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

From: Ken Perry (whistler_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-21 23:48:38

I am sorry I was not clearer with my first question.  I have tryed the 
stage option and it didn't work.  The problem is I can't seem to get any 
of the command line variables like --includedir=c:\mydir/myinclude to 
work.  I ahve also tryed stage to put them all in one directory  but I 
am doing that wrong to it seems. Accordign to the install documentation 
it defaults to install it to 

c:\boost lib and include.

So I tryed just bjam --install -sTOOLS=MINGW and it didn't install them 
in the default areas.  So then I tryed using all the command line 
options and was not able to get it to move the libraries.  I finaly just 
went downt he directories and moved the two libraries I needed by hand 
while I was waiting on an answer but I still would like to be able to 
install the whole set of libraries.  Is there something special you ahve 
to do to the command line arguments when using Windows xp like maybe 
quote the directories or double \\ the back slash?

KenOn Tue, 21 Dec 2004, 
Robert Ramey wrote:

> 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
> 
> 
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