Re: [jamboost] Problems with building Boost Libs using BJam

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-02-02 04:33:08

On Wednesday 02 February 2005 12:24, Volker Skwarek wrote:

> Current State:
> I was able to start the "build.bat" in the " boost\tools\build\jam_src"
> directory
>
> A new directory appeared " bin.ntx86" with "bjam.exe" which I started
> without parameters.
>
> Here I expected the libraries and headers to be built in the "c:\boost"
> directory. But nothing happened but the messages
>
> Jamfile: No such file or directory
> Jamfile: No such file or directory
> ...found 8 targets...
>
>
> What am I doing wrong?

The "Getting started" document (http://boost.org/more/getting_started.html) 
says:

"Build and Install"

First you need to change to the directory where you have the Boost 
distribution you downloaded. For example:

chdir boost-1.31.0

Did you do that?

- Volodya