installing boost library?
I've encountered a programming error I'm told that can be solved by use of the boost libraries. I downloaded it, and unzipped it, but...the installation instructions stop there.
Can someone tell me what I do with the directory boost 1_48_0? Is it just a matter of copying it somewhere and pointing my compiler to it?
Thanks.
Can someone tell me what I do with the directory boost 1_48_0? Is it just a matter of copying it somewhere and pointing my compiler to it?
Thanks.
There are special directories where you should place it, but you can put it wherever you want, as long as you tell your compiler so.
/usr/include/boost or /usr/local/include/boost are probably good places (you may want to include the version on the name).
OK, thanks. The Mac version was pretty easy to install, but at first glance, the Windows version isn't so obvious.
On Windows:
It is better to compile boost using your compiler.
With MSVC - it is really simple to do:
1) start bootstrap
2) run something like:
bjam toolset=msvc address-model=32 link=static stage --with-filesystem --with-date_time --with-thread --with-test --with-regex --with-system --stagedir=./stage_32
or for 64bit
bjam toolset=msvc address-model=64 link=static stage --with-filesystem --with-date_time --with-thread --with-test --with-regex --with-system --stagedir=./stage_64
It is better to compile boost using your compiler.
With MSVC - it is really simple to do:
1) start bootstrap
2) run something like:
bjam toolset=msvc address-model=32 link=static stage --with-filesystem --with-date_time --with-thread --with-test --with-regex --with-system --stagedir=./stage_32
or for 64bit
bjam toolset=msvc address-model=64 link=static stage --with-filesystem --with-date_time --with-thread --with-test --with-regex --with-system --stagedir=./stage_64
Hi, Ivan -
I'm not running MSVC; I'm running Qt/MinGW. I know there's a command line somewhere on this system, but I don't know where it is (very new to development on Windows).
I'm not running MSVC; I'm running Qt/MinGW. I know there's a command line somewhere on this system, but I don't know where it is (very new to development on Windows).
Can anyone weigh in on this? I've got a real problem that I'm hopeful the Boost libraries will solve for me. But, I don't know how to install them. I don't even know how to find a Linux-like command line to try the commands that Ivan gave me.
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