Fail to Link Boost in CMAKE

Question

Here is my CMakeList.text:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
project(project)

set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)

FIND_PACKAGE(Boost 1.66 REQUIRED date_time program_options thread filesystem system unit_test_framework)
IF(${Boost_FOUND})
    INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR})
ENDIF()

add_executable(project main.cpp)

target_link_libraries(project ${Boost_LIBRARIES})

It configures well and according to the output info it did find where the boost is.

However, when I tried to run my program, it shows the error:

gmake[3]: *** No rule to make target '/usr/include/_ansi.h', needed by 'CMakeFiles/project.dir/main.cpp.o'.  Stop.
gmake[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:76: CMakeFiles/project.dir/all] Error 2
gmake[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:83: CMakeFiles/project.dir/rule] Error 2
gmake: *** [Makefile:118: project] Error 2

where _ansi.h is the first header file in my /usr/include/ and boost is also located at /usr/include/boost . I have checked that the file does exist and if I removed it, it would say no rule to make target on {the second header file} .

Any idea how to fix this?

Answer 1

This snipped is adapted directly from the official documentation :

find_package(Boost 1.66 REQUIRED COMPONENTS date_time program_options thread filesystem system unit_test_framework)
if (Boost_FOUND)
    add_executable(pro main.cpp)
    target_link_libraries(pro Boost::date_time Boost::program_options Boost::thread Boost::filesystem Boost::system Boost::unit_test_framework)
endif()