Linker error when compiling boost.asio example
Solution 1
you need to link against libboost_system and apparently also against libboost_thread.
g++ -I /usr/local/boost_1_42_0 -lboost_system -lboost_thread a.cpp
in case of multi-threaded libraries:
g++ -I /usr/local/boost_1_42_0 -lboost_system-mt -lboost_thread-mt a.cpp
Solution 2
Have you built the boost libraries or are you trying to do this with a header-only setup? The error looks like the boost_system library is missing, which would suggest that the linker can't find the pre-built library.
Solution 3
You need to tell g++ where the header files are, where the libraries are and which library you are using, e.g. on my system:
g++ -I /opt/local/include -L /opt/local/lib -lboost_system-mt -lboost_thread-mt a.cpp
where -I tells g++ where the header files are and -L tells g++ where the actual libraries are and -lboost_thread-mt is the library I want to link against in the -L folder.
Alon Gubkin
Updated on November 06, 2020Comments
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Alon Gubkin over 3 years
I'm trying to learn a little bit C++ and Boost.Asio. I'm trying to compile the following code example:
#include <iostream> #include <boost/array.hpp> #include <boost/asio.hpp> using boost::asio::ip::tcp; int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { try { if (argc != 2) { std::cerr << "Usage: client <host>" << std::endl; return 1; } boost::asio::io_service io_service; tcp::resolver resolver(io_service); tcp::resolver::query query(argv[1], "daytime"); tcp::resolver::iterator endpoint_iterator = resolver.resolve(query); tcp::resolver::iterator end; tcp::socket socket(io_service); boost::system::error_code error = boost::asio::error::host_not_found; while (error && endpoint_iterator != end) { socket.close(); socket.connect(*endpoint_iterator++, error); } if (error) throw boost::system::system_error(error); for (;;) { boost::array<char, 128> buf; boost::system::error_code error; size_t len = socket.read_some(boost::asio::buffer(buf), error); if (error == boost::asio::error::eof) break; // Connection closed cleanly by peer. else if (error) throw boost::system::system_error(error); // Some other error. std::cout.write(buf.data(), len); } } catch (std::exception& e) { std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl; } return 0; }
With the following command line:
g++ -I /usr/local/boost_1_42_0 a.cpp
and it throws an unclear error:
/tmp/ccCv9ZJA.o: In function `__static_initialization_and_destruction_0(int, int)': a.cpp:(.text+0x654): undefined reference to `boost::system::get_system_category()' a.cpp:(.text+0x65e): undefined reference to `boost::system::get_generic_category()' a.cpp:(.text+0x668): undefined reference to `boost::system::get_generic_category()' a.cpp:(.text+0x672): undefined reference to `boost::system::get_generic_category()' a.cpp:(.text+0x67c): undefined reference to `boost::system::get_system_category()' /tmp/ccCv9ZJA.o: In function `boost::system::error_code::error_code()': a.cpp:(.text._ZN5boost6system10error_codeC2Ev[_ZN5boost6system10error_codeC5Ev]+0x10): undefined reference to `boost::system::get_system_category()' /tmp/ccCv9ZJA.o: In function `boost::asio::error::get_system_category()': a.cpp:(.text._ZN5boost4asio5error19get_system_categoryEv[boost::asio::error::get_system_category()]+0x7): undefined reference to `boost::system::get_system_category()' /tmp/ccCv9ZJA.o: In function `boost::asio::detail::posix_thread::~posix_thread()': a.cpp:(.text._ZN5boost4asio6detail12posix_threadD2Ev[_ZN5boost4asio6detail12posix_threadD5Ev]+0x1d): undefined reference to `pthread_detach' /tmp/ccCv9ZJA.o: In function `boost::asio::detail::posix_thread::join()': a.cpp:(.text._ZN5boost4asio6detail12posix_thread4joinEv[boost::asio::detail::posix_thread::join()]+0x25): undefined reference to `pthread_join' /tmp/ccCv9ZJA.o: In function `boost::asio::detail::posix_tss_ptr<boost::asio::detail::call_stack<boost::asio::detail::task_io_service<boost::asio::detail::epoll_reactor<false> > >::context>::~posix_tss_ptr()': a.cpp:(.text._ZN5boost4asio6detail13posix_tss_ptrINS1_10call_stackINS1_15task_io_serviceINS1_13epoll_reactorILb0EEEEEE7contextEED2Ev[_ZN5boost4asio6detail13posix_tss_ptrINS1_10call_stackINS1_15task_io_serviceINS1_13epoll_reactorILb0EEEEEE7contextEED5Ev]+0xf): undefined reference to `pthread_key_delete' /tmp/ccCv9ZJA.o: In function `boost::asio::detail::posix_tss_ptr<boost::asio::detail::call_stack<boost::asio::detail::task_io_service<boost::asio::detail::epoll_reactor<false> > >::context>::posix_tss_ptr()': a.cpp:(.text._ZN5boost4asio6detail13posix_tss_ptrINS1_10call_stackINS1_15task_io_serviceINS1_13epoll_reactorILb0EEEEEE7contextEEC2Ev[_ZN5boost4asio6detail13posix_tss_ptrINS1_10call_stackINS1_15task_io_serviceINS1_13epoll_reactorILb0EEEEEE7contextEEC5Ev]+0x22): undefined reference to `pthread_key_create' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
How can I fix it?