Using g++ to link to libraries

[InfinityCounter]

I have never tried using command line to compile programs before, but it seems more flexible so I want to give it a shot, but everyone seems to have a different way of how they order their commands in command line, which makes it difficult to understand by examples.

I want to two .a libraries that are in a different file from my .cpp

but when I try the following commands

g++ -c main.cpp -L"C:\gcc\boost_1_57_0\stage\lib" -lboost_system-mgw48-mt-1_57     -lboost_filesystem-mgw48-mt-1_57

I get the error

main.cpp:1:32: fatal error: boost/filesystem.hpp: No such file or directory
#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
                               ^
compilation terminated.

Could anyone explain, what is wrong with my argument and how would I fix it.

[MiiNiPaa]

You also need to give a path to boost headers with -I, like

-I E:\Users\MiiNiPaa\home\Developement\lib\c++\BOOST\boost_1_54_0

(I use -isystem to suppress ungodly amount of warnings boost tends to generate)

[tanezavm]

You should try also specifying the...i think -I options for each of possible boost library's include directories

[InfinityCounter]

@MiiNipaa
@tanezavm

Thanks that was a big help, by the way would I have to transfer this exe to another computer to test if it was linked statically, or does automatically using .a mean it was linked staticanlly?