Re: [Boost-users] Boost at Dev-Cpp 5 (Windows XP)

From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-26 09:51:04

Vladimir Prus wrote:

> Berno Wiegel wrote:
> 
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> I have problems with installing Boost. I downloaded boost_1_36_0.zip and extract it to c:\boost\.
>> After that I downloaded boost-jam-3.1.16-1-ntx86(2).zip and extract bjam.exe to
>> c:\boost\boost_1_36_0\.
>> 
>> Now I start cmd and goes to c:\boost\boost_1_36_0\!
>> There I execut bjam with following parameters
>> bjam.exe "-sMINGW_ROOT_DIRECTORY=C:\Dev-Cpp" "-sTOOLS=mingw" install
> 
> Please use the instructions from Boost Getting Started guide, as opposed to
> any third-party docs. In particular, the eventual command like should
> look line:
> 
>         bjam.exe toolset=mingw install

Sorry,

        bjam.exe toolset=gcc install

- Volodya