Could not link against boost_system ! #9383

issue ghost opened this issue on December 19, 2016
  1. ghost commented at 11:07 PM on December 19, 2016: none

    Ubuntu 14.04

    On ./configure I get the above error. please can you assist

    Terminal output

    https://paste.ubuntu.com/23656040/

  2. sipa commented at 11:35 PM on December 19, 2016: member

    Please follow the build instructions (https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.13.1/doc/build-unix.md). It will tell you how to install all dependencies for common Linux distributions, including Ubuntu.

  3. sipa closed this on Dec 19, 2016

  4. ghost commented at 11:49 PM on December 19, 2016: none

    I have followed but still receive this error

  5. sipa commented at 12:05 AM on December 20, 2016: member

    Have you run this line?

    sudo apt-get install libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-chrono-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev

  6. sipa cross-referenced this on Dec 20, 2016 from issue configure: error: Could not find a version of the boost_program_options library! by ghost
  7. ghost commented at 12:13 AM on December 20, 2016: none

    Sipa, sorry, I did not see your reply and was referring to a change in the error. That done the trick. Thanks you

  8. laanwj added the label Questions and Help on Dec 21, 2016
  9. bitcoin locked this on Feb 15, 2022

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