Re: [Boost-users] Installing Boost (was: Re: Regex problem)

From: Dave DeLong (davedelong_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-12 14:29:41

I followed the instructions that were found on the boost website here:
http://boost.org/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html#easy-build-and-install

I did ./configure and chose all the default options (there's a reason
they're the default, right?).  I have no plans on using boost again in the
future.  It's required in a project for one of my classes.

I did all the page said to do.  If there's more to do, wouldn't it have said
to do more?

Dave

On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Daniel Lord <daniel_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> You went straight to 'sudo make install' without 'configure' and 'make'
> first?
> I don't know for certain what happened in your case, but I would not
> recommend assuming any configuration in there after the unpack was suitable
> for a platform and skip that step.
>
> I usually run 'configure' to check that the 'darwin' system type is
> recognized an all prerequisites are found. I also run 'make' separately from
> 'install' so I can run any check or test phases before installing.
>
> That has saved me grief a few times with GMP (Gnu Multi-Precision library)
> alone. GMP will appear to compile correctly with no errors and you'd think
> you could just install it. Yet that build will fail significant tests. If
> you blindly install, you'll have a flawed installation that will give bogus
> calculation results. SInce I use GMP to generate prime pairs for asymmetric
> encryption and quantitative finance calculations, among other things, that
> would be very, very bad.
>
> I would caution you to always 'configure', 'make', 'test/check, and only
> then to 'install'. The time you save in the end chasing ghosts in your
> machine will be worth it.
>