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<p>.&nbsp;<a href="../index.htm">Home</a><br>
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<li><a href="#Additional_Steps">Additional Steps</a></li>
</ul>
<h2><a name="Introduction">Introduction</a></h2>
<h2><a name="Introduction" id="Introduction">Introduction</a></h2>
<p>These instructions are intended to help you get started using the
Boost Libraries. This walks you through getting, building, and installing
the libraries. To summarize these are the steps to get Boost built and
<p>These instructions are intended to help you get started using the Boost
Libraries. This walks you through getting, building, and installing the
libraries. To summarize these are the steps to get Boost built and
installed:</p>
<ol>
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<li><a href="#step5">Build and install</a>.</li>
</ol>
<h2><a name="Download"></a>Download</h2>
<h2><a name="Download" id="Download"></a>Download</h2>
<table summary="" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding=
"2">
<table summary="" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td width="40" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFF66"><font
size="6"><b><a name="step1"></a>1</b></font></td>
<td width="40" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFF66">
<font size="6"><b><a name="step1" id="step1"></a>1</b></font></td>
<td>The Boost Libraries are distributed through the SourceForge file
distribution system. Click here to <b><a href=
"http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586"><font
size="4">download releases from SourceForge</font></a></b>. And
unpack the release to a convenient location.</td>
"http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586"><font size="4">
download releases from SourceForge</font></a></b>. And unpack the
release to a convenient location.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>The Boost release includes all of the libraries and other material
from the web site. It is available in <a href="#.zip">ZIP</a>, <a href=
<p>The Boost release includes all of the libraries and other material from
the web site. It is available in <a href="#.zip">ZIP</a>, <a href=
"#.tar.gz">TAR.GZ</a>, and <a href="#.tar.gz">TAR.BZ2</a> formats. Past
releases are also available.</p>
It is also possible to download current snapshots of work-in-progress
from Boost's <a href="#CVS">CVS repository</a>.
releases are also available.</p>It is also possible to download current
snapshots of work-in-progress from Boost's <a href="#CVS">CVS
repository</a>.
<h3><a name=".zip">.zip</a> file</h3>
The .zip format is widely supported by both free decoders and commercial
compress/archive utilities. If you don't already have a .zip file
decoder, download one from the <a href=
"http://www.info-zip.org/">Info-ZIP</a> web site, which supplies versions
for many operating systems.
<h3><a name=".zip" id="zip">.zip</a> file</h3>The .zip format is widely
supported by both free decoders and commercial compress/archive utilities.
If you don't already have a .zip file decoder, download one from the
<a href="http://www.info-zip.org/">Info-ZIP</a> web site, which supplies
versions for many operating systems.
<p>Text file line endings in the .zip file are as supplied by each
library developer.&nbsp; This works fine for Windows, but not for
Unix/Linux.&nbsp; The .tar.gz and .tar.bz2 files supply Unix/Linux
friendly line endings.</p>
<p>Text file line endings in the .zip file are as supplied by each library
developer.&nbsp; This works fine for Windows, but not for Unix/Linux.&nbsp;
The .tar.gz and .tar.bz2 files supply Unix/Linux friendly line endings.</p>
<h3><a name=".tar.gz">.tar.gz</a> and .tar.bz2 files</h3>
<h3><a name=".tar.gz" id="tar_gz">.tar.gz</a> and .tar.bz2 files</h3>
<p>The .tar.gz format is widely supported on Unix/Linux platforms. Some
Windows compress/archive utilities can read the format as well.&nbsp;
Because the gzip format compresses the archive as a single file rather
than compressing each file individually, the .tar.gz file is smaller that
the .zip file.</p>
Because the gzip format compresses the archive as a single file rather than
compressing each file individually, the .tar.gz file is smaller that the
.zip file.</p>
<p>The .tar.bz2 format is becoming widely available on Unix/Linux
platforms and is built into many tar utilities. This format differs for
the .tar.gz format in the compression used, which is considerably better
and therefore creates smaller files.</p>
<p>The .tar.bz2 format is becoming widely available on Unix/Linux platforms
and is built into many tar utilities. This format differs for the .tar.gz
format in the compression used, which is considerably better and therefore
creates smaller files.</p>
<p>Text file line endings in the .tar.gz and .tar.bz2 files have been
converted to newlines for ease of use on Unix/Linux platforms.</p>
<h3>Boost <a name="CVS">CVS</a> Repository</h3>
<h3>Boost <a name="CVS" id="CVS">CVS</a> Repository</h3>
<p>All Boost files, including the entire distribution tree including web
site HTML is maintained in a CVS repository. Command line, GUI, or
browser access is available.</p>
site HTML is maintained in a CVS repository. Command line, GUI, or browser
access is available.</p>
<h4>Boost CVS access via command line or graphical clients</h4>
For those who have CVS clients installed, the libraries are also
available from the public <a href=
"http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=7586">Boost CVS repository</a>.
