How do I rectify the error while linking boost to visual studio

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i downloaded boost library 1.55 and i bootstrap and i linked that to visual studio 2012 by including library path and additional include directory. while i compile my project i have an error as ' cannot open libboost_serialization-vc110-mt-gd-1_54.lib'. i dont know where i have gone wrong?.

Posted 15-Aug-14 4:04am

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[no name] 15-Aug-14 10:23am

You did not add the path to the libraries.

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2014-08-15T06:35:00

It sounds like you though that the library is the header files. Probably you configured the path to them, so the compiler is happy with you.
But no, the main library content is object and library file, not header files. You need to reference all files you want to line to the linker, all you *.obj and *.lib files. Besides, you probably need to understand what the build does better, in particular:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiler[^],
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linker_%28computing%29[^].

—SA