Re: [Boost-users] Compiling Boost Libraries

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Compiling Boost Libraries
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-01-18 05:55:15

On 1/18/2018 12:32 AM, Good Guy via Boost-users wrote:
> How do you guys compile Boost libraries in your project when all the 
> header files are linked using angle brackets?
> 
> For example in Visual Studio and C++ builder (Embarcadero) a link such as:
> 
> #include <boost/config.hpp>
> 
> won't compile but a link such as:
> 
> #include "boost/config.hpp"
> 
> Has no problems.
> 
> How are we suppose to change the files so that there is no such problems.
> 
> I would like to use only a few libraries in certain projects but 
> changing the files is going to take a heck of a ling time bearing in my 
> mind some files contains nested headers!!
> 
> Am I missing something here.   Surely there must a be a solution because 
> these libraries have been going on since 1999!!

You add to your IDE's include path wherever you installed the particular 
Boost release you want to use. Then the form of <boost/config.hpp> find 
that header file relative to that include path.