time_duration, 1000l> >(boost::date_time::subsecond_duration<boost::posix_time::time_duration, 1000l> const&)':|
/usr/include/boost/thread/pthread/thread_data.hpp|122|undefined reference to `boost::this_thread::sleep(boost::posix_time::ptime const&)'|
obj/Debug/main.o||In function `thread<void (*)()>':|
/usr/include/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp|191|undefined reference to `boost::thread::start_thread()'|
obj/Debug/main.o||In function `~thread_data':|
/usr/include/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp|40|undefined reference to `boost::detail::thread_data_base::~thread_data_base()'|
]+0x10)||undefined reference to `typeinfo for boost::detail::thread_data_base'|
||=== Build failed: 9 error(s), 0 warning(s) (0 minute(s), 1 second(s)) ===|
As in the error console compiler cannot find the methods declared in boost library. I tried the several sample applications but result was the same. Please help me to find out the problem or suggest me a way to check the status of boost installation.

Answer 1

You need to compile your code with boost_thread library -lboost_thread
for example
gcc test.c -o test -lboost_thread