Re: [Boost-users] Installing Boost.MPI [bjam]

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Installing Boost.MPI [bjam]
From: John Phillips (phillips_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-10-30 08:57:30

Raymond Wan wrote:
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> Raymond Wan wrote:
>>
>> Hi John,
>>
>>
>> John Phillips wrote:
>>> Raymond Wan wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I need some help with building Boost.MPI.  My system is a Debian 
>>>> testing
>>>> (lenny) system and I'm following the instructions at [lenny uses 1.35
>>>> and not 1.36]:
>>>>
> ... [snip]
>> Or maybe I should just go with installing from source into a separate 
>> directory.  This latter option seems easiest right now, I guess...
> 
> Just a quick follow-up to my situation.  I went ahead and did this -- 
> downloaded the source and did a local installation.   While compiling 
> wasn't perfect -- the error I got was "failed updating 69 targets, 
> skipped 18 targets" -- but 7857 targets worked...so percentage-wise, 
> it's ok.  :-)  Most importantly, I did this to get Boost.MPI working.  
> So, I tried the test program in the Boost.MPI tutorial and it worked fine.
> 
> So, it seems [for me, anyway], this was a reasonable option compared to 
> wrestling with the Debian package which I might go back to some day, but 
> right now, I don't know enough to fix that.
> 
> Big thank you for your help!  Your message gave me the motivation to 
> look into this alternative [of downloading from source and installing]...
> 
> Ray

   Ray,

   Glad it worked out. It looks like Debian is currently not a good 
choice. (I've never used it, so I didn't know this.) Happy coding.

                        John