On my mac it compiles with: $ g++ -g serial.cpp -o serial -lboost_serialization-mt running it create dead_pixels.archive $ ./serial somewhere I have the magic line to add to the requirements file to get it to link to boost_serialisation ...

serial.cpp

#include <fstream>
#include <map>

#include <boost/archive/binary_oarchive.hpp>
#include <boost/archive/binary_iarchive.hpp>
#include <boost/serialization/map.hpp>


int main() {
  std::ofstream ofs("dead_pixels.archive", std::ios::binary);

  // channel ID as key, value tells us for how
  // many more cycles the pixel is dead
  std::map<int, int> dead_pixels;
  dead_pixels[123456] = 12;
  dead_pixels[123457] = 2;

  // save data to archive
  {
    boost::archive::binary_oarchive oa(ofs);
    oa << dead_pixels;
  }

  // ... some time later
  std::map<int,int> restored_dead_pixels;
  {
    std::ifstream ifs("dead_pixels.archive", std::ios::binary);
    boost::archive::binary_iarchive ia(ifs);
    ia >> restored_dead_pixels;
  }
  return 0;
}