Re: [Boost-users] [regex] install Borland Builder 2007

From: v2cechura (v2cechura_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-12-20 05:30:24

> Robert Lockwood wrote:
> This is my first post, I hope I'm doing it correctly.
> I just downloaded Boost and want to install regex with Builder 2007.
> (I have older versions of Builder installed on my machine, too) The 
> instructions are for Builder 6 - will they work for 2007?
> Perhaps with a little editing?

The following text may help you (as it did with me). 
Note that this will install the all the boost libraries not just regex. 
It is a post I found at borland.public.cppbuilder.language.cpp web pages.

Vaclav

>From borland.public.cppbuilder.language.cpp:
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To help non-experts or semi-experts like myself to install boost, I
wrote up the procedure which I just performed an hour ago to install the
latest boost version on my system.  I use CB2007, but the bcbboost
patches support BDS2006 and BCB6, so this procedure should work for
those systems as well.  See http://bcbboost.sourceforge.net for test
results.

-Eliot

Boost 1.34.0 on CodeGear CB2007 [[ or BDS2006, BCB6 ]]

[[ I used CB2007, YMMV for earlier versions. ]]

1. Obtain following files from sourceforge.net:

    From http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost,

        boost_1_34_0.zip (or .tar.gz or .tar.bz2)
        boost-jam-3.1.14-1-ntx86.zip

    From http://sourceforge.net/projects/bcbboost/

        bcbboost-1_34_0-5_9_0-0.1.zip

2. Unpack boost_1_34_0 to a suitable directory, say \src\boost.  This
    results in a subdirectory \src\boost\boost_1_34_0.

3. Unpack bjam.exe from boost-jam-3.1.14-1-ntx86 directory of
    boost-jam-3.1.14-1-ntx86.zip to \src\boost.  This results in
    bjam.exe in \src\boost.

4. Copy contents of the bcbboost\boost directory in
    bcbboost-1_34_0-5_9_0-0.1.zip to \src\boost\boost_1_34_0.  This
    will copy into directories of the same name as those in the boost
    source tree (select yes to all in the copy).

Note: for header-only installation which covers most common usage of
boost, skip to step 7.  If you're not sure, see
http://boost.org/more/getting_started/windows.html#header-only-libraries
if you need to build the libraries for your applications.

5. Edit /Src/Boost/boost_1_34_0/tools/build/v2/user-config.jam by
    uncommenting appropriate line.  Specifically for CB2007, remove the
    leading # from the line starting "#using borland : 5.9.0".

    [[ For BDS2006, uncomment line for 5.8.2 ]]
    [[ For BCB6, uncomment line for 5.6.4 ]]

6. In a command prompt window, invoke bjam in /src/boost/boost_1_34_0
    directory:
        cd \src\boost\boost_1_34_0
        ..\bjam --toolset=borland stage

    There are lots of warnings and errors.  There is nothing to do
    except ignore them.  The libraries that can be built will be built.

7. Copy or move the boost include tree, \src\boost\boost_1_34_0\boost,
    to your preferred location.  I prefer to put it into the program
    include directory, i.e.,
        C:\Program Files\CodeGear\RAD Studio\5.0\include
    This should result in the directory
        C:\Program Files\CodeGear\RAD Studio\5.0\include\boost
    containing the boost include files, e.g., format.hpp.  In code, you
    may then write,
        #include <boost/format.hpp>
        using boost::format;
    or you can modify your application include paths to suit your taste.

    [[ For earlier versions, use appropriate directories, i.e.
       BDS2006: \Program Files\Borland\BDS\4.0\include
       BCB6: \Program Files\Borland\CBuilder6\include ]]

8. If you built the libraries, move the library files in
    \src\boost\boost_1_34_0\boost\stage\lib to your preferred
    location.  For me, I used
        C:\Program Files\CodeGear\RAD Studio\5.0\lib\boost

    [[ Again, for other versions, use appropriate directories. ]]

9. To clean up after building libraries, remove directory
    \src\boost\boost_1_34_0\bin.v2.