Fatal Error with boost

Asked Mar 27 '16 at 09:16

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1>LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'libboost_system-vc140-mt-gd-1_59.lib'

I have faced this error while compiling, I searched for the file and I found it, so what is the problem?

asked Mar 27 '16 at 09:16

Slavi

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Check if the file is in the linker search path. – bluebrother Mar 27 '16 at 09:19
[See If this helps](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13042561/fatal-error-lnk1104-cannot-open-file-libboost-system-vc110-mt-gd-1-51-lib) – Hamza Anis Mar 27 '16 at 09:24
@HamzaAnis This doesn't help, i updated boost. same problem! – Slavi Mar 27 '16 at 10:51
@bluebrother yeah, it's in the linker search path. – Slavi Mar 27 '16 at 10:53

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This may happen due to a variety of reasons. Here are a few from my own experiences:

check if there is an architecture missmatch. (eg. your app is x64, but the boost libraries are x32)
check if you configured the active build configuration in VS (Debug vs Release)
check if the boost libraries are available in the Additional Library Directories under the linker properties in VS.
check if you use the correct platform toolset in VS. (v140 in your case).

answered Mar 27 '16 at 14:14

Lukas

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