Ian Lance Taylor <iant@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > "eric lin" <ericlin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> eric@eric-laptop:~/cppcookbook$ g++ >> -I/home/eric/boost1/boost_1_46_1/ example12-1.cpp >> /tmp/ccd4Cx51.o: In function `main': >> example12-1.cpp:(.text+0x30): undefined reference to `boost::thread::join()' > > These errors, from the linker, mean that you are not linking against the > Boost library. You need to add something like -lboost with some -L > option which points to the directory where libboost.so or libboost.a can > be found. I think typically boost "packages" that have a run-time component (many don't) each has its own library. For instance, on this system, the boost thread package needs to be linked against like "-lboost_thread-mt". -Miles -- It wasn't the Exxon Valdez captain's driving that caused the Alaskan oil spill. It was yours. [Greenpeace advertisement, New York Times, 25 February 1990]