Free command line clients (often already installed on Linux/Unix systems)
are available for many systems, and free GUI clients are available for
Windows, Mac, and other systems.
<h4>Boost CVS access via command line or graphical clients</h4>For those
who have CVS clients installed, the libraries are also available from the
public <a href="http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=7586">Boost CVS
repository</a>. Free command line clients (often already installed on
Linux/Unix systems) are available for many systems, and free GUI clients
are available for Windows, Mac, and other systems.
<p>See the much improved <a href=
"http://sourceforge.net/docman/?group_id=1">CVS documentation</a>
(Section F) from SourceForge, which includes links to the home pages for
various GUI and command line clients.</p>
"http://sourceforge.net/docman/?group_id=1">CVS documentation</a> (Section
F) from SourceForge, which includes links to the home pages for various GUI
and command line clients.</p>
<p>The general procedure for command-line clients is something like
this:</p>
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checkout boost</code><br>
<code>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/boost
logout</code>
</blockquote>
Read the manual for your CVS client for further information.
</blockquote>Read the manual for your CVS client for further information.
<p>This access is read-only; if you are a library author and wish to have
CVS write access, please contact one of the <a href=
"moderators.html">moderators</a>.</p>
<h4>Boost CVS access via web <a name="Browser">Browser</a></h4>
For access to the CVS archive from any modern web browser, you can also
use the <a href=
<h4>Boost CVS access via web <a name="Browser" id=
"Browser">Browser</a></h4>For access to the CVS archive from any modern web
browser, you can also use the <a href=
"http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/boost/boost/">web
browser&nbsp; interface</a>.&nbsp; Try one of the color diffs to see how
a file has changed over time. <b>Note:</b> this interface is only
suitable for viewing individual files and their revision histories. If
you need an image of the whole CVS tree, <a href=
browser&nbsp; interface</a>.&nbsp; Try one of the color diffs to see how a
file has changed over time. <b>Note:</b> this interface is only suitable
for viewing individual files and their revision histories. If you need an
image of the whole CVS tree, <a href=
"http://www.boost-consulting.com">Boost Consulting</a> provides an hourly
<a href="http://www.boost-consulting.com/boost.tar.bz2">snapshot in
.tar.bz2 format</a>.
<h4><a name="generated">Documentation</a> generated from BoostBook in
CVS</h4>
<h4><a name="generated" id="generated">Documentation</a> generated from
BoostBook in CVS</h4>
<p>Some of the Boost documentation is generated from <a href=
"../doc/html/boostbook.html">BoostBook XML</a> source stored in the CVS
repository, and will not appear directly in the CVS tree as readable
HTML. View a nightly build of the generated HTML on the <a href=
repository, and will not appear directly in the CVS tree as readable HTML.
