boost configuration failed build error

[anand-010]

I've tried to build baos on linux but i've stuck on this error.

/home/anand/Desktop/baos-18.2.0/kdrive/include/kdrive/utility/PropertyCollection.h:19:10: fatal error: boost/signals2.hpp: No such file or directory
 #include <boost/signals2.hpp>
          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.

i've downloaded boost_1_80_0.tar.gz and extracted it to the project dir. and also tried to clone https://github.com/boostorg/signals2. but i've still got the error.

What is the folder structure for correct installation of this lib?.

[weinzierl-engineering]

Hello anand-010,

the problem is that the project cannot find the Boost header files.

Solution 1:

The boost files have been extracted somewhere. e.g. ./path/to/boost/boost_1_XX_Y (The file LICENSE_1_0.txt is then under ./path/to/boost/boost_1_XX_Y/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

Then use the variable BOOST_ROOT to specify the root path to Boost: cmake -DBOOST_ROOT=./path/to/boost/boost_1_XX_Y -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DWZSDK_STATIC=1 -DWZSDK_SAMPLES=1 -DWZSDK_SAMPLES_QT=0 -G "Unix Makefiles" ../

Solution 2:

Alternatively, boost can also be installed (in system path)

e.g. for Ubuntu: apt-get install libboost-dev

Then the include should also be found.

cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DWZSDK_STATIC=1 -DWZSDK_SAMPLES=1 -DWZSDK_SAMPLES_QT=0 -G "Unix Makefiles" ../

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Best regards, Weinzierl Engineering GmbH