Comments on: Learning C++ 0x – Building Boost Library for Visual C++

By: Antonio

Antonio — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:26:50 +0000

guys, thank you very much. You are the best

By: Vimal

Vimal — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:32:55 +0000

Dear all,

The problem is resolved, I used the latest 1.35 and it complies without any problem

Best regards
Vimal

By: Vimal

Vimal — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:54:58 +0000

Hi,

I am trying to compile Boost “boost_1_33_1″ for visual studio 2005, vc8 using boost-jam-3.1.16-1-ntx86.

I followed the steps in the tutorial above. However cannot get to generate the libraries.

I made the following changes to build.bat
:Guess_Toolset
if NOT “_%VS80COMNTOOLS%_” == “__” (
set BOOST_JAM_TOOLSET=vc8
set BOOST_JAM_TOOLSET_ROOT=%VS90COMNTOOLS%\..\..\VC\
goto :eof)
setlocal & endlocal
if NOT “_%VCINSTALLDIR%_” == “__” (
set BOOST_JAM_TOOLSET=vc8
set BOOST_JAM_TOOLSET_ROOT=%VCINSTALLDIR%\VC\
goto :eof)
setlocal & endlocal
if EXIST “%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\VCVARSALL.BAT” (
set BOOST_JAM_TOOLSET=vc8
set BOOST_JAM_TOOLSET_ROOT=%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\
goto :eof)
setlocal & endlocal
if EXIST “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\VCVARSALL.BAT” (
set BOOST_JAM_TOOLSET=vc8
set BOOST_JAM_TOOLSET_ROOT=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\
goto :eof)
setlocal & endlocal
if EXIST “%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\VCVARSALL.BAT” (
set BOOST_JAM_TOOLSET=vc8
set BOOST_JAM_TOOLSET_ROOT=%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\
goto :eof)
setlocal & endlocal

and later on

:Setup_Toolset
if “_%BOOST_JAM_TOOLSET%_” == “_msvc_” (
if NOT “_%MSVCDir%_” == “__” (
set BOOST_JAM_TOOLSET_ROOT=%MSVCDir%\) )
if “_%BOOST_JAM_TOOLSET%_” == “_msvc_” (
if EXIST “%BOOST_JAM_TOOLSET_ROOT%bin\VCVARS32.BAT” (
call “%BOOST_JAM_TOOLSET_ROOT%bin\VCVARS32.BAT” ) )
if “_%BOOST_JAM_TOOLSET%_” == “_msvc_” (
if not “_%BOOST_JAM_TOOLSET_ROOT%_” == “__” (
set PATH=%BOOST_JAM_TOOLSET_ROOT%bin;%PATH%)
set BOOST_JAM_CC=cl /nologo /GZ /Zi /MLd -DNT -DYYDEBUG kernel32.lib advapi32.lib
set BOOST_JAM_OPT_JAM=/Febootstrap\jam0
set BOOST_JAM_OPT_MKJAMBASE=/Febootstrap\mkjambase0
set BOOST_JAM_OPT_YYACC=/Febootstrap\yyacc0
set _known_=1
)
if “_%BOOST_JAM_TOOLSET%_” == “_vc8_” (
if NOT “_%MSVCDir%_” == “__” (
set BOOST_JAM_TOOLSET_ROOT=%MSVCDir%\) )
if “_%BOOST_JAM_TOOLSET%_” == “_vc8_” (
if EXIST “%BOOST_JAM_TOOLSET_ROOT%bin\VCVARS32.BAT” (
call “%BOOST_JAM_TOOLSET_ROOT%bin\VCVARS32.BAT” ) )
if “_%BOOST_JAM_TOOLSET%_” == “_vc8_” (
if not “_%BOOST_JAM_TOOLSET_ROOT%_” == “__” (
set PATH=%BOOST_JAM_TOOLSET_ROOT%bin;%PATH%)
set BOOST_JAM_CC=cl /nologo /GZ /Zi /MLd -DNT -DYYDEBUG kernel32.lib advapi32.lib
set BOOST_JAM_OPT_JAM=/Febootstrap\jam0
set BOOST_JAM_OPT_MKJAMBASE=/Febootstrap\mkjambase0
set BOOST_JAM_OPT_YYACC=/Febootstrap\yyacc0
set _known_=1
)

