cMake cannot find BOOST_TIMER_LIBRARIES

Question

I have boost installed. I am trying to compile a project that has the following line in the cmake line : target_link_libraries( tiscos_stat ${Boost_TIMER_LIBRARY}

This is causing issue while compiling :

CMake Error: The following variables are used in this project, but they are set to NOTFOUND. Please set them or make sure they are set and tested correctly in the CMake files: Boost_TIMER_LIBRARY (ADVANCED)

I installed boost on my ubuntu using sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev

I have a timer.hpp in my usr/include/boost folder

Why is this happening ? Do I need to install some more libraries ?

Please help.

EDIT:

Here is the output with running cmake with the -DBoost_DEBUG=ON flag

`r@r-HP-Mini-110:~/l33t/freeln/raijin_world/source/raijin/build-debug$ cmake ../ -DBoost_DEBUG=ON
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:525 ] Boost not in cache
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:528 ] _boost_TEST_VERSIONS = 1.48.0;1.48;1.47.0;1.47;1.46.1;1.46.0;1.46;1.45.0;1.45;1.44.0;1.44;1.43.0;1.43;1.42.0;1.42
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:530 ] Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED = ON
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:532 ] Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS = 
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:534 ] Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME = 
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:536 ] Boost_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS = 
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:538 ] Boost_NO_SYSTEM_PATHS = 
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:606 ] Declared as CMake or Environmental Variables:
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:608 ]   BOOST_ROOT = 
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:610 ]   BOOST_INCLUDEDIR = 
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:612 ]   BOOST_LIBRARYDIR = 
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:614 ] _boost_TEST_VERSIONS = 1.48.0;1.48;1.47.0;1.47;1.46.1;1.46.0;1.46;1.45.0;1.45;1.44.0;1.44;1.43.0;1.43;1.42.0;1.42
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:696 ] location of version.hpp: /usr/include/boost/version.hpp
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:715 ] version.hpp reveals boost 1.46.1
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:808 ] guessed _boost_COMPILER = -gcc47
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:818 ] _boost_MULTITHREADED = -mt
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:861 ] _boost_RELEASE_ABI_TAG = -
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:863 ] _boost_DEBUG_ABI_TAG = -d
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:906 ] _boost_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DIRS = /usr/include/lib;/usr/include/../lib;/usr/include/stage/lib;C:/boost/lib;C:/boost;/boost/boost_1_46_1/lib;/boost/boost_1_46/lib;/boost/lib;/boost;/sw/local/lib
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:977 ] Searching for DATE_TIME_LIBRARY_RELEASE: boost_date_time-gcc47-mt-1_46_1;boost_date_time-gcc47-mt;boost_date_time-mt-1_46_1;boost_date_time-mt;boost_date_time
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1009 ] Searching for DATE_TIME_LIBRARY_DEBUG: boost_date_time-gcc47-mt-d-1_46_1;boost_date_time-gcc47-mt-d;boost_date_time-mt-d-1_46_1;boost_date_time-mt-d;boost_date_time-mt;boost_date_time
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:977 ] Searching for FILESYSTEM_LIBRARY_RELEASE: boost_filesystem-gcc47-mt-1_46_1;boost_filesystem-gcc47-mt;boost_filesystem-mt-1_46_1;boost_filesystem-mt;boost_filesystem
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1009 ] Searching for FILESYSTEM_LIBRARY_DEBUG: boost_filesystem-gcc47-mt-d-1_46_1;boost_filesystem-gcc47-mt-d;boost_filesystem-mt-d-1_46_1;boost_filesystem-mt-d;boost_filesystem-mt;boost_filesystem
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:977 ] Searching for PROGRAM_OPTIONS_LIBRARY_RELEASE: boost_program_options-gcc47-mt-1_46_1;boost_program_options-gcc47-mt;boost_program_options-mt-1_46_1;boost_program_options-mt;boost_program_options
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1009 ] Searching for PROGRAM_OPTIONS_LIBRARY_DEBUG: boost_program_options-gcc47-mt-d-1_46_1;boost_program_options-gcc47-mt-d;boost_program_options-mt-d-1_46_1;boost_program_options-mt-d;boost_program_options-mt;boost_program_options
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:977 ] Searching for SERIALIZATION_LIBRARY_RELEASE: boost_serialization-gcc47-mt-1_46_1;boost_serialization-gcc47-mt;boost_serialization-mt-1_46_1;boost_serialization-mt;boost_serialization
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1009 ] Searching for SERIALIZATION_LIBRARY_DEBUG: boost_serialization-gcc47-mt-d-1_46_1;boost_serialization-gcc47-mt-d;boost_serialization-mt-d-1_46_1;boost_serialization-mt-d;boost_serialization-mt;boost_serialization
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:977 ] Searching for SYSTEM_LIBRARY_RELEASE: boost_system-gcc47-mt-1_46_1;boost_system-gcc47-mt;boost_system-mt-1_46_1;boost_system-mt;boost_system
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1009 ] Searching for SYSTEM_LIBRARY_DEBUG: boost_system-gcc47-mt-d-1_46_1;boost_system-gcc47-mt-d;boost_system-mt-d-1_46_1;boost_system-mt-d;boost_system-mt;boost_system
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:977 ] Searching for TIMER_LIBRARY_RELEASE: boost_timer-gcc47-mt-1_46_1;boost_timer-gcc47-mt;boost_timer-mt-1_46_1;boost_timer-mt;boost_timer
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1009 ] Searching for TIMER_LIBRARY_DEBUG: boost_timer-gcc47-mt-d-1_46_1;boost_timer-gcc47-mt-d;boost_timer-mt-d-1_46_1;boost_timer-mt-d;boost_timer-mt;boost_timer
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:977 ] Searching for THREAD_LIBRARY_RELEASE: boost_thread-gcc47-mt-1_46_1;boost_thread-gcc47-mt;boost_thread-mt-1_46_1;boost_thread-mt;boost_thread
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1009 ] Searching for THREAD_LIBRARY_DEBUG: boost_thread-gcc47-mt-d-1_46_1;boost_thread-gcc47-mt-d;boost_thread-mt-d-1_46_1;boost_thread-mt-d;boost_thread-mt;boost_thread
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:977 ] Searching for UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK_LIBRARY_RELEASE: boost_unit_test_framework-gcc47-mt-1_46_1;boost_unit_test_framework-gcc47-mt;boost_unit_test_framework-mt-1_46_1;boost_unit_test_framework-mt;boost_unit_test_framework
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1009 ] Searching for UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK_LIBRARY_DEBUG: boost_unit_test_framework-gcc47-mt-d-1_46_1;boost_unit_test_framework-gcc47-mt-d;boost_unit_test_framework-mt-d-1_46_1;boost_unit_test_framework-mt-d;boost_unit_test_framework-mt;boost_unit_test_framework
-- [ /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1119 ] Boost_FOUND = FALSE
CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1202 (message):
  Unable to find the requested Boost libraries.

  Boost version: 1.46.1

  Boost include path: /usr/include

  The following Boost libraries could not be found:

          boost_timer

  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.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  CMakeLists.txt:30 (find_package)


-- Configure C++ compiler options for GNU
CMake Error: The following variables are used in this project, but they are set to NOTFOUND.
Please set them or make sure they are set and tested correctly in the CMake files:
Boost_TIMER_LIBRARY (ADVANCED)
`

Answer 1

From your debug output, it appears that CMake is finding Boost version 1.46.1. The Boost.Timer library was upgraded in 1.48.0 and you need the upgraded version.

To install the current version of boost, refer to the Getting Started on Unix Variants page of the docs.