Re: [Boost-users] How to Boost static lib build under Mountain Lion and XCODE 4.6

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] How to Boost static lib build under Mountain Lion and XCODE 4.6
From: Rich E (reakinator_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-05-16 00:14:29

Here are the instructions we use for building the boost binaries used for
cinder:

http://libcinder.org/docs/v0.8.5/_cinder_boost.html

It covers Mac OS X, iOS, Microsoft vc10 and vc11.

cheers,
Rich

On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 2:11 PM, B Hart <bhartsb_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to install and use Boost 1_53_0 on MAC OS X Mountain Lion and
> use it with the latest XCODE 4.6.x.  I want to port a small MS VS MFC C++
> app. I developed on Windows to MAC.
>
> Specifically I need to install and build boost as static libraries.  I'm
> completely new to programming on the MAC side of things.  I understand that
> XCODE now uses
> LLVM Clang, with libc++ and not GCC.  I've used GCC on Linux.
>
> I started following the instructions at:
>
> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_53_0/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html
>
> but quickly ran into trouble.  Does anyone have detailed instructions for
> how to install and compile boost statically under Mountain Lion and XCode
> 4.6?
>
> Below is the terminal input and output showing how far I got.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Terminal IO:
>
> ./bootstrap.sh --with-bjam=BJAM --with-toolset=TOOLSET
>
>
> users-Mac-mini:boost_1_53_0 user$ ./bootstrap --with-bjam=BJAM
> --with-toolset=TOOLSET
>
> -bash: ./bootstrap: No such file or directory
>
> users-Mac-mini:boost_1_53_0 user$ ./bootstrap.sh --with-bjam=BJAM
> --with-toolset=TOOLSET
>
> -n Detecting Python version...
>
> 2.7
>
> -n Detecting Python root...
>
> /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7
>
> -n Unicode/ICU support for Boost.Regex?...
>
> not found.
>
> Generating Boost.Build configuration in project-config.jam...
>
>
> Bootstrapping is done. To build, run:
>
>
>     ./b2
>
>
>
> To adjust configuration, edit 'project-config.jam'.
>
> Further information:
>
>
>    - Command line help:
>
>      ./b2 --help
>
>
>
>    - Getting started guide:
>
>      http://www.boost.org/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html
>
>
>
>    - Boost.Build documentation:
>
>      http://www.boost.org/boost-build2/doc/html/index.html
>
>
> users-Mac-mini:boost_1_53_0 user$ ./b2 link=static threading=multi
> toolset=darwin cxxflags="-arch i386 -arch x86_64" macosx-version=10.6 stage
>
> -bash: ./b2: No such file or directory
>
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