Re: [Boost-users] Installation on Macintosh

From: John Christopher (jcxxr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-14 09:17:35

In case anybody else is struggling with the installation of boost on the 
Mac, a nice way to do it is to use darwin ports:
boost.darwinports.com

"John Christopher" <jcxxr_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:e976qk$dr$1_at_sea.gmane.org...
> Hello
> I am trying to install boost on a macintosh (Tiger). I
> downloaded the boost-jam-3.1.13-1-macosxppc.tgz file
> and uncompressed it in a folder:
> /Developer/Libraries/boost
> there I installed bjam
> and in the Terminal I typed:
> ./bjam "-sTOOLS=darwin" install
> everything things run smoothly until I get a lot of
> error messages like:
>
> ...skipped
> <@boost!include!boost-1_33_1!boost!wave!util>symbol_table.hpp
> for lack of
> <directory-grist>/usr/local/include/boost-1_33_1/boost/wave/util...
> ...skipped
> <@boost!include!boost-1_33_1!boost!wave!util>time_conversion_helper.hpp
> for lack of
> <directory-grist>/usr/local/include/boost-1_33_1/boost/wave/util...
> ...skipped
> <@boost!include!boost-1_33_1!boost!wave!util>transform_iterator.hpp
> for lack of
> <directory-grist>/usr/local/include/boost-1_33_1/boost/wave/util...
> ...skipped
> <@boost!include!boost-1_33_1!boost!wave!util>unput_queue_iterator.hpp
> for lack of
> <directory-grist>/usr/local/include/boost-1_33_1/boost/wave/util...
>
> and the installation process ends with
> ...failed updating 8 targets...
> ...skipped 3649 targets...
> ...updated 709 targets...
>
> Any idea on what I am doing wrong?
> Thanks in advance