How to include boost::thread in your C++ project?

Question

What do I need to do to include boost::thread in my project? I have copied the whole thread folder to my working path (I wish to be able to run this on several computers) and I get

fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'boost/thread/detail/platform.hpp': No such file or directory

From the line #include "thread/thread.hpp"

What gives?

edit: Even if I just link to the boost folder where the precompiled binary installed and I use #include <boost/thread/thread.hpp> I get

fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'libboost_thread-vc90-mt-1_41.lib'

Answer 1

Unfortunately boost::thread is not a "header-only" library -- hence you need to have it compiled. There are basically two ways to go around it.

1. you download a prebuilt install package from boostpro (assuming that you are on windows) -- http://www.boostpro.com/download
2. you can build it yourself - see http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_35_0/more/getting_started/index.html

Answer 2

Fatal Error C1083 is a Visual C++ error. You should include the library folder from boost in your project. "C:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_41\lib" if you're using boostpro.

Also when you're downloading the thread library with boostpro, you need to check it in the list (you can also choose the compiler...).