Le_Forgeron <jgr### [at] freefr> wrote:
> Le 28/12/2013 19:15, Timothy Groves nous fit lire :
> > I downloaded 3.7RC7, and started with a ./configure, and got this error
> > message:
> >
> > checking for boostlib >= 1.37... yes
> > checking whether the Boost::Thread library is available... yes
> > checking whether the boost thread library is usable... no
> > configure: error: in `/home/rakshasa/Downloads/tmp/povray-3.7.0.RC7':
> > configure: error: cannot link with the boost thread library
> > See `config.log' for more details
> >
>
> > I am running XUbuntu 13.10 x64 on a Core i7-2600.  I tried the
> > --with-boost-thread=boost_thread-mt flag suggested on the download page,
> > but it didn't help.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
> known problem.
>
> add LIBS="-lboost_system -lboost_thread" to your ./configure (and drop
> --with...)
>
> More alternatives at
>
> http://wiki.povray.org/content/User:Le_Forgeron/vault/Compilation

I have the same error.  How do you put this LIBS="~~~" to the
command ./configure command line, or does it need to be in the
configure files?
I tried :
  ./configure LIBS="-lboost_system -lboost_thread" COMPILED_BY="Jon Elson"

But this gave me an error


checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... no
configure: error: in `/home/elson/software/povray-3.7-stable':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables

config.log shows these lines :

gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5)
configure:4667: $? = 0
configure:4656: gcc -V >&5
gcc: error: unrecognized option '-V'
gcc: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.
configure:4667: $? = 4
configure:4656: gcc -qversion >&5
gcc: error: unrecognized option '-qversion'
gcc: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.
configure:4667: $? = 4
configure:4687: checking whether the C compiler works
configure:4709: gcc    conftest.c -lboost_system -lboost_thread >&5
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_system
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_thread


Obviously, the way I added this text to the command line totally
fouled up the gcc command.

Can anybody tell me how to specify this correctly?

Thanks,

Jon

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