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/home/richel/qtsdk-2010.04/bin/Projects/Website/CppFile-build-desktop/main.o:: In function `boost::filesystem::basic_path<std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, boost::filesystem::path_traits> boost::filesystem::current_path<boost::filesystem::basic_path<std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, boost::filesystem::path_traits> >()':

/usr/include/boost/filesystem/operations.hpp:530: error: undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::detail::get_current_path_api(std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >&)'

:: error: collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Cause

Operating system: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx

IDE: Qt Creator 2.0.0

Project type: Console Application

Compiler: G++ 4.4.1

Libraries used:

Boost: version 1.40
Qt: version 4.7.0 (32 bit)

Qt project file


#-------------------------------------------------

#

# Project created by QtCreator 2010-08-02T13:45:48

#

#-------------------------------------------------

QT       += core

QT       -= gui

TARGET = MyTarget

CONFIG   += console

CONFIG   -= app_bundle

TEMPLATE = app

LIBS += -L/usr/local/lib -lboost_system

SOURCES += main.cpp

Source code


#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>



int main()

{

  boost::filesystem::path my_path(

    boost::filesystem::initial_path<boost::filesystem::path>());

}

Solution

Add the following line to the Qt project file:


LIBS += -L/usr/local/lib -lboost_filesystem

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(C++) undefined reference to 'boost::filesystem::detail::get_current_path_api'

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