[Boost-users] install with b2 - conflicting documentation

Subject: [Boost-users] install with b2 - conflicting documentation
From: Kirk Joppy (kirk.joppy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-06-22 18:39:06

Hello,

I am trying to build the regex library which I will then use through
MinGW. I already installed MinGW and added ..\MinGW\bin to my system
PATH.

I now want to build regex and put it somewhere. I am aware of two
different pieces of documentation detailing how to do this:

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_53_0/more/getting_started/windows.html#prepare-to-use-a-boost-library-binary

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_53_0/doc/html/bbv2/installation.html

The main difference seems to be whether you should be in BOOST_ROOT or
BOOST_ROOT\tools\build\v2. Which is it? In either case I gather than I
should do this

$ bootstrap.bat gcc

and in fact I've done that in both BOOST_ROOT and
BOOST_ROOT\tools\build\v2 with apparent success. I just don't know
what I'm supposed to do next. I tried running

$ b2 --prefix=H:\boost-test --with-regex install

from within BOOST_ROOT\tools\build\v2, and that put some stuff into
H:\boost-text, but I couldn't find any actual library files. Before I
screw around any more I thought I'd ask knowledgeable folks for the
right way to do this.

Thank you very much,
kjoppy