[Boost-users] How to compile minimal_test.cpp with gcc?

From: Sebastian Stein (seb_stein_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-05-14 05:46:09

Hi,

I downloaded boost-1.31.0 and the bjam package. I first
compiled bjam and copied the executeables to /usr/local/bin. Then I went on
to boost-1.31.0 (patched with the regex files). I first changed the env
variables for python and compiled and installed the package with:

bjam "-sTOOLS=gcc" install 

After building was finished, the files where copied. The include files got
installed under /usr/local/include/boost-1_31/boost. I made a symlink
/usr/local/include/boost pointing to /usr/local/include/boost-1_31/boost.

Now I tried to do a small test, taken from:

http://www.boost.org/libs/test/test/minimal_test.cpp

I tried to compile the file with:

gcc -o test minimal_test.cpp

But I get a lot of error messages saying:

In file included from test.cpp:16:
/usr/local/include/boost/test/minimal.hpp:44:47: libs/test/src/execution_monitor.cpp: No such file or directory
In file included from test.cpp:16:
/usr/local/include/boost/test/minimal.hpp:62: error: `execution_monitor' is not 
   a class or namespace
/usr/local/include/boost/test/minimal.hpp:62: error: invalid base-class 
   specification
/usr/local/include/boost/test/minimal.hpp:63: error: parse error before `::' 
   token
/usr/local/include/boost/test/minimal.hpp:75: error: type specifier omitted for 
   parameter `c_string_literal'
/usr/local/include/boost/test/minimal.hpp:75: error: parse error before `,' 
   token
/usr/local/include/boost/test/minimal.hpp:91: error: type specifier omitted for 
   parameter `c_string_literal'
/usr/local/include/boost/test/minimal.hpp:91: error: parse error before `,' 
   token
/usr/local/include/boost/test/minimal.hpp:98: error: parse error before `,' 
   token
/usr/local/include/boost/test/minimal.hpp:98: error: parse error before `,' 
   token
/usr/local/include/boost/test/minimal.hpp:98: error: missing ';' before right 
   brace
/usr/local/include/boost/test/minimal.hpp:98: error: semicolon missing after 
   declaration of `boost::minimal_test::monitor'
...
...
...
/usr/local/include/boost/test/minimal.hpp:130: error: parse error before `if'
/usr/local/include/boost/test/minimal.hpp:138: error: syntax error before `<<' 
   token
test.cpp: In function `int test_main(int, char**)':
test.cpp:54: error: `the_monitor' undeclared in namespace `boost::minimal_test'
test.cpp:55: error: `the_monitor' undeclared in namespace `boost::minimal_test'
test.cpp:57: error: `the_monitor' undeclared in namespace `boost::minimal_test'
test.cpp:58: error: `the_monitor' undeclared in namespace `boost::minimal_test'
test.cpp:60: error: `the_monitor' undeclared in namespace `boost::minimal_test'
test.cpp:61: error: `the_monitor' undeclared in namespace `boost::minimal_test'
test.cpp:63: error: `the_monitor' undeclared in namespace `boost::minimal_test'
test.cpp:64: error: `the_monitor' undeclared in namespace `boost::minimal_test'
test.cpp:66: error: `the_monitor' undeclared in namespace `boost::minimal_test'
test.cpp:68: error: `the_monitor' undeclared in namespace `boost::minimal_test'

Well, mostly interesting is the first line:

/usr/local/include/boost/test/minimal.hpp:44:47:
libs/test/src/execution_monitor.cpp: No such file or directory

Why is a part of the source included here? Is there a special place where
the source should be installed, so that it can be found?

I also tried replacing the include statement pointing to the
execution_monitor.hpp header file in the include directory, but this
produced far more error messages.

So how do I build this small test program under gcc 3.3 (Linux)??? Is there
somewhere a good step by step guide (tutorial) how to use boost and how to
set up the build environment for small projects?

Sebastian
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