RE: [boost] Re: Customer Friendlier Boost Installation

From: Paul A Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-25 09:40:41

Looks very promising for the headers only (though it doesn't mention VS 8
and to avoid being outdated soon, it probably should).

(BTW VS * Express beta 2 has the feature to set include directories removed
by mistake - so you have to edit the xml project file info as a workaround!)

And recommending a top level ./boost directory means that one will probably
blow the max recommended directory depth for recording onto CDs for backup?

And it might be better to recommend a separate partition, say D:?

And what about building the libraries with bjam ?

Or could we ship the common .lib versions pre-built for MS?
The test library is the one most people NEED.

Then we would just need to say how to copy to the MS/lib directory.

Paul

Paul A Bristow
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| -----Original Message-----
| From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] 
| [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Jeff Flinn
| Sent: 25 May 2005 13:47
| To: boost_at_[hidden]
| Subject: [boost] Re: Customer Friendlier Boost Installation
| 
| 
| "Paul A Bristow" <pbristow_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
| news:E1DarwS-0004uN-KK_at_he303war.uk.vianw.net...
| > Recently we had a flurry of discussion of why Boost is not 
| more widely 
| > used.
| 
| ...
| 
| > But if we are to interest your average Windows IDE 
| programmer, for whom 
| > MAKE
| > is a blank or a distant nightmare, IMO we need some much better and 
| > simpler
| > instructions, including lots of examples of input and 
| output, and to be as
| > well tested as the rest of Boost code.  Like it or not, 
| these are the
| > potential customers and I spoken to many who are put off by 
| the 'build
| > barrier'.
| >
| > I suggest that we explicitly say that you can use all of 
| Boost (except the
| > ones that must have built libraries) by adding to the 
| include list - and 
| > say
| > exactly how in Windows IDE-ese.
| 
| Something like this as a start?
| 
| For MSVC
| ========
| 
| Organizing boost files
| ======================
| 
| 1) Create a main boost directory which will contain the 
| current and future 
| boost library verstions. For example: C:\boost
| 
| 2) Download the desired version(s) of boost (.exe or .zip 
| files ) from 
| http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&pac
| kage_id=8041 
| to the boost directory created in step 1.
| 
| 3) Extract the .exe or .zip file(s) from Step 2 into the 
| directory from Step 
| 1. These sub-directories should retain the boost version 
| within it's name. 
| For example
| 
|     C:\boost\boost_1_32_0
|     C:\boost\boost_1_31_0
| 
| Using the header only boost libraries from MSVC7.1
| ==================================================
| 
| Using a single version of boost header only libraries 
| installation wide
| --------------------------------------------------------------
| ---------
| 
| 1) Open an instance of MSVC 7.1 IDE.
| 
| 2) Click the 'Tools | Options...' menu.
| 
| 3) Select the 'Projects | VC++ Directories' item from the 
| tree view on the 
| left of the Options dialog.
| 
| 4) Select 'Include Files' from the 'Show directories for' dropdown.
| 
| 5) Double-click just below the last entry in the directory 
| list box, and 
| enter the path to the sub-directory for the desired version 
| of boost. For 
| example: C:\boost\boost_1_33_0.
| 
| 6) Repeat 5 for each Platform of interest after selecting 
| another platform 
| from the 'Platform' dropdown.
| 
| 7) Click Ok.
| 
| 
| OR
| 
| Using a single version of boost header only libraries on a project by 
| project basis
| --------------------------------------------------------------
| ---------------------
| 
| 1) Open your project with the MSVC 7.1 IDE.
| 
| 2) Select the desired project from the Class View or Solution 
| View browsers.
| 
| 3) Click the 'Project | Properties' menu.
| 
| 4) Select 'All Configurations' from the 'Configuration' dropdown.
| 
| 5) Select 'Configuration Properties | C/C++ | General' item 
| from the tree 
| view on the left of the '<project> Property Pages' dialog.
| 
| 6) Enter the desired boost version directory name in the 
| 'Additional Include 
| Directories' value field in the properties listbox. For example: 
| C:\boost\boost_1_33_0. Note that directories are delimited with ';'.
| 
| 7) Click Ok.
| 
| 
| Jeff Flinn 
| 
| 
| 
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