boost/geometry.hpp: No such file or directory

Question

I am trying to compile a c-extension for ruby. It requires the boost libraries.

I ran sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev (which supposedly installs the boost libraries), but when I try to run make on the extension library I get boost/geometry.hpp: No such file or directory. On my MacBook pro I was able to get everything working with homebrew and brew install boost.

I am running Ubuntu 12.04.

Is there some other configuration I need to expose the headers to my c-extension?

Answer 1

It appears libboost-all-dev doesn't include headers for some reason. Once I compiled and installed boost from source my tool worked.

Answer 2

You probably need to re-configure after the installation of boost, to have the right includes in make. Try:

$ ./configure
$ make