Re: [Boost-users] Boost 1_50 does not get installed

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost 1_50 does not get installed
From: Alain Leblanc (aalebl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-07-26 09:32:57

On 07/25/2012 05:31 PM, Panagiotis Foteinos wrote:
> I do "sudo ./b2 ... "
>
> Is this the right way?
>
> Best,
> Panagiotis
>
> On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Alain Leblanc <aalebl_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> On 07/25/2012 04:12 PM, Panagiotis Foteinos wrote:
>>> Greetings.
>>>
>>> I invoke ./b2 variant=release and everything seems to be fine. I can
>>> see that the thread library is created inside under
>>> $SOURCE/bin.v2/libs . Nevertheless, the command ./b2 install does not
>>> copy the libraries under /usr/local. It does nothing. All I see is
>>> many warnings similar to:
>>>
>>>
>>> ****************************
>>> skipped bin.v2/libs/thread/build/gcc-4.4.3/release/link-static for
>>> lack of bin.v2/libs/thread/build/gcc-4.4.3/release...
>>> ****************************
>>>
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>>
Seems right, but it's hard to tell without seeing more of your output, 
and I don't know what the default install dir is, or the default link 
option (static, shared or both).

Are you sure it has not been installed anywhere? You could try to run 
find from your root directory, something like

find / -name "libboost*" -print

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