RE: [Boost-users] Re: building and installing boost

From: Sohail Somani (s.somani_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-31 12:58:50

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden] 
> [mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of 
> David Abrahams
> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 10:09 AM
> To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
> Subject: [Boost-users] Re: building and installing boost
> 
> 
> Rene Rivera <grafik.list_at_[hidden]> writes:
> 
> > TBoafo_at_[hidden] wrote:
> >> Dear All,
> >>  its working now.  All I did was download the boost executable and 
> >> run  it to install boost and then run the bjam command with 
> >> parameters for boost  install and it worked.
> >
> > So it was the extraction that failed originally? If so, 
> could you tell
> > us what program you used, so we can warn people when they 
> have similar 
> > problems.
> 
> And please clarify what you mean by "the boost executable."

He might mean he followed the instructions on the boost wiki
(http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?Installi
ngBoost)