vc++ vs2013 code with boost powered by nuget does not build

Question

I am quite new to VC++ and Boost. My problem is that I want to use Boost 1.56.0 in my VC++ Visual Studio 2013 project (so I use vc120).

I have installed Boost via NuGet (https://www.nuget.org/packages/boost/). Everything seems to be okay, but when I try to build my project it says:

Fatal error LNK1104: Cannot open file "libboost_thread-vc120-mt-gd-1_56.lib".

Do you know where exactly the problem is and how I can fix it?

I thought installing a package using NuGet will do the whole job to get things working on its own. I know that the linker can't find the lib file (actually there was no build process at all). But I don't know how I can fix this issue.

I think it is not a good idea to manually compile Boost with VC120 and add the lib folder to the additional paths of the linker. Why should I use NuGet then?

Any help is welcome - I am trying and searching the internet for so many hours now and I couldn't fix the problem.

Thank you, Stefan

Answer 1

As mentioned before, Boost Nuget can't contain all possible compiled libraries for all possible configuration and compiler versions. However, there are separete precompiled Nuget packages and also source packages. Here is a list of all 1.56.0 Boost Nuget packages https://getboost.codeplex.com/releases/view/126256

In your case, I would suggest to use precompiled boost_thread-vc120.1.56.0. Not 1.57 yet!

If you are lazy, you can also use boost-vc120.1.56.0 which depends on all precompiled Boost libraries for Visual Studio 2013.