Re: [Boost-build] How to build boost

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] How to build boost
From: Michael Jackson (mike.jackson_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-03-10 13:12:21

try:

bjam.exe toolset=gcc --prefix=E:\boost_1_36 --build-type=complete -- 
build-dir="E:\Temp\BuildDirectory" install

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Mike Jackson                  mike.jackson_at_[hidden]
BlueQuartz Software                    www.bluequartz.net
Principal Software Engineer                  Dayton, Ohio

On Mar 10, 2009, at 11:41 AM, ZikO wrote:

>
> Hi
>
> I really tried to build the boost library version 1.38.0 but I am  
> afraid I
> am doing something wrong. I tried to do that from boost's website  
> but the
> procedure is really overwhelming :///
> I have tried to build complete library so far for MinGW. I have  
> created
> BuildDirectory on disk E: in temp and being in boost_1_13_0 folder I  
> have
> run bjam as followed
>
> bjam --build-dir="E:\Temp\BuildDirectory" --toolset=gcc
> --build-type=complete
>
> Now after quite long time what I have found in  BuildDirectory is
> boost\bin.v2\libs and a lot of folders like date_time filesystem etc.
> All of them contain folders followed by this pattern:
>
> build\gcc-mingw-4.3.0
> build\gcc-mingw-4.3.0\Debug\link-static\runtime-link-static 
> \threading-multi
> or
> build\gcc-mingw-4.3.0\Release\....... the same
>
> I am not sure atm what I should do to have it ready to work.
>
>
>
> I have heard that boost is ready to work without compiling but some
> libraries would have to be build anyway. How to do that?
>
>
> Thanks in advance
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