Make can't find boost header in docker container

Question

I'm trying to build a simple client server connection in docker with boost sockets. When I compile the files on ubuntu without docker it works. But when I try running make through a ubuntu docker container with boost preinstalled I get the following error:

 > [6/6] RUN make && make all:
#10 0.526 g++ -g -std=c++11  -Wall -pthread -lpthread -lboost_system -lboost_thread  -o async_udp_echo_server  async_udp_echo_server.cpp
#10 0.556 async_udp_echo_server.cpp:13:10: fatal error: boost/bind.hpp: No such file or directory
#10 0.556  #include <boost/bind.hpp>
#10 0.556           ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#10 0.556 compilation terminated.
#10 0.557 make: *** [async_udp_echo_server] Error 1
#10 0.557 Makefile:52: recipe for target 'async_udp_echo_server' failed

I've looked into the image and the boost files can be found in the right directory (usr/include/boost). The Makefile looks like this:

CPP = g++

CPPFLAGS = -g -std=c++11  -Wall -pthread -lpthread -lboost_system -lboost_thread 

PROGRAMS = async_udp_echo_server      \
           blocking_udp_echo_client

all: $(PROGRAMS)

$(PROGRAMS): %: %.cpp $(LIBS)
    $(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) -o $@  $<

clean:
    rm -f $(PROGRAMS)

And the Dockerfile for the server, the first container being build, looks like this:

FROM zouzias/boost:latest

COPY . /usr/include/app

WORKDIR /usr/include/app

RUN apt-get update

RUN apt-get install -y g++ cmake make build-essential

RUN make && make all

CMD ['./blocking_udp_echo_client', 'localhost', '8888']

As suggested in another thread I also tried RUN apt-get install libboost-all-dev before executing make, which resulted in a different error:

#10 0.474 g++ -g -std=c++11  -Wall -pthread -lpthread -lboost_thread -lboost_filesystem -lboost_system -o async_udp_echo_server  async_udp_echo_server.cpp
#10 1.465 /tmp/cciDjHYm.o: In function `__static_initialization_and_destruction_0(int, int)':
#10 1.465 /usr/include/boost/system/error_code.hpp:206: undefined reference to `boost::system::generic_category()'
#10 1.465 /usr/include/boost/system/error_code.hpp:208: undefined reference to `boost::system::generic_category()'
#10 1.465 /usr/include/boost/system/error_code.hpp:210: undefined reference to `boost::system::system_category()'
#10 1.465 /tmp/cciDjHYm.o: In function `boost::system::error_code::error_code()':
#10 1.465 /usr/include/boost/system/error_code.hpp:439: undefined reference to `boost::system::system_category()'
#10 1.465 /tmp/cciDjHYm.o: In function `boost::system::error_category::std_category::equivalent(int, std::error_condition const&) const':
#10 1.465 /usr/include/boost/system/error_code.hpp:656: undefined reference to `boost::system::generic_category()'
#10 1.465 /usr/include/boost/system/error_code.hpp:659: undefined reference to `boost::system::generic_category()'
#10 1.465 /tmp/cciDjHYm.o: In function `boost::system::error_category::std_category::equivalent(std::error_code const&, int) const':
#10 1.465 /usr/include/boost/system/error_code.hpp:686: undefined reference to `boost::system::generic_category()'
#10 1.465 /usr/include/boost/system/error_code.hpp:689: undefined reference to `boost::system::generic_category()'
#10 1.465 /usr/include/boost/system/error_code.hpp:701: undefined reference to `boost::system::generic_category()'
#10 1.465 /tmp/cciDjHYm.o: In function `boost::asio::error::get_system_category()':
#10 1.465 /usr/include/boost/asio/error.hpp:230: undefined reference to `boost::system::system_category()'
#10 1.465 collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
#10 1.466 Makefile:52: recipe for target 'async_udp_echo_server' failed
#10 1.466 make: *** [async_udp_echo_server] Error 1

As you can see I already tried switching around the order of the library files and adding lboost_filesystem as I've read this error might be due to an incorrect order. The problem still persists though.

Is there somewhere I forgot to link libraries or what else can I do to troubleshoot this problem? I appreciate any advise.

Answer 1

I fixed the second error message by adding -DBOOST_ERROR_CODE_HEADER_ONLY to the CPPFLAGS in the Makefile, then you can just remove -lboost_system. Now everything works as it should.