[1.7.2] Boost linking error (for 1.59)

[Arsakes]

Archlinux, boost 1.59 and pcl 1.7.2 gives following linker error:

../../lib/libpcl_visualization.so.1.7.2: undefined reference to boost::filesystem::path_traits::dispatch(boost::filesystem::directory_entry const&, std::string&)

[taketwo]

Every time your system installation of Boost, VTK, Qt (or any other dependency) is updated, you need to reconfigure and recompile PCL completely. I would recommend to delete your entire build/ folder and start from scratch. Please reopen if the problem persists.

(As a side note, you probably won't be able to compile PCL on Arch at the moment, because they recently switched to VTK7, which is not supported by PCL.)

[VictorLamoine]

More detail about why/how VTK 7 is not compatible with PCL: #1275

[fafancier]

I have struggled with this problem. I would suggest using higher GCC and g++ to compile it.
PCL1.8.1 (PCL 1.9 also been tried)

1. When gcc 4.7 vtk 7.1 boost 1.58
   [ 44%] Building CXX object tools/CMakeFiles/pcl_marching_cubes_reconstruction.dir/marching_cubes_reconstruction.cpp.o [ 44%] Linking CXX executable ../bin/pcl_concatenate_points_pcd ../lib/libpcl_visualization.so.1.8.1：对‘boost::filesystem::path_traits::dispatch(boost::filesystem::directory_entry const&, std::string&)’未定义的引用 collect2: 错误： ld 返回 1 tools/CMakeFiles/pcl_mesh2pcd.dir/build.make:239: recipe for target 'bin/pcl_mesh2pcd' failed make[2]: *** [bin/pcl_mesh2pcd] Error 1 CMakeFiles/Makefile2:9776: recipe for target 'tools/CMakeFiles/pcl_mesh2pcd.dir/all' failed make[1]: *** [tools/CMakeFiles/pcl_mesh2pcd.dir/all] Error 2 make[1]: *** 正在等待未完成的任务.... [ 44%] Built target pcl_concatenate_points_pcd
2. when gcc 7.4 vtk 7.1 boost 1.58

/home/liwenfa/Download/library/pcl-pcl-1.8.1/filters/include/pcl/filters/impl/convolution.hpp:117:7: note: here case BORDERS_POLICY_DUPLICATE : convolve_cols_duplicate (output); ^~~~ /home/liwenfa/Download/library/pcl-pcl-1.8.1/filters/include/pcl/filters/impl/convolution.hpp:117:63: warning: this statement may fall through [-Wimplicit-fallthrough=] case BORDERS_POLICY_DUPLICATE : convolve_cols_duplicate (output); ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~ /home/liwenfa/Download/library/pcl-pcl-1.8.1/filters/include/pcl/filters/impl/convolution.hpp:118:7: note: here case BORDERS_POLICY_IGNORE : convolve_cols (output); ^~~~ [100%] Linking CXX executable ../bin/pcl_match_linemod_template [100%] Built target pcl_match_linemod_template [100%] Linking CXX executable ../bin/pcl_linemod_detection [100%] Built target pcl_linemod_detection

PS: I tried to upgrade boost to 1.60, which make it compile with no error , but core dump when pcl::io at runtime. I thought it is caused by confusing link .so with 1.58 and 1.60. But without 1.58, Ros can not be installed. Finally I try upgrade gcc by ln -s /usr/bin/gcc-7.4 /usr/bin/gcc and g++ as well.
I just too confusing why a pcl can't be reinstalled but others' can do and I have been done.
May this could be helpful for a try.