title: installing the python wrappers for vlfeat
body: <p>I have been trying to install the python wrappers for VlFeat for the last 5 hours and it always ends with:</p>
  
  <pre><code>cannot find -lboost_python-mt-py27
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>As suggested in other threads, I changed the setup file to ask it to use the python 2.7 boost libraries. The python version on my system is 2.7.6. This is the reason I get -lboost_python-mt-py27 rather than -lboost_python-mt-py26</p>
  
  <p>Additionally, I reinstalled boost-python-dev. However, this problem does not go away. I have completely run out of ideas and do not know what else to do.</p>
  
  <p>[EDIT] When I do:
      ldconfig -p |grep libboost</p>
  
  <p>I get:  </p>
  
  <pre><code>libboost_wserialization.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_wserialization.so.1.54.0
  libboost_wave.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_wave.so.1.54.0
  libboost_unit_test_framework.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_unit_test_framework.so.1.54.0
  libboost_timer.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_timer.so.1.54.0
  libboost_thread.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_thread.so.1.54.0
  libboost_system.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so.1.54.0
  libboost_signals.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_signals.so.1.54.0
  libboost_serialization.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_serialization.so.1.54.0
  libboost_regex.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_regex.so.1.54.0
  libboost_random.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_random.so.1.54.0
  libboost_python-py34.so.1.55.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_python-py34.so.1.55.0
  libboost_python-py34.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_python-py34.so.1.54.0
  libboost_python-py34.so (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_python-py34.so
  libboost_python-py33.so.1.55.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_python-py33.so.1.55.0
  libboost_python-py27.so.1.55.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_python-py27.so.1.55.0
  libboost_python-py27.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_python-py27.so.1.54.0
  libboost_python-py27.so (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_python-py27.so
  libboost_program_options.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_program_options.so.1.54.0
  libboost_prg_exec_monitor.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.so.1.54.0
  libboost_mpi.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_mpi.so.1.54.0
  libboost_math_tr1l.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_math_tr1l.so.1.54.0
  libboost_math_tr1f.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_math_tr1f.so.1.54.0
  libboost_math_tr1.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_math_tr1.so.1.54.0
  libboost_math_c99l.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_math_c99l.so.1.54.0
  libboost_math_c99f.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_math_c99f.so.1.54.0
  libboost_math_c99.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_math_c99.so.1.54.0
  libboost_log_setup.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_log_setup.so.1.54.0
  libboost_log.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_log.so.1.54.0
  libboost_locale.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_locale.so.1.54.0
  libboost_iostreams.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_iostreams.so.1.54.0
  libboost_iostreams.so.1.49.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/libboost_iostreams.so.1.49.0
  libboost_graph_parallel.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_graph_parallel.so.1.54.0
  libboost_graph.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_graph.so.1.54.0
  libboost_filesystem.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_filesystem.so.1.54.0
  libboost_date_time.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_date_time.so.1.54.0
  libboost_date_time.so.1.53.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_date_time.so.1.53.0
  libboost_date_time.so.1.49.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/libboost_date_time.so.1.49.0
  libboost_context.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_context.so.1.54.0
  libboost_chrono.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_chrono.so.1.54.0
  libboost_atomic.so.1.54.0 (libc6,x86-64) =&gt; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_atomic.so.1.54.0
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So, the 'mt' version that it looks for does not seem to be there. I cannot see any install candidates for this on my linux mint system.</p>
  
  <p>[EDIT 2]: I made it work by linking to the standard boost library but would like to know how to get it working with the multithreaded version!</p>