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Installing boost_date_time in mac

How do in install boost_date_time in mac? i used macport to install boost. But it did not install date_time. Then i tried installing using the binary downloaded from boost website. using 

./bootstrap.sh --prefix=path/to/installation/prefix --with-libraries=library-name-list

but still the compilation fails

g++ -o test -g -O2  -I/usr/include/mysql test.cpp -lz  -lz  -L/usr/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient -lboost_date_time-mt >&5
ld: library not found for -lboost_date_time-mt

what am i doing wrong?

Solution

  • MacPorts installs headers and libs in /opt/local/include and /opt/local/lib.

    So, you would need to add the following parameters:

    -I/opt/local/include -L/opt/local/lib

    The bootstrap script is used to build bjam, the boost build tool. It's not necessary if you installed from MacPorts.