Re: [Boost-users] BoostPro (or any) installer for v1.48.0 on Windows 7/Visual Studio C++ 2010?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] BoostPro (or any) installer for v1.48.0 on Windows 7/Visual Studio C++ 2010?
From: Michael Powell (mwpowellnm_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-12-19 11:00:30

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Andrew Holden <
aholden_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On Sunday, December 18, 2011 11:53 PM, Wayne Johnson wrote:
> > I'm new to the Boost libraries and becoming reacquainted with C++
> > after many years of using other languages. As recommended in
> > section 5.1 of the "Getting Started on Windows", I visited the
> > BoostPro website to find a Windows 7 installer for v1.48.0 to use
> > with VS C++ 2010. In response to a followup message to BoostPro
> > sales about the lack of an installer for the latest version, I was
> > told:
> >
> >  "We don't have an installer at this time, and we are shortly
> >  about to remove that section from our website.  The Boost build
> >  instructions can be found here ..."
> >
> > Will there be no more Windows binary installers for the libraries
> > or did I misunderstand?
>
> I can't speak for binary installers, but I have found the libraries easy
> enough to compile myself.  For reference, I have attached the batch file I
> use to build the libraries.  Look through the options at the top of the
> batch file before copying it into your boost source and running it.  You
> will almost certainly want to change some of them for your system.  Please
> note it is not necessary to use a "visual studio command prompt".  An
> ordinary one will do just fine.
>
> As I have it configured, it will install the headers, 32-bit libraries and
> 64-bit libraries to C:\boost.  It's probably safest to not put your source
> distribution in that directory.
>

I can also attest to the fact that the boost build process is not that
terrible. I even went to the extent during one contractual stint of
capturing the build process in a NAnt script which automatically cleaned
the required dirs and performed the rebuild on an ad-hoc or as needed
basis. Can be intimidating at first, but not once you've done it a couple
of times. With this approach, I organized my boost download as a boost.zip
file; note, sans the version number, for internal versioning purposes, and
let the NAnt build process extract the files to a dir alongside the boost
dir. This was all in the context of my Subversion project and CI
environment as a whole.

Anywho, this is my two cents for what it's worth.

God bless and Godspeed to you.

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