View a nightly build of the generated HTML on the <a href=
"http://www.boost.org/regression-logs/cs-win32_metacomm/doc/html/libraries.html">
Nightly Generated Documentation</a> page. Where generated HTML is missing
from the CVS tree, an attempt has been made to include redirection to
this nightly build, but if you are away from an internet connection you
may want to download the generated documentation archive from the
aforementioned page so you can browse those documents offline.</p>
from the CVS tree, an attempt has been made to include redirection to this
nightly build, but if you are away from an internet connection you may want
to download the generated documentation archive from the aforementioned
page so you can browse those documents offline.</p>
<h2><a name="Preparation"></a>Preparation</h2>
<h2><a name="Preparation" id="Preparation"></a>Preparation</h2>
<p>The recommended way to build and install the Boost Libraries is to use
<a href="../tools/build/v1/build_system.htm">Boost.Build</a>, the Boost
Build system. The rest of these instructions explain that use, but it is
up to you to use this method, or not. Note that some of the libraries
also include non Boost.Build makefiles and/or project files. But all
include the needed files for building with Boost.Build.</p>
Build system. The rest of these instructions explain that use, but it is up
to you to use this method, or not. Note that some of the libraries also
include non Boost.Build makefiles and/or project files. But all include the
needed files for building with Boost.Build.</p>
<table summary="" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding=
"2">
<table summary="" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td width="40" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFF66"><font
size="6"><b><a name="step2"></a>2</b></font></td>
<td width="40" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFF66">
<font size="6"><b><a name="step2" id="step2"></a>2</b></font></td>
<td>The build system uses <a href=
"../tools/build/jam_src/index.html">Boost.Jam</a>, an extension of
the <a href="http://www.perforce.com/jam/jam.html">Perforce Jam</a>
portable <i>make</i> replacement. The recommended way to get
Boost.Jam if you are using a Boost distribution is to <strong><a
href=
"http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&package_id=72941">
download a prebuilt executable</a></strong> from SourceForge. If a prebuilt
executable is not provided for your platform or you
are using Boost's sources in an unreleased state, it may be neccessary to
"../tools/build/jam_src/index.html">Boost.Jam</a>, an extension of the
<a href="http://www.perforce.com/jam/jam.html">Perforce Jam</a>
portable <i>make</i> replacement. The recommended way to get Boost.Jam
if you are using a Boost distribution is to <strong><a href=
"http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&amp;package_id=72941">
download a prebuilt executable</a></strong> from SourceForge. If a
prebuilt executable is not provided for your platform or you are using
Boost's sources in an unreleased state, it may be neccessary to
<a href="../tools/build/jam_src/index.html#building_bjam">build
<tt>bjam</tt> from sources</a> included in the Boost source tree. To
install Boost.Jam, copy the <tt>bjam</tt> executable to a location
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<h3><a name="Configuring">Configuring the tools</a></h3>
<h3><a name="Configuring" id="Configuring">Configuring the tools</a></h3>
<p>Before using Boost.Build you will need to configure the compiler tools
you are using. The build system's toolsets are designed to work in either
of two ways:</p>
<ol>
<li>The user sets up all of the environment for each toolset he wants
to use in the normal way. For example, for Microsoft VC++, ...VC98/Bin
or .../VC7/Bin is in the PATH environment variable, VCVARS32.BAT or
VSVARS32.BAT has been invoked, etc. For Metrowerks CodeWarrior,
cwenv.bat or equivalent has been called and ...Other Metrowerks
Tools/Command Line Tools is in the path. Many Unix operating systems
come preconfigured this way and require no user intervention.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li>The user sets up all of the environment for each toolset he wants to
use in the normal way. For example, for Microsoft VC++, ...VC98/Bin or
.../VC7/Bin is in the PATH environment variable, VCVARS32.BAT or
VSVARS32.BAT has been invoked, etc. For Metrowerks CodeWarrior, cwenv.bat
or equivalent has been called and ...Other Metrowerks Tools/Command Line
Tools is in the path. Many Unix operating systems come preconfigured this
way and require no user intervention.<br>
<br></li>
<li>The user doesn't want his environment cluttered with settings or
has nonstandard installations for some of his tools. Instead, he or she
sets variables which point to the toolset installation directories,
either in the command shell environment or on the <code>bjam</code>
command-line. These variables are used by the build system to locate
the tools and invoke the necessary setup. To set the variables on the
<tt>bjam</tt> command-line you use the "<tt>-s</tt>" option. For
example:<br>
<li>The user doesn't want his environment cluttered with settings or has
nonstandard installations for some of his tools. Instead, he or she sets
variables which point to the toolset installation directories, either in
the command shell environment or on the <code>bjam</code> command-line.
