[Boost-users] Help installing (building) boost - Windows2K w/ MSVC++

From: Beauregard Dommit (beauregard.dommit_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-04-20 20:28:55

I'm trying to install boost on Windows 2000 running Visual C++, and having lots of problems.  It's W2K w/ SP4, and SP6 for Visual Studio.

First, I take it there is no precompiled "install" package, even for Windows?

First problem - I unpack boost and put bjam in the boost directory.  I run it from a command prompt w/ something like (I've tried a few variations):
bjam "-sTOOLS=msvc" "--prefix=C:\program files\boost" "--PYTHON-ROOT=C:\Program Files\Python25" "--with-python-version=2.5" "--builddir=G:\temp\buildboost"   install > install_log.txt
(Sorry for whatever the mailer might be doing to the text - the above is one line.)  I also tried the command line with lower case for the Python stuff - the above was my last desperate attempt.

In my output file I see:
        skipping Boost.Python library build due to missing or incorrect configuration

        couldn't find Python.h in "c:/Python25/include"

        You can configure the location of your python installation by setting:
        PYTHON_VERSION - The 2-part python Major.Minor version number (e.g.
                 "2.2", NOT "2.2.1")  - currently "2.5"
        etc................

I guess I'm doing something stupid here, but what?  Jam is apparently finding the prefix and builddir OK - it does build boost, or at least part of it, and installs a bunch of libraries and includes in the right place.  I do have Python installed and working in C:\Program Files\Python25, and Python.h is there.

Second problem - after the above, I get about 2000 lines of errors, or mostly errors.  A lot of them are duplicates, but still that doesn't seem good.  The first ones are about the Program Options package.  That was the part of Boost I was going to try using first, so I'd like to get that fixed. Here are the error msgs:
        vc-C++
        G:\temp\buildboost\bin\boost\libs\program_options\build\libboost_program_options.lib\msvc\debug\runtime-link-static\cmdline.obj
        cmdline.cpp

        G:\Temp\newboost\boost_1_33_1\boost/program_options/options_description.hpp(156) : error C2258: illegal pure syntax, must be '= 0'

        G:\Temp\newboost\boost_1_33_1\boost/program_options/options_description.hpp(156) : error C2252: 'm_default_line_length' : pure specifier can only bespecified for functions

        G:\Temp\newboost\boost_1_33_1\boost/program_options/options_description.hpp(159) : error C2065: 'm_default_line_length' : undeclared identifier

Then a bunch of errors about the Bind package, etc, etc, etc.  If someone    can help me fix the above problems I'll be very grateful.

Gard