RE: [Boost-Users] boost install and library linking

From: scleary_at_[hidden]
Date: 2003-03-17 09:04:46

> Clearly, I need to link to one of the boost::test library.  How 
> should I be linking to this library?  All libraries that were built 
> have a .lib extention and are spread over a huge directory 
> structure.  How can I tell which library I need?

I'm not that familiar with Boost.Test (yet), so I really can't answer this
one.

> Is there a way to finnish the build process so that all of the 
> statically-linked debug libraries are in one place?  If somebody 
> would send me a make file or let me know what is a good approach to 
> building applications with boost, I'd appreciate it.

AFAIK, there is no way to place all the .lib files in a single directory.

The phrase "building applications with boost" leads me to state:
  Boost is not a library.
Rather,
  Boost is a collection of libraries.

Most of the Boost libraries (such as Boost.Random) are header libraries,
which means that you add ${BOOST} to the include path of your compiler and
you're done with the "installation".  There are a few Boost libraries
(Python, Regex, Signals, Test, and Thread) that produce actual .lib library
files.  If you are not using those libraries, you do not need to build the
.lib files.

HTH,
        -Steve