These variables are used by the build system to locate the tools and
invoke the necessary setup. To set the variables on the <tt>bjam</tt>
command-line you use the "<tt>-s</tt>" option. For example:<br>
<br>
<tt>bjam "-sGCC_ROOT_DIRECTORY=/usr/local/gcc-3.3.2"</tt><br>
<br>
Some variables, like the toolset <tt>TOOLS</tt> variable, can accept
multiple values separated by spaces. Others, like the path above, can
contain spaces. For such circumstances you should use quotes
appropriate for your command interpreter.<br>
</li>
contain spaces. For such circumstances you should use quotes appropriate
for your command interpreter.<br></li>
</ol>
<h3><a name="Tools">Supported Toolsets</a></h3>
<h3><a name="Tools" id="Tools">Supported Toolsets</a></h3>
<table summary="" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding=
"2">
<table summary="" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td width="40" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFF66"><font
size="6"><b><a name="step3"></a>3</b></font></td>
<td width="40" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFF66">
<font size="6"><b><a name="step3" id="step3"></a>3</b></font></td>
<td>The following toolsets are supported by Boost.Build. For
information about <a href="#Configuring">configuring</a> each
toolset, click its name in the leftmost column.</td>
information about <a href="#Configuring">configuring</a> each toolset,
click its name in the leftmost column.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
</table><br>
<table summary="" border="1" cellpadding="5">
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"../tools/build/v1/borland-tools.html"><code>borland</code></a></td>
<td><a href=
"http://www.borland.com/bcppbuilder/freecompiler">Borland</a>
C++</td>
"http://www.borland.com/bcppbuilder/freecompiler">Borland</a> C++</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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<td><a href="http://www.comeaucomputing.com">Comeau C++</a> compiler
front-end for Windows, using Microsoft <a href=
"http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/">Visual C++</a>as a
back-end.</td>
"http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/">Visual C++</a>as a back-end.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href=
"../tools/build/v1/cw-tools.html"><code>cw</code></a></td>
<td><a href="../tools/build/v1/cw-tools.html"><code>cw</code></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.metrowerks.com">Metrowerks CodeWarrior</a>
Pro 6.x, 7.x, 8.x, and 9.x command-line tools</td>
<td><a href="http://www.metrowerks.com">Metrowerks CodeWarrior</a> Pro
6.x, 7.x, 8.x, and 9.x command-line tools</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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"../tools/build/v1/darwin-tools.html"><code>darwin</code></a></td>
<td>Apple Darwin OS hosted GNU <a href=
"http://developer.apple.com/tools/compilers.html">GCC</a>.</td>
"http://developer.apple.com/tools/compilers.html">GCC</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href=
"../tools/build/v1/dmc-tools.html"><code>dmc</code></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.digitalmars.com/">Digital Mars C++</a>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href=
"../tools/build/v1/dmc-stlport-tools.html"><code>dmc-stlport</code></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.digitalmars.com/">Digital Mars C++</a>, using
the <a href="http://www.stlport.org">STLport</a> standard library
implementation</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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"../tools/build/v1/intel-linux-tools.html"><code>intel-linux</code></a></td>
<td><a href=
"http://www.intel.com/software/products/compilers/c60l/">Intel C++
for Linux</a></td>
"http://www.intel.com/software/products/compilers/c60l/">Intel C++ for
Linux</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
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<td><a href=
"http://www.intel.com/software/products/compilers/c60/">Intel C++ for
Windows</a> using the Dinkumware standard library in the
Intel-required Microsoft <a href=
"http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/">Visual C++</a> 6 or 7
installation</td>
Windows</a> using the Dinkumware standard library in the Intel-required
Microsoft <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/">Visual C++</a> 6
or 7 installation</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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redistributable objects)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href=
"../tools/build/v1/mingw-stlport-tools.html"><code>mingw-stlport</code></a></td>
<td>GNU GCC and associated tools in <a href=
"http://www.mingw.org">MinGW</a> configuration (produces commercially
redistributable objects), using the <a href=
"http://www.stlport.org">STLport</a> standard library
implementation</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href=
"../tools/build/v1/mipspro-tools.html"><code>mipspro</code></a></td>
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<td><a href=
"../tools/build/v1/tru64cxx-tools.html"><code>tru64cxx</code></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.tru64unix.compaq.com/cplus/">Compaq C++</a>
for Tru64 UNIX (versions prior to 6.5)</td>
<td><a href="http://www.tru64unix.compaq.com/cplus/">Compaq C++</a> for
