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 15:44:09

This is what I do on windows XP using MSVC.

bjam.exe toolset=msvc --with-test --with-filesystem --with- 
program_options --with-iostreams --with-threads --prefix=C:\Developer 
\VS9\boost_1_36 variant=release,debug threading=multi link=static  
runtime-link=shared install

That will compile only some libraries and install all headers and  
libraries in C:\Developer\VS9 using VS2008 Express.

If you want to use MinGW then I would replace the toolset=msvc with  
toolset=gcc in the above command line.

That _should_ work as I have done this on XP a few times although I  
think I download the installer from BoostPro last time..

You are not alone in trying to figure out how to compile boost..
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Mike Jackson                 www.bluequartz.net
On Mar 10, 2009, at 3:15 PM, ZikO wrote:
>
> I tried to build filesystem as I really dont know what I am supposed  
> to do
> with compiled 1GB files. There is no documentation on boost org  
> website
> about it whatsoever. How can i the hek know how to do it if there's no
> explanation.
>
> I found I can get into particular folder in boost_1_38_0\libs 
> \....library
> and build it by bjam but I always end up with is bin.v2  ...  and  
> what else.
> I cant get through this because there is nowhere to find anything  
> about it.
> Can some one please just give me the procedure? Or the link where I  
> can read
> about it, thanks.
>
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