Re: [Boost-users] installing BGL-python

From: Rob Lemley (rclemley_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-12-29 14:03:57

Oh, one more thing, the bjam options will be specific to the bjam
configurations in Boost.Build.  So run bjam --help after you have
BOOST_ROOT set correctly and you will see the available bjam options for
the boost build system.  (And I don't think there is any file called
"Boost.Build", that's the name of the build system which is loaded by
boost-build.jam.)

-Rob

Rob Lemley wrote:
> Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
> 
>>The readme suggests I run $BOOST_ROOT/tools/build/jam_src/build.sh.
>>This directory exists, but the file does not.
>>
>>It also suggests I run "bjam <options>".  I can't think of any options
>>I want a priori [ ;-) ] so I run bjam with no options, but to no avail:
>>
>>    jeff_at_krypton:bgl-python-0.9 $ bjam
>>    Unable to load Boost.Build: could not find "boost-build.jam"
>>    ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>    Attempted search from /home/jeff/tmp/bgl-python-0.9 up to the root
>>    and in these directories from BOOST_BUILD_PATH and BOOST_ROOT: /usr/share/boost-build.
>>    Please consult the documentation at 'http://www.boost.org'.
>>    jeff_at_krypton:bgl-python-0.9 $ 
> 
> 
> If you need the sources for boost (and you will, if you need the boost
> build system for bjam), I recommend that you get the Debian package source:
> 
>     mkdir boost
>     cd boost              #unpacked package files will be here
>     apt-get source boost  #this will make a subdir boost-1.32.0
> 
> You should now have the unpacked boost source from the Debian source
> package in the directory boost-1.32.0.  So you should be able to set
> BOOST_ROOT to <somewhere>/boost/boost-1.32.0 and then build BGL-python.
> 
> The tools/build/jam_src/build.sh is in there also, but you shouldn't
> need it because it appears that you already have the Debian binary
> package for bjam.  The build.sh script builds bjam.  So you should be
> able to skip the "Boost.Jam" section in the BGL-python README.
>