problems with ./configure for libtorrent on linux

Question

Hell I have been having an extremely tough time installing libtorrent and am unsure what the problems are. I have seen plenty similar errors online but the solutions were not helpful and I am pretty sure the error message is just too vague for comparison.

When I run ./configure I get

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Building libtorrent-rasterbar 0.16.5

Checking for a C/C++ compiler to use:
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking whether gcc and cc understand -c and -o together... yes
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
checking whether g++ understands -c and -o together... yes
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..
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Checking for boost libraries:
checking for boostlib >= 1.36... yes
checking whether the Boost::System library is available... yes
configure: error: Boost.System library not found. Try using --with-boost-system=lib

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I then use the suggestion and the difference is that the bottom says

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Checking for boost libraries:
checking for boostlib >= 1.36... yes
checking whether the Boost::System library is available... yes
checking for exit in -llib... no
checking for exit in -lboost_system-lib... no
configure: error: Could not link against boost_system-lib !

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the config.log file has an error

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configure:16572: result: no
configure:16537: checking for exit in -lboost_system-lib
configure:16562: gcc -o conftest -lpthread -g -O2 -fvisibility=hidden  -I/usr/include  -L/usr/lib conftest.c -lboost_system-lib  -lpthread   >&5
conftest.c:33: warning: conflicting types for built-in function 'exit'
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_system-lib
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

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Any insight would be enormously appreciated

after installing

apt-get install libboost-system-dev

apt-get install libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-thread-dev

Checking features to be enabled:
checking whether encryption support should be enabled... yes
configure: encryption support: now checking for the OpenSSL library...
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking for openssl/ssl.h in /usr/local/ssl... no
checking for openssl/ssl.h in /usr/lib/ssl... no
checking for openssl/ssl.h in /usr/ssl... no
checking for openssl/ssl.h in /usr/pkg... no
checking for openssl/ssl.h in /usr/local... no
checking for openssl/ssl.h in /usr... no
checking whether compiling and linking against OpenSSL works... no
configure: error: OpenSSL library not found. Try using --with-openssl=DIR or disabling encryption at all.

Answer 1

You need to install libboost-system.

If you are using Debian/Ubuntu, use apt-get as follows.

$ apt-get install libboost-system-dev

You may also need to install ...

$ apt-get install libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-thread-dev

Answer 2

The easiest way to install all the dependencies is with apt-get.

sudo apt-get build-dep python-libtorrent