Tru64 UNIX (versions prior to 6.5)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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"../tools/build/v1/vc7.1-stlport-tools.html"><code>vc7.1-stlport</code></a></td>
<td>Microsoft <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/">Visual
C++</a> command-line tools from Visual Studio .NET 2003 +
STLPort.</td>
C++</a> command-line tools from Visual Studio .NET 2003 + STLPort.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h2><a name="Build_Install"></a>Build and Install</h2>
<h2><a name="Build_Install" id="Build_Install"></a>Build and Install</h2>
<p>The common build and install process is driven by the top-level build
file (<a href="../Jamfile">Jamfile</a>).</p>
<table summary="" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding=
"2">
<table summary="" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td width="40" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFF66"><font
size="6"><b><a name="step4"></a>4</b></font></td>
<td width="40" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFF66">
<font size="6"><b><a name="step4" id="step4"></a>4</b></font></td>
<td>
<p>First you need to change to the directory where you have the
Boost distribution you downloaded. For example:</p>
<p>First you need to change to the directory where you have the Boost
distribution you downloaded. For example:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><code>chdir&nbsp;boost-1.31.0</code></p>
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</tr>
</table>
<p>The default build and install attempts to build all available
libraries and install to default locations the libraries and Boost header
files. On Unix systems the default install location is
"<tt>/usr/local</tt>", and on Windows systems the default is
"<tt>C:\Boost</tt>". Within those directories libraries are installed to
the "<tt>lib</tt>" subdirectory, and headers to an
"<tt>include/boost-1_31</tt>" subdirectory, the version will reflect the
distribution you are installing.</p>
<p>The default build and install attempts to build all available libraries
and install to default locations the libraries and Boost header files. On
Unix systems the default install location is "<tt>/usr/local</tt>", and on
Windows systems the default is "<tt>C:\Boost</tt>". Within those
directories libraries are installed to the "<tt>lib</tt>" subdirectory, and
headers to an "<tt>include/boost-1_31</tt>" subdirectory, the version will
reflect the distribution you are installing.</p>
<table summary="" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding=
"2">
<table summary="" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td width="40" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFF66"><font
size="6"><b><a name="step5"></a>5</b></font></td>
<td width="40" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFF66">
<font size="6"><b><a name="step5" id="step5"></a>5</b></font></td>
<td>
Invoke the build system, specifying the <a href=
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<p><code>bjam&nbsp;"-sTOOLS=gcc" install</code></p>
</blockquote>
<p>Or if you are interested only in the built libraries you can
have them built and collected to a common directory without
<p>Or if you are interested only in the built libraries you can have
them built and collected to a common directory without
installation.</p>
<blockquote>
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</tr>
</table>
<p>The build and install system can be controlled through a set of
options similar in style to GNU configure options. The options allow you
to, among other things, change the install location, disable building of
libraries, etc. You can see a summary of the available options by
invoking "<tt>bjam --help</tt>". The full invocation takes the form:</p>
<p>The build and install system can be controlled through a set of options
similar in style to GNU configure options. The options allow you to, among
other things, change the install location, disable building of libraries,
etc. You can see a summary of the available options by invoking "<tt>bjam
--help</tt>". The full invocation takes the form:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><code>bjam&nbsp;[<i>options</i>...] [install|stage]</code></p>
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<td nowrap align="left" valign="top"><i>none</i></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Only builds the Boost libraries. This
lets you do the first part of what the <tt>install</tt> action
normally does without copying the built libraries to the install
location.</td>
lets you do the first part of what the <tt>install</tt> action normally
does without copying the built libraries to the install location.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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<tr>
<td nowrap align="left" valign="top"><tt>--help</tt></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Shows a short summary of the options
and syntax of the command.</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Shows a short summary of the options and
syntax of the command.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
@ -674,8 +677,8 @@
<td nowrap align="left" valign="top"><tt>--builddir=DIR</tt></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Build in this location instead of
building within the distribution tree. This moves where the sources
for the libraries are compiled to before they are installed.
building within the distribution tree. This moves where the sources for
the libraries are compiled to before they are installed.
