Re: [Boost-users] How can I find what I didn't install

From: Bo Yang (struggleyb_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-12-10 23:26:09

Sebastian Redl :
> Bo Yang wrote:
>> Hi,
>>    I complile and installed boost 1.31 library today,
>> I followd the instructions in the website and I got part
>> of it installed.  I have seen some messages in the process
>> of compile which said , something is skiped and something
>> is failed.
>>    Now , I think part of boost have already installed. And
>> I want to know , which part I didn't install, How can I get
>> such information?
>>   Thank you !
>>  
> Things that generate "skipped" messages:
> 1) GZip and BZip2 (does it even have that?) support for Boost.IOStreams.
> (requires zlib and libbzip2)
> 2) Unicode support for Boost.Regex. (requires ICU)
> 3) I think Boost.Python is skipped if it can't find a Python installation.
I have installed Python already, and I think Boost.IOStream and
Boost.Regex were skipped!
After installed, I only found 8 dlls in my library path, is this normal?
> Things that could fail:
> Everything. In my experience, though, Boost.Python is the most problematic.
>
> Things you're missing:
> The optional stuff that was skipped.
> Depending on when it failed, potentially everything that has a compiled
> part: Regex, Filesystem, parts of DateTime, parts of BGL, Python - I
> think that's all.
>
> In other words, you have everything that doesn't require compilation.
>
> Sebastian Redl
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