[boost] Re: Customer Friendlier Boost Installation

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-26 15:50:49

"Arkadiy Vertleyb" <vertleyb_at_[hidden]> writes:

> "Rene Rivera" <grafik.list_at_[hidden]> wrote
>
>> Try this one... Gets you a good part of the way there..
>>
>> http://boost-sandbox.sourceforge.net/boost-cvs-setup.exe
>
> Thanks -- it helped a lot!
>
> I was able to generate xml with the quickbook, but now having a trouble with
> the Boost.Book -- I guess something wrong with the Boost.Build
> configuration.
>
> Here is what I am getting when trying to build docs (as David suggested, I
> don't use BOOST_BUILD_PATH or boost-build.jam since I am in the Boost
> directory tree.  But where does it get the Boost.Build from?):
>
> C:\boost_cvs\boost\doc>bjam --v2
> warning: Python location is not configured
> warning: the Boost.Python library won't be built
> ******************************************************
>
> Building Boost.Regex with Unicode/ICU support disabled.
> HINT: define the environment variable ICU_PATH to point to the
> root directy of your ICU installation if you have one.
> Couldn't find utypes.h in
>
> ******************************************************
> warning: no toolsets are configured.
> warning: you won't be able to build C++ programs.
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> warning: please consult the documentation.
>
> C:/boost_cvs/boost/tools/build/v2/build\targets.jam:1259: in construct from
> modu
> le object(typed-target)@8
> error: unable to construct
> ../libs/program_options/build/boost_program_options
                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

That's a C++ library.  I see a correlation here ;-)

How about editing your user-config.jam file?  You can copy it from
tools/build/v2/user-config.jam into your $HOME directory.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com