Now, when I run >bjam “-sTOOLS=vc_80″ install

I get the following message:

C:\Boost\boost_1_33_1>bjam “-sTOOLS=vc_80″ install
vc_80-tools.jam: No such file or directory
******************************************************
Building Boost.Iostreams with bzip2 support disabled.
To enable bzip2, consult the Boost.Iostreams documentation
******************************************************
******************************************************
Building Boost.Iostreams with zlib and gzip support disabled.
To enable zlib and gzip, consult the Boost.Iostreams documentation
******************************************************
Building Boost.Regex with the optional Unicode/ICU support disabled.
Please refer to the Boost.Regex documentation for more information
(and if you don’t know what ICU is then you probably don’t need it).
vc_80-tools.jam: No such file or directory
C:\Boost\boost_1_33_1\tools/build/v1\allyourbase.jam:645: in C++
rule C++-action unknown in module
C:\Boost\boost_1_33_1\tools/build/v1\allyourbase.jam:1142: in Object
C:\Boost\boost_1_33_1\tools/build/v1\allyourbase.jam:1207: in Objects
C:\Boost\boost_1_33_1\tools/build/v1\boost-base.jam:150: in dll-files
C:\Boost\boost_1_33_1\tools/build/v1\boost-base.jam:1969: in subvariant-target
C:\Boost\boost_1_33_1\tools/build/v1\boost-base.jam:2406: in stage
Jamfile:224: in load-jamfiles
C:\Boost\boost_1_33_1\tools\build\v1\bootstrap.jam:21: in boost-build
C:\Boost\boost_1_33_1\boost-build.jam:16: in module scope

I am obviously doing something wrong, please help.

The similar steps worked fine and I was able to compile the libs using Visual Studio .Net 2003, but could not replicate in 2005.

Thanks
Vimal

By: Lavanya

Lavanya — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 07:27:27 +0000

Thank for ur wonderful clear ideas regarding the installation of BOOST.
Well, right now im trying on the installation of BOOST (as in step 8)… All the previous steps have been successfully executed.
While compiling, in the debug built …it has skipped about 159 targets and failed to update 13 target. Im not sure wat it means… and whether the compilation is successful

Can u throw some light in this regard
Thanks in advance

By: S a r a t h

S a r a t h — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:40:39 +0000

Check the include order and make sure that the boost root folder is there in the include path, then only it will get include files.

By: Spyros

Spyros — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:42:25 +0000

I am not a programmer and I needed to install Boost for another library (Quantlib) to function. I have Visual C++ 2005 Express edition installed on my computer, and after some try I managed to build the library (I used the simplest command, namely /*bjam “-sTOOLS=vc-8_0″ install*/, not knowing what the other options would do). An include and a lib folder were created, and I happily added their paths to the relevant Tools->Options->Projects and Solutions->VC++ Directories using the IDE. Of course, when I attempted to compile Quantlib, the boost/config header could not be found etc..
Perhaps I was too vain to believe that it could work with the first try, but I cannot find what is wrong and I don’t want to build again without a reason (it took something like an hour!). Any ideas?

By: S a r a t h

S a r a t h — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:53:54 +0000

If you simply understand the logic behind the this building, it will be more easier. Initially it was painful for me. It is something linux style distribution of libraries.
You can download the file compiled library provided by boost consulting.
Please see my post on the same.

http://sarathc.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/boost-library-installer-for-windows-visual-c-7180-for-linuxunix-flavors-too/

Actually distriubting source and building it is a cool procedure. The total build will take aproximately 700 MB without building python libraries. For those who having slow net connection will not go for downloading the large large binaries as we have an option to build the same with source files. On the other hand people are not ready to crash their brain on building and learing tool for building the library. But still we can learn something from it. Also if we build the libraries, we can have our own modicifation (if any) build and use it.

By: lambert

lambert — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:48:08 +0000

PS: obviously this rant was aimed at the people behind Boost, not at the writer of the above article.

By: lambert

lambert — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:45:58 +0000

Aaargh… Why do these “boost” people make life so complicated? It scares me that these people are on the C++ committee

For crying out loud, I just need the damn libraries *compiled* on my machine, I don’t want to go through this “boost building” hell…. PLEASE don’t pollute my brain with obscure tools that I’ll probably never use again (I hope…)

Life’s too short…