Re: [Boost-users] how to use staged 1.51 with installed boost 1.49 with autotools?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] how to use staged 1.51 with installed boost 1.49 with autotools?
From: Avishay Orpaz (avishorp_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-10-14 10:28:08

I had the same problem (having to use a different version from the one
officially available), so I installed the desired Boost version in a
different directory (/opt/boost_1_51_0) and then used
--with-boost=/opt/boost_1_51_0. It works flawlessly.
I'm not an autotools expert and I didn't do anything except for using the
supplied macros. You can take a look at the projects files at
https://github.com/avishorp/mksd

Avishay

2012/10/13 Mateusz Loskot <mateusz_at_[hidden]>

> On 13 October 2012 13:20, Joost Kraaijeveld <J.Kraaijeveld_at_[hidden]>
> wrote:
> > On Sat, 2012-10-13 at 13:00 +0100, Mateusz Loskot wrote:
> >> On 13 October 2012 12:57, Joost Kraaijeveld <J.Kraaijeveld_at_[hidden]>
> wrote:
> >> > Thanks for the reply but these three FAQs do not have the answer, I am
> >> > afraid. The fist question is about an installed version of Boost.
> >> > [...]
> >>
> >> It says:
> >>
> >> "If you have a staged boost library (still not installed) please
> >> specify $BOOST_ROOT
> >> in your environment and do not give a PATH to --with-boost option."
> >
> > No, that did not work either. This works if no installed Boost version
> > is available, not if an installed version *is* available. This I
> > experienced by trying.
>
>
> I admit I haven't used autotools lately, so haven't tracked
> status of the macro for Boost lookup.
> But, I'm fairly sure the BOOST_ROOT and --with-boost-libdir
> usually does the trick
>
>         --with-boost=/custom/path/to/boost/root
>         --with-boost-libdir=/custom/path/to/boost/root/lib
>
> However, the macro tends to be iffy, and there are plenty of
> bug reports for various distributions.
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net
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