configure error: Could not link against boost_system

Question

I\'m trying to install a package (soccer simulator 2d) on Debian. When I go to the directory and run ./configure, I get the following:

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Answer 1

I just had this issue and for the benefit of anyone else, make sure you look at the configure output very closely! There is a bug in the checks, so if Boost library B is missing, you will see this:

checking whether the A library is available... yes
checking for exit in -lA... yes
checking whether the B library is available... no
configure: error: Could not link against A

Note that although the error message complains about A, the missing library is actually B! If you install library B then the check will succeed.