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

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-03-17 09:13:00

> 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.

Other libraries that produce .libs are the date_time library and in the 
upcoming 1.30 release the filesystem library.  There are a group of 
boosters working on the install process, but in the meantime I see
no reason why you can't do something simple like create a /bin
directory and copy/move/link the libraries to this location
so you don't have to traverse deep into the directory tree to
find them.  

Jeff