Re: [Boost-users] error while installing boost 1.36 and 1.52

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] error while installing boost 1.36 and 1.52
From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-12-17 08:56:27

On 16/12/12 16:25, Marshall Clow wrote:

> Ok - it can't find bzlib.h
 > [...]
> Here Boost.Python is complaining that it can't find a suitable version of Python installed on your system.
> Check and make sure Python is installed, and that it is >= than version 2.2 (the message there is "Python 2.2 or higher is required for this version of Boost.Python" )

Alternatively you can disable those two libraries with 
--without-iostreams --without-python.

I never understood why the Boost.Build scripts do not automatically 
disable the libraries if their dependencies are not satisfied.

Hopefully this will be fixed once we move to CMake.