Re: [Boost-users] Problems installing uBLAS using HP-UX/G++

From: David M Garza (David.M.Garza_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-11-30 10:51:39

John Maddock wrote:
>>I would like to install parts of Boost, for now the uBLAS and smart
>>pointer libraries, on a workstation running HP-UX 11.22.  I'm using
>>gcc
>>3.4.3, not HP's C++ compiler.
>>
>>bjam seems to build okay, but when I try to use bjam to install just
>>the uBLAS library using the command
> 
> 
> ublas is a header only library so there's no need to build anything to use 
> it.  You should be able to just install the headers though without building 
> anything if that's what you want to do.

ublas is a header-only library, but it does have dependencies on other 
boost libraries.  I'm guessing since I've been able to play with ublas a 
little already the dependencies are also header-only libraries--I 
definitely don't have any libraries built.  I was hoping there was an 
easier way than copying the ublas headers to the installation directory, 
then figuring out the other dependencies by going through headers and 
tracing #include's.

Also, I have gone from just wanting ublas to also wanting the smart 
pointers.  Are they and their dependencies also header-only libraries? 
When I tried the pointer_test.cpp test program it failed with a seg 
fault.  I compiled the test program by just pointing the compiler at the 
header files from the tarball.  I wanted to be sure I had the library 
properly installed so I'm back to troubleshooting the installation.

David