Re: [Boost-users] [Boost MPI] Problems with installation the boost in visual 2008

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Boost MPI] Problems with installation the boost in visual 2008
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-05 21:09:02

AMDG

Juliet Villanueva wrote:
> I'm trying to install the boost
> libraries MPI, but so far I have not been successful. 
>
> So far the steps I performed
> are: 
>
> 1) Run the file in the folder
> bjam.exe of boost, this procedure creates libs, some of the folders boost, but
> skips the folder of MPI, which does not generate the appropriate libs. 
>
> 2) When the library is installed
> tells me that you must modify the user-config.jam, adding "usign MP"
> I, for installation. 
>
> 3) After editing the file is
> placed bjam command-with-mpi install, and start the installation indicating
> that boost jump MPI library.
>   

What was the exact command line that you used,
what exactly did you put in user-config.jam, and
what exactly was the error message.  It sounds
like something in MPI is failing to compile, but it's
hard to tell from your description.

> C: \ boost_1_42_0 \
> boost_1_42_0> bjam - build-type = complete - toolset = MSVC - build-dir = C:
> \ src \ boost_1_42_0 \ build \ 90 \ 32 - stagedir = C: \ src \ boost_1_36_0 \
> stage \ 90-32 stage. 
>   

This got somewhat garbled, but there appear to be a few errors.
a) You need either two dashes (--build-type, --build-dir, --stage-dir) or
    none (toolset).
b) msvc should be lower case.

C:\boost_1_42_0\boost_1_42_0> bjam --build-type=complete \
  toolset=msvc --build-dir=C:\src\boost_1_42_0\build\90\32 \
  --stagedir=C:\src\boost_1_36_0\stage\90-32 stage

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe