Re: [Boost-build] Issue building boost from root directory

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Issue building boost from root directory
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir.prus_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-07-07 16:19:31

Depends on system really. Do you have enough RAM? Is build progressing,
with commands started, or it is standing still?

On Thu, Jul 7, 2016, 23:15 celijahh <celijahh_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> It seems you are right.  I re-ran bootstrap.bat but this time from the
> root and then ran the b2 install command again and it seems to be building
> now.  For some reason,  it's been running for around 30 minutes. How long
> is it supposed to take?
>
>
>
> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Vladimir Prus <vladimir.prus_at_[hidden]>
> Date: 7/7/16 2:41 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: boost-build_at_[hidden]
> Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Issue building boost from root directory
>
> On 07-Jul-16 8:01 PM, celijahh wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been trying to build the Apache qpid messaging broker which
> > requires boost. I set the variable BOOST_ROOT to the path of the boost
> > root directory,  but it could only find some of the libraries.  I was
> > informed that some of the other libraries needed to be compiled so I
> > went through the documentation in section 5.2 for installing on windows.
> >  I ran bootstrap.bat and then tried to run the b2 install command from
> > the root but got the message that b2 wasn't recognized. So I went to
> > tools\build and ran it there which worked.  However when I ran the
> > command from 5.2.4 for the build directory I get the message that it
> > doesn't know how to find the target or how to make <e>stage. Now boost
> > is located in downloads on my machine so maybe that could have something
> > to do with it,  but does anyone know what could be going wrong?
>
> Hi,
>
> I have to suggestions:
>
> - If you have "b2" built correctly, copy it to the root of your Boost
> tree, and run the command from 5.2.4 there. It's not supposed to be
> run from "tools/build"
>
> - If you ran bootstrap.bat from root folder and it failed to produce b2
>    binary, it should have produced some error messages. Could you post
>    those?
>
> Thanks,
> Volodya
>
>
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