Re: [Boost-users] Newbie: Boost for Windows

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-23 13:41:41

John Read <jread.boost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> I have to work on Windows, but I don't have any idea about 
> compilers and environments on this platform. My preference 
> would be to use a CygWin environment with MinGW's gcc compiler 
> to facilitate setting up a scripted nightly build incorporating 
> Boost and my own code. Some others might want to use native 
> Microsoft compilers and tools though.
>    
>   Steps so far:
> 1) Got/installed MinGW: MinGW-5.0.0.exe
> 2) Got/installed Boost: boost_1_33_1.exe
> 3) Opened Cygwin terminal and added MinGW/bin to path
> 4) cd-ed to boost_1_33_1/tools/build/jam_scr
> 5) . build.sh > result.txt

That's a tough row to hoe.  MinGW is a non-cygwin toolset.  If you try
to build bjam under cygwin, you'll get a cygwin version of bjam.  I
suggest you remove MinGW/bin from your path (maybe even uninstall
MinGW) and use the gcc-nocygwin toolset
(http://www.boost.org/tools/build/v1/gcc-nocygwin-tools.html) *or* you
give up on the cygwin environment and use the MinGW toolset from a
regular windows command prompt.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com