[CMake] cmake and boost

[Nehme Bilal]

I just tried the same solution below on linux and it's 
working perfectly. I guess it's a visual studio-boost 
problem.

Thanks.
Nehme

On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:51:49 -0400
  "Nehme Bilal" <nbilal at mirarco.org> wrote:
> Sorry I did some mistakes. The error I am getting is:
> LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 
>'libboost_date_time-vc100-mt-gd-1_41.lib'
> 
> and visual studio is trying to look for "vc100" instead 
>of "vc"
> 
> 
> On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:49:24 -0400
>  "Nehme Bilal" <nbilal at mirarco.org> wrote:
>> Thanks all for your responses !
>> 
>> I tried James C. Sutherland solution and modified my 
>>CMakeList like this:
>> ############################################################
>> cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6.4 FATAL_ERROR)
>> 
>> include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/boost/src)
>> 
>> include( 
>>${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/boost/build/lib/Exports.cmake )
>> 	
>> add_executable(my_program main.cpp)
>> 
>> target_link_libraries(my_program 
>>boost_date_time-mt-shared)
>> ############################################################
>> 
>> it worked but when I try to :
>> #include "boost/date_time/posix_time/time_parsers.hpp"
>> 
>> I get this error:
>> libboost_date_time-vc100-mt-gd-1_41.lib
>> 
>> in boost\build\lib\Debug, I have:
>> libboost_date_time-vc-mt-gd-1_41.lib
>> 
>> Why is visual studio trying to look for "vc" instead of 
>>"vc100" ?
>> 
>> for the other proposed solutions, am not sure I 
>>understand how to do it correctly because I don't know 
>>cmake that well. can you modify my CMakeList and add what 
>>you are proposing ?
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> Nehme
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:43:53 -0400
>>  Michael Jackson <mike.jackson at bluequartz.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Mar 19, 2010, at 3:34 PM, James C. Sutherland wrote:
>>> 
>>>>>
>>>>> Why not just let the user decide where they'd like to 
>>>>>get boost, and simplify your build system by just using 
>>>>>find_package(Boost)?
>>>>>
>>>>> For example, this is all you need for a simple 
>>>>>boost-using app...
>>>>>
>>>>> find_package(Boost 1.34.0 REQUIRED COMPONENTS filesystem 
>>>>>system)
>>>>> include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR})
>>>>> add_executable(yourapp yourapp.cpp)
>>>>> target_link_libraries(yourapp ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
>>>>>
>>>> Indeed this is the best approach, although it isn't 
>>>>quite that straightforward in all cases since the 
>>>>FindBoost.cmake module functions a bit differently with 
>>>>the CMake installation than it does with the bjam 
>>>>installation.  For example, I do something like:
>>>>
>>>> if( BOOST_CMAKE )
>>>>   set(Boost_USE_STATIC ON)
>>>>   find_package( Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${boost_comps} 
>>>>NO_MODULE )
>>>> else()
>>>>   set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
>>>>   find_package( Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${boost_comps} 
>>>>)
>>>> endif()
>>>>
>>>> where I define BOOST_CMAKE if I have a cmake-based boost 
>>>>installation.
>>> 
>>> Hmm, I don't have to do any of that for my Boost-Cmake 
>>>installation. There is a "trick" to configuring the 
>>>Boost_CMake build so that it has the same layout as a 
>>>bjam built boost.
>>> 
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