Re: is is possible to downsize the boost installation folder

From: Marshall Clow (mclow.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2025-04-10 17:38:43

On Apr 10, 2025, at 10:27 AM, Dennis Luehring via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
> im building boost 1.87 and i only need thread+asio
> 
> building:
> 
> cd /home/test
> wget https://archives.boost.io/release/1.87.0/source/boost_1_87_0.tar.bz2
> tar -xf boost_1_87_0.tar.bz2
> cd boost_1_87_0
> ./bootstrap.sh --prefix=/home/test/boost_1_87_0_installed
> ./b2 variant=release --with-thread install
> 
> the resulting install folder
> 
> /home/test/boost_1_87_0_installed
>   lib folder is ~500 KB
>   include is ~142 MB
> 
> is it possible to only have the needed library includes in the include
> folder?

Have you looked at `bcp` ?
        https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_87_0/tools/bcp/doc/html/index.html

— Marshall