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

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost 1_50 does not get installed
From: Panagiotis Foteinos (pafotein_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-07-26 09:43:28

Thank you for the reply.

Yes, it is a permission issue. I gave the whole folder full access for
everybody and it worked, although I do not feel comfortable.

But to answer your previous question, the command I type is "./b2
variant=release install" and it creates static libraries by default.

Regards,
Panagiotis

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Alain Leblanc <aalebl_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>
> 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
>
>
> a
>
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