Re: [Boost-users] installing boost in linux (help needed urgently) !!!!!!

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] installing boost in linux (help needed urgently) !!!!!!
From: Ryan Gallagher (ryan.gallagher_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-03-15 14:05:47

Nikhilesh S <s.nikhilesh <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> On Sun, 15 Mar 2009, ayan sinha wrote:
> 
> > Hi Matthieu,
> > Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Thanks for ur help.. just one last question I have 
extracted only
> the thread part in a folder and I am going to use only thread in my 
application.. Is it
> > possible just to copy the thread folder and then install only the thread 
part through bjam.. or is it that I
> have to install the entire boost library in linux box and then use
> > the threading part.... please do let me know if there any possible 
solutions....
> > Regards
> > AYAN.
> 
> I don't think 'just-installing-one-library' would work, since many boost
> libraries depend on each other.

I think that this is what bcp is for:

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_38_0/tools/bcp/bcp.html

See tools/bcp.  I haven't used it, but you probably just want 
something like:

bcp thread /boost_thread_only

HTH,

-Ryan