Re: [Boost-build] downloading boost (newbee)

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-06-13 12:45:50

On Friday 13 June 2008 16:30:42 Malm Paul wrote:
> Hi,
> Isn't ther some place where i can download the boost libraries and header files for "simple" use.
> 
> I've installed boost from boost consulting on one computor then i copied the library (with all files including lib and dll files) to a computor with no access ti the internet.
> But I'm only getting this link error: LNK1104: cannot open file 'libboost_filesystem-vc71-sgd-1_35.lib

Do you the same error on both computers? If not, you did not copy all files.

> I can't find any libboost_filesystem-vc71-sgd-1_35.lib but I have one boost_filesystem-vc71-sgd-1_35.lib.
> 
> Then I copy (for fun) boost_filesystem-vc71-sgd-1_35.lib to libboost_filesystem-vc71-sgd-1_35.lib (I now have both), but then I'm
> getting the link error:LNK1104: cannot open file 'boost_filesystem-vc71-sgd-1_35.lib.
> 
> I know this procedure is not the rigth one to install Boost, 
> but I have not succeded to build Boost the way it explained in the helpfiles. 

Apparently, you are trying to link to Boost statically and you don't have static version
of Boost libraries. I don't know if the Boost Consulting installer includes static libraries,
you better ask Boost Consulting about that.

Alternatively, you can build Boost from the sources yourself, passing the "link=static" flag
to bjam to make it build static libraries. If you get a specific error doing that, please
report it.

- Volodya