In the makefile,
"
BOOSTLIBS_PO=-lboost_program_options-mt
BOOSTLIBS_UTF=-lboost_unit_test_framework-mt
"
should be changed to
"
BOOSTLIBS_PO=-lboost_program_options
BOOSTLIBS_UTF=-lboost_unit_test_framework
"
for the current version of boost.
Details can be found at
https://askubuntu.com/questions/486006/cannot-find-boost-thread-mt-library.