[Boost-users] Re: a simple question from a green hand

From: Jeffrey Holle (jeff.holle_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-16 12:43:15

You have to build bjam.
Go to $BOOST_ROOT/tools/build/jam_src and run ./build.sh.
The resulting executable will be at:
$BOOST_ROOT/tools/build/jam_src/bin.linuxx86/bjam

I sugguest making a symbolic link in a public directory that references this file.

Gump Xu wrote:
> Hi, there. I am a new user of Boost lib. I have a simple question
> about installation. I've download and unpacked boost-1.32.0 to my
> Linux box. When I followed the instruction in "Get Started" to install
> Boost, I found there was no such a "bjam" binary file in my
> ~/boost_1_32_0 directory. Can anybody help me out? Thank you.