Building Boost on Linux

From: simonwlb (conic_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-03-12 19:25:43

I managed to build boost under Windows.  As a Windows programmer, it 
was easy.  Now I need to build it under Linux, and the hours are 
rolling by without any success.  But then, I'm a complete newbie to 
Linux.

I managed to build Jam, but now I can't build boost itself.  The 
output of Jam is riddled with errors like this one:

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MkDir1 status/bin/iter_adaptor_fail_expected1/gcc/debug
:command not found
':File existscreate directory `

   mkdir status/bin/iter_adaptor_fail_expected1/gcc/debug
...failed MkDir1 status/bin/iter_adaptor_fail_expected1/gcc/debug ...
...skipped <blah - blah - blah>
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If it's any help, it's a Debian Linux, and my filesystem is a Windows 
one that is mounted under Linux.

Any help (including gratuitous spoon-feeding) is welcome.

Simon Bailey