Re: [Boost-users] Help istalling Boost python binding

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Help istalling Boost python binding
From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-09-28 15:04:02

on Sun Sep 28 2008, "Danilo Tomasoni" <tomasoni-AT-fbk.eu> wrote:

> 2008/9/26 David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]>
>
>     on Fri Sep 26 2008, "Danilo Tomasoni" <tomasoni-AT-fbk.eu> wrote:
>    
>     > Dear all.
>     > I have some problems installing this fantastic libraries..
>     > I have downloaded the svn version (revision 338) and the 0.9 relased version,
>     > but either haven't a setup.py file that work.
>     > In bindist/ folder, there is a setup.py file, that try to install all files in
>     > bin/*
>     > directory..
>     > but this folder does not exists! in bindist folder exists only setup.py file.
>     >
>     > So.. how can I install python bindings for boost on my fedora 9 machine??
>     > Thank you for advice!
>    
>     Please work your way through
>     http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_36_0/more/getting_started/index.html; it
>     should help.  Please also note that Boost doesn't include Python
>     bindings for every library in the collection.
>
> Many thanks David for your advice!
> I have tried to follow your advice but I have encountered a little problem,
> and I can't find the solution on documentation.
>
> When I tried to install bgl-python-0.9 (boost.graph bindigs)
> I retrieved this error:
>
> [root_at_ciropom bgl-python-0.9]bjam --build-dir=/home/ciropom/Scaricati/bgl-python-0.9
> / --toolset=gcc --build-type=complete stage
> Unable to load Boost.Build: could not find "boost-build.jam"
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Attempted search from /home/ciropom/Scaricati/bgl-python-0.9 up to the root
> and in these directories from BOOST_BUILD_PATH and BOOST_ROOT: /usr/share/
> boost-build.
>
> So how can I load correctly Boost.Build?
>
> The documentation speak only about a "IO streams library error", and in this case it
> isn't the problem.
>
> The documentation recommend to ask in mailing list..
> I hope that you can help me...
>
> Many thanks for the time you spent for me!

Well, I'm only guessing here because AFAIK bgl-python isn't actually
part of Boost at all... but if you place your bgl-python-0.9 folder
somewhere inside your Boost directory tree and then try to build from
there, you *should* have better luck.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
http://www.boostpro.com