Recommended!</td>
</tr>
@ -699,10 +702,9 @@
<td nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<tt>--with-&lt;<i>library</i>&gt;</tt></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Build, stage, or install the
specified library. This changes the default from trying to
build all possible libraries, to only building the speicfied
libraries.</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Build, stage, or install the specified
library. This changes the default from trying to build all possible
libraries, to only building the speicfied libraries.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
@ -710,9 +712,9 @@
<tt>--with-python-root[=PYTHON_ROOT]</tt></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Build Boost.Python libraries with the
Python devel packages located at <tt>PYTHON_ROOT</tt>. The
Boost.Python libraries are built only if the build can find the
Python development package at this location.<br>
Python devel packages located at <tt>PYTHON_ROOT</tt>. The Boost.Python
libraries are built only if the build can find the Python development
package at this location.<br>
Default; <tt>C:\tools\python</tt> on Win32.<br>
Default; <tt>/usr/local</tt> on Unix, Linux, etc.<br>
Default; <tt>/usr</tt> on Cygwin.</td>
@ -734,13 +736,13 @@
options perhaps the most imporant is "<tt>-s<a href=
"../tools/build/v1/build_system.htm#build">BUILD</a>=&lt;features/variants&gt;</tt>"
which lets you override what is built by default. The
"<tt>&lt;features/variants&gt;</tt>" value is a list, separated by
spaces, of build requests. Features take the form of a tag and a value or
values. And variants are single symbolic names for a collection of
features. For example the default is to request "<tt>debug release
&lt;runtime-link&gt;static/dynamic &lt;threading&gt;single/multi</tt>",
in which "<tt>debug</tt>" and "<tt>release</tt>" are variants, and the
rest features with two values each.</p>
"<tt>&lt;features/variants&gt;</tt>" value is a list, separated by spaces,
of build requests. Features take the form of a tag and a value or values.
And variants are single symbolic names for a collection of features. For
example the default is to request "<tt>debug release
&lt;runtime-link&gt;static/dynamic &lt;threading&gt;single/multi</tt>", in
which "<tt>debug</tt>" and "<tt>release</tt>" are variants, and the rest
features with two values each.</p>
<p>If you have some feedback about the build and install process please
drop us a line at the <a href="mailing_lists.htm#jamboost">Boost.Build
@ -748,14 +750,14 @@
platform and if it there is anything that you feel could be done
better.</p>
<h2><a name="Results"></a>Results</h2>
<h2><a name="Results" id="Results"></a>Results</h2>
<p>The results of building come in to forms: static libraries, and
dynamic libraries. Depending on the platform the libraries produced have
different names to accommodate the platform requirements. For a single
Boost library the build with the default will produce eight different
libraries. For example building the Boost.Datetime library on Unix type
system it would produce:</p>
<p>The results of building come in to forms: static libraries, and dynamic
libraries. Depending on the platform the libraries produced have different
names to accommodate the platform requirements. For a single Boost library
the build with the default will produce eight different libraries. For
example building the Boost.Datetime library on Unix type system it would
produce:</p>
<ol>
<li><tt>libboost_date_time-gcc-d-1_31.so</tt></li>
@ -772,16 +774,14 @@
<li><tt>libboost_date_time-gcc-1_31.a</tt></li>
<li><tt>libboost_date_time-gcc-mt-1_31.a</tt><br>
</li>
<li><tt>libboost_date_time-gcc-mt-1_31.a</tt><br></li>
</ol>
<table summary="" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width=
"100%">
<table summary="" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td colspan="11">
<table summary="" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
bgcolor="#CCCCCC">
<table summary="" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" bgcolor=
"#CCCCCC">
<tr>
<th>&middot; Library Prefix</th>
</tr>
@ -809,8 +809,8 @@
"+1">boost_date_time</font></tt></td>
<td colspan="10">
<table summary="" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
bgcolor="#CCCCCC">
<table summary="" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" bgcolor=
"#CCCCCC">
<tr>
<th>&middot; Toolset</th>
</tr>
@ -835,15 +835,13 @@
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="4" valign="bottom"><tt><font size=
"+1">-</font></tt></td>
<td rowspan="4" valign="bottom"><tt><font size="+1">-</font></tt></td>
<td rowspan="4" valign="bottom"><tt><font size=
"+1">mt</font></tt></td>
