error linking

[shashwat.ds@…]

Hi,

I recently installed boost_1_38_0 just to use regex functionality as I have lot of parsing to do.

I followed all the instructions on the website and built and linked in Visual Studio as mentioned on the website. But still I get this error: fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'libboost_regex-vc80-mt-gd-1_38.lib'

Please let me know how can I correct this or what I am missing.

Thanks, Shashwat.

[Steven Watanabe]

Specifically: http://www.boost.org/more/getting_started/windows.html#link-from-within-the-visual-studio-ide ?

Does libboost_regex-vc80-mt-gd-1_38.lib exist in the library directory?

[Steven Watanabe]

If you still have any questions please reopen.

[eli@…]

Replying to steven_watanabe:

Specifically: http://www.boost.org/more/getting_started/windows.html#link-from-within-the-visual-studio-ide ?

Does libboost_regex-vc80-mt-gd-1_38.lib exist in the library directory?

The lib file do not exist. and I'm following the instruction pointed by the link you mentioned. what should I do next?

[Steven Watanabe]

Okay. If you built using bjam, then you need the following options:

bjam msvc debug link=static --with-regex stage

This ought to build the correct library.

[anonymous]

OK I found the problem, there is some kind of bug in the autolinking feature. You need to download all the possible libs (I used the installer from ​http://www.boostpro.com/download) for the regexp (multithread debug, etc...) it worked for me. good luck

[Steven Watanabe]

Auto linking picks the library based on your project settings. It has no idea which libraries are available.