Re: Installing boost-1.30.2 and jamboost

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-12-28 21:20:39

"Reynold DeMarco Jr." <mylist_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I would like some help installing boost-1.30.2 on a Windows 2000 
> desktop. I have unpacked the boost zip file to C:\boost-1.30.2 and 
> set BOOST_ROOT to same in environmental variables. I also have boost-
> jam located at C:\boost-1.30.2\boost-jam-3.1.7 and paths to C:\boost-
> 1.30.2\boost-jam-3.1.7\bin.ntx86 and C:\boost-1.30.2\boost-jam-3.1.7
> \bootstrap.vc7 for executables. 

I don't think that you should have done any of the things involving
boost-jam-3.1.7. I recommend you remove the directory tree rooted at
C:\boost-1.30.2\boost-jam-3.1.7 from your system as it's only likely
to confuse things.

> Now I would like to complete the install by building whatever has to
> be built. If someone could run through the rest of the build for me
> with windows DOS command line procedures I would appreciate it.

If you just follow the steps described at
http://www.boost.org/tools/build/index.html everything should work.
If you have specific questions about those steps, we'd be happy to try
and answer them.

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