[Boost-users] Re: Building with Mingw under XP

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-21 20:24:32

Look in the "Getting Started" Documentation under the "stage" target
keyword.  install just copies the the headers.  stage builds the headers an
copies them to a target directory.

Robert Ramey

Ken Perry wrote:
> I am not sure if this has been asked before I tryed searching the
> archives but there was no search function and a whole bunch of topics.
>
> My problem is I am using Mingw under windows xp Pro.  I am trying to
> get the libraries to compile and install in c:\boost which from what
> I have read is the default directory.  when I do
>
> bjam --install -sTOOLS=mingw
>
> It seems to compile the libraries of corse I think 88 of them fail
> but it doesn't move the libraries over.  What am I doing wrong?
>
> Oh one more thing it complains that I don't have python installed at
> the beginning do I have to have that library because I don't use it
> in the source I am porting from Linux I just need the boost libraries
> to get the software ported.
>
> Ken