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From: John Maddock <boost.regex@virgin.net>
To: Boost.Build developer's and user's list <boost-build@lists.boost.org>
Sent: Wed, June 15, 2011 6:04:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Boost-build] I got a problem

> I am one of c++ users and I am not familiar with Boost libraries. I have to use
> boost.regex library in order to deal with regular expressions. I found the
> explanation which you posted in your page too complex to understand by building
> and installing the library. I have tried that firstly with (Building via
> makefiles) but that did not work I have got a message that (there is no such
> library) then I have tried that with (building with bjam) but this was too
> complex and finally I got this message ( cannot open file
> 'libboost_regex-vc90-mt-gd-1_46_1.lib').
> I appreciat if you could help me with this problem and if I get easier
> explanation.

That message means that the Visual C++ linker can not find the libraries that you built, you need to modify the settings in your IDE to search for the libraries in directory where they were built (usually stage/lib).

HTH, John.
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