Linker error when compiling boost.asio example

Question

I\'m trying to learn a little bit C++ and Boost.Asio. I\'m trying to compile the following code example:

#include 
#include 

        

Answer 1

you need to link against libboost_system and apparently also against libboost_thread.

g++ -I /usr/local/boost_1_42_0 -lboost_system -lboost_thread a.cpp

in case of multi-threaded libraries:

g++ -I /usr/local/boost_1_42_0 -lboost_system-mt -lboost_thread-mt a.cpp