Re: [Boost-users] Stripped down "runtime" version of boost

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Stripped down "runtime" version of boost
From: Marshall Clow (mclow.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-07 13:07:28

On Oct 7, 2009, at 9:01 AM, Paul Moore wrote:

> At the moment, I'm using boost by simply unpacking the archive (I've
> only needed the header-only libraries thus far). But it's a fairly
> large archive, full of things that aren't actually needed to simply
> *use* the libraries.
>
> Is there a means of creating a subset of the boost distribution with
> *just* the headers (and libraries, ultimately) needed to compile
> programs using boost? I'm guessing that all I'd need is the boost
> subdirectory (with the headers) plus whatever parts of the lib
> directory are created as part of the boost.build process.
>
> Is that right? Are there any more explicit instructions anywhere?

You might want to take a look at the "bcp" tool - instructions here:
        http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_40_0/tools/bcp/bcp.html

-- Marshall