Boost library installation

Question

I downloaded boost 1.57. I am using Visual Studio 2012.

I added mypath\boost_1_57_0 to additional include directories.

I also added mypath\boost_1_57_0\libs into additional library directories.

In my code I just want to add a library #include <boost/filesystem.hpp> , but I get this error.

Error   5   error LNK1104: cannot open file 'libboost_filesystem-vc110-mt-sgd-1_57.lib'

How can I solve this?

This is a bad question because a cursory google search will show you how to link against boost. — Mikhail, Jan 18 '15 at 20:32
possible duplicate of [How to use Boost in Visual Studio 2010](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2629421/how-to-use-boost-in-visual-studio-2010) — Mikhail, Jan 18 '15 at 20:34
Did you solve your problem based on the link provided by Mikhail, or do you still need help? — bogdan, Jan 18 '15 at 21:23
I did how it has been said there and it worked. But it took an hour and 30 min to bootstrap those files and the final folder has over 2GB — George Irimiciuc, Jan 18 '15 at 22:20
@GeorgeIrimiciuc You can delete the intermediate build files, which will shave quite a bit off that figure. They're usually in `bin.v2`, if I recall correctly. — bogdan, Jan 18 '15 at 22:31
@GeorgeIrimiciuc There should be a `bin.v2` directory under the `boost` root directory (which was the current directory when you ran `b2`). — bogdan, Jan 18 '15 at 22:42

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 19 '15 at 01:52

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Open you property page,in "Configuration Properties"->"Linker"->"Input"->"Additional Dependcies"，add the "libboost_filesystem-vc110-mt-sgd-1_57.lib";

answered Jan 19 '15 at 01:52

Athenoa

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