Re: [Boost-users] How to build the bjam tool on Windows?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] How to build the bjam tool on Windows?
From: Marshall Clow (mclow.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-10-31 18:40:47

On Oct 31, 2011, at 3:37 PM, John Drescher wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Congmin min <marlonmin_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> Hello. I just downloaded the boost library. I want to build bjam tool on my
>> Windows machine. I need to get boost work for my eclipse IDE. But why I
>> can't find the jam directory under boost/tools?
>> 
>> How can I do that?
>> 
> Execute bootstrap.bat (in the root folder of the source) from a Visual Studio command prompt.

This is documented under the "Getting Started" link on Boost.org.

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_47_0/more/getting_started/windows.html

-- Marshall