Re: [Boost-build] building python

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-11 01:15:10

David Montgomery wrote:

> 
> Hi,
>  
> I am running windows vista...also have visual studio express 2005 and
> 2008.  Along with Dev c++ from bloodshed.
>  
> I have the boost libraries installed 

Good.

> and I am trying to build the library 
> for python....of course to no avail.  

Err, above you say all libraries are installed? So, what are you building
here? Is this Boost.Python, or some library of yours? Or you're building 
extension module?

> I am getting errors such as 
> basetds.h not found etc....
>  
> Tried doing the following bjam toolset --verbose-test test from the
> quickstart directory per inturctions on building.
>  
> What am I missing?  Has anybody ever gotten boost python to work?  what
> hurdles to I have to go through?

Can you tell exactly what you've done and what errors you've got?

- Volodya