c++ - Could not find the following Boost libraries: boost_system

Question

I want to build this repository: https://github.com/reo7sp/tgbot-cpp.

It is an API for managing Telegram bots. The needed dependencies are openssl, zlib, boost. Curl is optional.

How I installed libraries and cmake

Boost was compiled with:

bootstrap.bat
.2

and (since I do not know the difference; one compiles under boost/stage/lib; the second under boost/lib)

bjam install --prefix=D:/Programme/Boost/boost_1_69_0 --with-system --with-date_time --with-random link=static runtime-link=shared threading=multi

I added the required paths in system variables under path.

environment variables

Path

When trying to build with cmake I get the following error:

The C compiler identification is MSVC 19.16.27026.1
The CXX compiler identification is MSVC 19.16.27026.1
Check for working C compiler: D:/Programme (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.16.27023/bin/Hostx86/x64/cl.exe
Check for working C compiler: D:/Programme (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.16.27023/bin/Hostx86/x64/cl.exe -- works
Detecting C compiler ABI info
Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
Detecting C compile features
Detecting C compile features - done
Check for working CXX compiler: D:/Programme (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.16.27023/bin/Hostx86/x64/cl.exe
Check for working CXX compiler: D:/Programme (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.16.27023/bin/Hostx86/x64/cl.exe -- works
Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
Detecting CXX compile features
Detecting CXX compile features - done
Looking for pthread.h
Looking for pthread.h - not found
Found Threads: TRUE  
Found ZLIB: D:/Programme (x86)/GnuWin32/lib/zlib.lib (found version "1.2.3") 
Found OpenSSL: optimized;D:/Programme/OpenSSL-Win64/lib/VC/libcrypto64MD.lib;debug;D:/Programme/OpenSSL-Win64/lib/VC/libcrypto64MDd.lib (found version "1.1.0j")  
Could NOT find CURL (missing: CURL_LIBRARY) (found version "7.63.0")
CMake Warning (dev) at CMakeLists.txt:62 (find_package):
  Policy CMP0074 is not set: find_package uses <PackageName>_ROOT variables.
  Run "cmake --help-policy CMP0074" for policy details.  Use the cmake_policy
  command to set the policy and suppress this warning.

  Environment variable Boost_ROOT is set to:

    D:ProgrammeBoostoost_1_69_0

  For compatibility, CMake is ignoring the variable.
This warning is for project developers.  Use -Wno-dev to suppress it.

CMake Error at D:/Programme/CMake/share/cmake-3.13/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:2100 (message):
  Unable to find the requested Boost libraries.

  Boost version: 1.69.0

  Boost include path: D:/Programme/Boost/boost_1_69_0/include/boost-1_69

  Could not find the following Boost libraries:

          boost_system

  No Boost libraries were found.  You may need to set BOOST_LIBRARYDIR to the
  directory containing Boost libraries or BOOST_ROOT to the location of
  Boost.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  CMakeLists.txt:62 (find_package)


CMake Error: The following variables are used in this project, but they are set to NOTFOUND.
Please set them or make sure they are set and tested correctly in the CMake files:
CURL_LIBRARY
    linked by target "TgBot" in directory G:/Programmieren (C++)/Bibliotheken/tgbot-cpp-master

Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "G:/Programmieren (C++)/Bibliotheken/tgbot-cpp-master/BUILD/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
See also "G:/Programmieren (C++)/Bibliotheken/tgbot-cpp-master/BUILD/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".

It seems to me that everything except of Boost works. I know that there are several users with this problem like:

Cmake doesn't find Boost

CMake with Boost could not find static libraries

CMake with Boost library Windows 10 Library not found correctly

So, I did the suggested procedures:

SET(CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH ${CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH} "D:/Programme/Boost/boost_1_69_0")
SET(CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH} "D:/Programme/Boost/boost_1_69_0/lib")

FIND_PACKAGE(Boost)
IF (Boost_FOUND)
    INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR})
    ADD_DEFINITIONS( "-DHAS_BOOST" )
ENDIF()

and

set(BOOST_LIBRARYDIR D:/Programme/Boost/boost_1_69_0/lib)

Nothing worked. I have absolutely no clue what to do, for days desperately trying to figure out what to do without success. Please, help me.

Answer 1

Use the same command to build and install Boost.

bjam install --prefix=D:/Programme/Boost/boost_1_69_0 --with-system --with-date_time --with-random link=static runtime-link=shared threading=multi

In windows, Boost creates another sub directory under include. It should be something like this.

D:/Programme/Boost/boost_1_69_0/include/boost-1_69

Move all files in D:/Programme/Boost/boost_1_69_0/include/boost-1_69 to D:/Programme/Boost/boost_1_69_0/include/

(Move the contents up to one directory)

Now set the BOOST_ROOT in CMake project to D:/Programme/Boost/boost_1_69_0.

It should work now.