Just trying the example

main.cpp

@@ -1,9 +1,27 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <include/stepper.h>
-
-int main()
+#include <boost/program_options.hpp>
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
   using namespace simon;
+  namespace po = boost::program_options;
+  po::options_description desc("Allowed options");
+  desc.add_options()
+      ("help", "produce help message")
+      ("compression", po::value<int>(), "set compression level");
+  po::variables_map vm;
+  po::store(po::parse_command_line(argc, argv, desc), vm);
+  po::notify(vm);
+  if (vm.count("help")) {
+    std::cout << desc << "\n";
+      return 1;
+  }
+  if (vm.count("compression")) {
+    std::cout << "Compression level was set to "
+   << vm["compression"].as<int>() << ".\n";
+  } else {
+    std::cout << "Compression level was not set.\n";
+  }
   stepper::c_stepper("azimuth", "settings.json");
   std::cout << "Hello camera :*" << std::endl;
   return 0;