Re: [jamboost] bjam "-sTOOLS=msvc" install

From: Rene Rivera (grafik.list_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-11 11:34:37

clubdelpelosuperfluo wrote:

> Hi.
> I am using WINNT with Visual Studio 6.0.
> In the Path variable the Visual C++ dirs are listed.
> The variable MSVCDir is not. (I updated the path variable by hand 
> writing a new Path variable among the user variables; this because I 
> have not admin rights and the VCVARS32.BAT doesn't write in this 
> case).

Why can't you use VCVARS32.BAT? If it was installed by an admin it 
should be correct. You should be able to use it without modification. Is 
it installed to a non-standard location? If so did you set MSVC_ROOT as 
described in: http://www.boost.org/tools/build/v1/msvc-tools.html ?

> I did bjam "-sTOOLS=msvc" install.2
> 
> Now I have a c:\Boost dir. The subdir \lib is empty. Is this correct? 

No. Did you get any errors while building?

> bjam should have written somewhere in my visual studio dirs?

No.

> Do you have a simple compile test program to test my installation? 

Nothing other than the examples that come with the individual libraries. 
But something as simple as...

---test.cpp---
#include <boost/thread.hpp>
int main(int,char**)
{
boost::thread::yield();
return 0;
}
---
Should work.
> After a correct installation I could use the boost libraries in the 
> same way I can use classes in the std lib? eg std::map, 
> boost::function ?
Yes, and no... You can use it like any other external library package. 
You'll need to configure your compiler accordingly. Adding to the 
include and library paths of your projects.
http://www.boost.org/more/getting_started.html
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