Re: [Boost-users] About boost.mpi and boost 1.35

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] About boost.mpi and boost 1.35
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-28 12:30:48

AMDG

Sofia Aparicio Secanellas wrote:
> I want to install boost.mpi on my ubuntu. Using the synaptic I have 
> installed boost 1.35, boost-build and bjam to follow the instructions 
> of 
> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_37_0/doc/html/mpi/getting_started.html#mpi.config
> They say that I should run "bjam --with-mpi" in the top-level boost 
> directory, but it is not clear for me where is this directory. I try 
> to run this command in every directory where it was something about 
> boost but it didnot work.
> /usr/include
> /usr/share/boost-build
> /usr/share/boost-build/tools
>  
> The error message that I obtain is:
> error: no Jamfile in current directory found
>  
> I have tried to do the same in another computer and in this case I 
> have installed manually boost 1.37  and here it is working.
>  
> Do you know what is the problem? boost 1.35 supports boost.mpi? Do I 
> need to download boost manually? 

These instructions only apply for building boost from the source.
You probably don't need to do this if you installed a prebuilt package.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe