Hi Guys,

I am trying to get the Boost Python example working.

I am running Windows. I downloaded the source code for boost_1_63_0, ran the boostrap.bat file to generate b2.exe and bjam.exe. Then I executed b2.exe to build libboost*.lib in state/lib.

I then modified and placed the user-config.jam file in the %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH% directory as follows:

# Configure specific msvc version (searched for in standard locations and PATH).

using msvc : 12.0 ;

# Configure specific Python version.

using python

: 3.5

: C:\\Users\\Ben\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python35\\python.exe

: C:\\Users\\Ben\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python35\\include

: C:\\Users\\Ben\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python35\\libs

: <toolset>msvc

;

Then, I modified the libs/python/example/tutorial/Jamfile as follows, so include .h files can be found:

project tutorial

: requirements

<include>../../../../

<location>.

;

Finally, I copied the bjam.exe to libs/python/example, and executed bjam.exe and got the following error:

C:\Users\Ben\Home\boost\boost_1_63_0\libs\python\example>bjam.exe

...patience...

...found 996 targets...

...updating 4 targets...

msvc.link.dll tutorial\hello_ext.pyd

LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'boost_python.lib'

call "C:\Users\Ben\AppData\Local\Temp\b2_msvc_12.0_vcvarsall_x86.cmd" >nul

link /NOLOGO /INCREMENTAL:NO /DLL /NOENTRY /DEBUG /MACHINE:X86 /MANIFEST /subsystem:console /out:"tutorial\hello_ext.pyd" /IMPLIB:"tut

if %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 EXIT %ERRORLEVEL%

...failed msvc.link.dll tutorial\hello_ext.pyd tutorial\hello_ext.pdb tutorial\hello_ext.pdb...

...skipped <ptutorial>hello for lack of <ptutorial>hello_ext.pyd...

...failed updating 2 targets...

...skipped 2 targets...

Is there a way to specify where the .lib files are supposed to be?

Am I missing a step? By default, b2 generates lib files with this name format: libboost*.lib, not boost_python.lib.

Thank you very much for your help in advance!

Thanks,

Ben