Re: building Boost using Jam

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-09 13:16:20

Set your PATH variable to include the location of jam or invoke it with an
explicit path from the boost-root directory.

> c:\boost_1_27_0\boost-build\jam -sBOOST_ROOT=. -sTOOLS="msvc"

<jd.schmidt_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:20020509.132053.20132.4489_at_wm2.nyc.untd.com...
> Hi, I'm new to using Boost.  I've been trying to build Boost using Jam on
Windows 2000.  My compiler is MSVC6 SP5.  As the documentation
(www.boost.org/tools/build/index.html) says, I went to my Boost root
directory (C:\boost_1_27_0 for me) and used the command
>
> jam -sBOOST_ROOT=. -sTOOLS="msvc"
>
> and I get the message:
>
> 'jam' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable
program, or batch file
>
> OK, fine, jam.exe is in C:\boost_1_27_0\boost-build; that's just where I
downloaded it to.  I've tried to run Jam from the boost-build directory, but
I get the message:
>
> Jamfile:  No such file or directory
> ...found 8 targets...
>
> This doesn't seem very straightforward.  What do I need to do here so that
I can build Boost?
>
>
>
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