c++ boost::filesystem undefined reference to `boost::filesystem3::path::root_name() const'

Question

I keep running across errors when trying to compile code which utilizes the boost::filesystem library. I don\'t understand any of the compiler outputs I am getting. Here is

Answer 1

You have to link with -lboost_filesystem -lboost_system. Boost filesystem is not a header-only library; rather, it depends on compiled components.