CMake and Boost

Question

I\'ve searched and found out that a lot of people have the same problem, but no solution exists.

I\'m using CMake to generate Makefiles for MinGW and when compiling

Answer 1

In my opinion, this question is similar to this question and this one. My best guess would be that you need the same resolution as in my answer to the first question.

I would strongly recommend the use of find_package (Boost ) and take care with the auto-linking:

project(boosttest)
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)

# Play with the following defines
# Disable auto-linking. 
add_definition( -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB )
# In case of a Shared Boost install (dlls), you should then enable this
# add_definitions( -DBOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK )

# Explicitly tell find-package to search for Static Boost libs (if needed)
set( Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON ) 
find_package( Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS thread )

include_directories( ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS} )

file(GLOB_RECURSE cppFiles src/*.cpp)

add_executable(boosttest ${cppFiles})

target_link_libraries(boosttest ${Boost_LIBRARIES} )