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[Chris Marsh <>]

When compiling against a custom boost with cmake, you can use this in your cmake file to specify the boost directory

set(Boost_NO_SYSTEM_PATHS TRUE)

set(BOOST_ROOT "/my/boost/boost_1_54_0")

the FindBoost.cmake file will then pickup your custom directory 

On 8 August 2017 at 13:14, Michael Bieri <> wrote:

Hello

I'm currently installing CGAL on different platforms. Normally, it works just fine. But I have one computer where Boost is not installed into the system, but just compiled in a directory. This Boost works properly in combination with other things I'm building, just not with CGAL.

I can compile CGAL using the following Boost-related settings, displayed with ccmake:

 Boost_DEBUG OFF                                                            
 Boost_INCLUDE_DIR /my/boost/boost_1_54_0        
 Boost_LIBRARY_DIR /my/boost/boost_1_54_0/stage/lib
 Boost_SYSTEM_LIBRARY_DEBUG /my/boost/boost_1_54_0/stage/lib
 Boost_SYSTEM_LIBRARY_RELEASE /my/boost/boost_1_54_0/stage/lib
 Boost_THREAD_LIBRARY_DEBUG /my/boost/boost_1_54_0/stage/lib
 Boost_THREAD_LIBRARY_RELEASE /my/boost/boost_1_54_0/stage/lib
 CGAL_Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS   OFF


Now, I'd like to compile one of my examples. I get the following error: 

*******************************************************

CMake Error at /usr/lib64/boost/Boost.cmake:536 (message):
  The imported target "boost_date_time-static" references the file

     "/usr/lib64/lib64/libboost_date_time.a"

  but this file does not exist.  Possible reasons include:

  * The file was deleted, renamed, or moved to another location.

  * An install or uninstall procedure did not complete successfully.

  * The installation package was faulty and contained

     "/usr/lib64/boost/Boost.cmake"

  but not all the files it references.

*******************************************************

The error itself is not a surprise, because it's a very old Boost there.

Boost-related settings for cmake in my project folder are:

Boost_DEBUG OFF                                                            
Boost_DIR /usr/lib64/boost                                                
Boost_INCLUDE_DIR /usr/include

Whe I change the variables to my own Boost in ccmake, it will also throw the above error and not save the changes.

So I really, really wonder: How do I set Boost properly to compile my own code? (I also tried with environment variables as given in the installation manual, Section 15.7.)

Best regards,

Michael