CMake Find Package Boost Fails Even with BOOST_LIBRARYDIR set correctly

Question

When running

mkdir -p build && cd build && cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/install -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On ..; cd ../

inside a 3rd party library. I get the following error.

CMake Error at /usr/local/share/cmake-3.5/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1657 (message):
  Unable to find the requested Boost libraries.

  Boost version: 1.67.0

  Boost include path: /usr/local/include

  Could not find the following static Boost libraries:

          boost_thread
          boost_date_time

  Some (but not all) of the required Boost libraries were found.  You may
  need to install these additional Boost libraries.  Alternatively, set
  BOOST_LIBRARYDIR to the directory containing Boost libraries or BOOST_ROOT
  to the location of Boost.

So according to several other posts I have added:

set(BOOST_ROOT /usr/local)
set(BOOST_LIBRARYDIR ${BOOST_ROOT}/lib)
message(STATUS "BOOST_LIBRARYDIR = ${BOOST_LIBRARYDIR}")

to their CMakeLists.txt. Which gives me the following message:

-- BOOST_LIBRARYDIR = /usr/local/lib
-- Using CPU native flags for SSE optimization: -march=native
-- -- GCC > 4.3 found, enabling -Wabi
-- Found OpenMP
...

However, I still am getting the same error. Listing the contents of BOOST_LIBRARYDIR indicates the libraries are there.

root@74fdb1dd14f4:~/code/pcl# ls /usr/local/lib
cmake                  libboost_prg_exec_monitor.so.1.67.0     libflann.so.1.9
libboost_atomic.a          libboost_program_options.a          libflann.so.1.9.1-003
libboost_atomic.so         libboost_program_options.so         libflann_cpp.so
libboost_atomic.so.1.67.0      libboost_program_options.so.1.67.0      libflann_cpp.so.1.9
libboost_chrono.a          libboost_regex.a                libflann_cpp.so.1.9.1-003
libboost_chrono.so         libboost_regex.so               libflann_cpp_s.a
libboost_chrono.so.1.67.0      libboost_regex.so.1.67.0            libflann_s.a
libboost_date_time.a           libboost_system.a               libload_qos_controller-1.0.1.so
libboost_date_time.so          libboost_system.so              libload_qos_controller.la
libboost_date_time.so.1.67.0   libboost_system.so.1.67.0           libload_qos_controller.so
libboost_filesystem.a          libboost_test_exec_monitor.a        liblogrotate_container_logger-1.0.1.so
libboost_filesystem.so         libboost_thread.a               liblogrotate_container_logger.la
libboost_filesystem.so.1.67.0  libboost_thread.so              liblogrotate_container_logger.so
libboost_graph.a           libboost_thread.so.1.67.0           libmesos-1.0.1.so
libboost_graph.so          libboost_timer.a                libmesos.la
libboost_graph.so.1.67.0       libboost_timer.so               libmesos.so
libboost_log.a             libboost_timer.so.1.67.0            mesos
libboost_log.so            libboost_unit_test_framework.a          mesos-modules
libboost_log.so.1.67.0         libboost_unit_test_framework.so         pkgconfig
libboost_log_setup.a           libboost_unit_test_framework.so.1.67.0  python2.7
libboost_log_setup.so          libfixed_resource_estimator-1.0.1.so    python3.4
libboost_log_setup.so.1.67.0   libfixed_resource_estimator.la          python3.5
libboost_prg_exec_monitor.a    libfixed_resource_estimator.so
libboost_prg_exec_monitor.so   libflann.so

Why can't CMake find the libraries?

Judging from your directory layout, it should work out of the box. Try removing `set(BOOST*)` lines, cleaning the cache and running cmake again. — arrowd, Jan 01 '19 at 21:06

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 01 '19 at 21:54

Your CMake version (3.5 I guessed from the command line) is too old for Boost 1.67. Boost changed its naming scheme starting with version 1.66.0 so a set(Boost_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS 1.67 1.67.0) will not work. See this answer for further details. Either upgrade your CMake version or lower your Boost version requirements (if possible).

CMake Find Package Boost Fails Even with BOOST_LIBRARYDIR set correctly

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