title: Boost CMake cannot find python library
body: <p>After sifting through the many other questions about CMake being unable to find boost libraries I still can't figure my issue out:</p>
  
  <p>My Portion of the CMakeLists related to this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS OFF)
  set(Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED ON)
  set(Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME OFF)
  find_package(Boost COMPONENTS python REQUIRED)
  
  include_directories("${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}")
  include_directories("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/mazeGen")
  include_directories("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/mazeSolve")
  
  include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
  target_link_libraries(${EXECUTABLE_NAME} ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
  
  add_executable(${EXECUTABLE_NAME} ${SOURCES} ${HEADERS})
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>when I specify <code>BOOST_ROOT</code> and try to build the project the error output is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>CMake Error at C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1111 (message):
    Unable to find the requested Boost libraries.
  
    Boost version: 1.55.0
  
    Boost include path: C:/local/boost_1_55_0
  
    Could not find the following Boost libraries:
  
            boost_python
  
    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:36 (find_package)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Where exactly should I point CMake in order to find the libraries? And how can I do this?</p>
  
  <p>all of the built libraries are located in <code>${BOOST_ROOT}/stage/lib</code> and are built for VS2012, I tried setting <code>BOOST_LIBRARYDIR</code> to <code>${BOOST_ROOT}/stage/lib</code> but this did nothing</p>