<td rowspan="4" valign="bottom"><tt><font size="+1">mt</font></tt></td>
<td colspan="6">
<table summary="" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
bgcolor="#CCCCCC">
<table summary="" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" bgcolor=
"#CCCCCC">
<tr>
<th>&middot; Runtime</th>
</tr>
@ -868,15 +866,14 @@
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2" valign="bottom"><tt><font size=
"+1">-</font></tt></td>
<td rowspan="2" valign="bottom"><tt><font size="+1">-</font></tt></td>
<td rowspan="2" valign="bottom"><tt><font size=
"+1">1_31</font></tt></td>
<td colspan="2">
<table summary="" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
bgcolor="#CCCCCC">
<table summary="" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" bgcolor=
"#CCCCCC">
<tr>
<th>&middot; Library Type</th>
</tr>
@ -897,8 +894,8 @@
<p>The "lib" prefix on the libraries is a requirement on many platforms,
like Unix, and on others like GCC running on Windows. The prefix is
therefore added to all libraries on Unix type systems, and to static
libraries on Windows. That is on Unix shared libraries and static
libraries (object archives) are named respectively:</p>
libraries on Windows. That is on Unix shared libraries and static libraries
(object archives) are named respectively:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>lib*.so</tt></li>
@ -906,8 +903,8 @@
<li><tt>lib*.a</tt></li>
</ul>
<p>On Windows shared libraries do not have the prefix to differentiate
the import libraries from static libraries. Consequently on Windows the
<p>On Windows shared libraries do not have the prefix to differentiate the
import libraries from static libraries. Consequently on Windows the
libraries are named:</p>
<ul>
@ -926,11 +923,11 @@
<h3>Toolset</h3>
<p>The toolset name is an abbreviation based on the compiler you are
building with. The abbreviation is composed of a short, 2 to 4
characters, tag for the compiler and a version number of the compiler's
major and minor revision (if available). For example if your toolset is
"<tt>gcc-3.2.3</tt>" the toolset tag would be "<tt>gcc32</tt>". The
toolset abbreviations used are as follows:</p>
building with. The abbreviation is composed of a short, 2 to 4 characters,
tag for the compiler and a version number of the compiler's major and minor
revision (if available). For example if your toolset is
"<tt>gcc-3.2.3</tt>" the toolset tag would be "<tt>gcc32</tt>". The toolset
abbreviations used are as follows:</p>
<table border="1" cellpadding="5" summary="">
<tr>
@ -961,17 +958,9 @@
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href=
"../tools/build/v1/cwpro8-tools.html"><code>cwpro8</code></a></td>
<td><a href="../tools/build/v1/cw-tools.html"><code>cw</code></a></td>
<td><tt>cw8</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code><a href="../tools/build/v1/cwpro9-tools.html">cwpro</a><a
href="../tools/build/v1/cwpro8-tools.html">9</a></code></td>
<td><tt><code>cw</code></tt><code>9</code></td>
<td><tt>cw</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
@ -981,6 +970,20 @@
<td><tt>osx</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href=
"../tools/build/v1/dmc-tools.html"><code>dmc</code></a></td>
<td><tt>dmc</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href=
"../tools/build/v1/dmc-stlport-tools.html"><code>dmc-stlport</code></a></td>
<td><tt>dmc</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href=
"../tools/build/v1/edg-tools.html"><code>edg</code></a></td>
@ -1039,14 +1042,14 @@
<tr>
<td><a href=
"../tools/build/v1/metrowerks-tools.html"><code>metrowerks</code></a></td>
"../tools/build/v1/mingw-tools.html"><code>mingw</code></a></td>
<td><tt>cw</tt></td>
<td><tt>mgw</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href=
"../tools/build/v1/mingw-tools.html"><code>mingw</code></a></td>
"../tools/build/v1/mingw-stlport-tools.html"><code>mingw-stlport</code></a></td>
<td><tt>mgw</tt></td>
</tr>
@ -1107,6 +1110,13 @@
<td><tt>vc</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href=
"../tools/build/v1/vc7-stlport-tools.html"><code>vc7-stlport</code></a></td>
<td><tt>vc</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href=
"../tools/build/v1/vc7.1-tools.html"><code>vc7.1</code></a></td>
@ -1114,6 +1124,13 @@
<td><tt>vc</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href=
"../tools/build/v1/vc7.1-stlport-tools.html"><code>vc7.1-stlport</code></a></td>
<td><tt>vc</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Others</td>
@ -1123,16 +1140,16 @@
<h3>Threading</h3>
<p>This tag indicates if the library is compiled with threading support.
If threading is enabled "<tt>-mt</tt>" is added, otherwise nothing is
<p>This tag indicates if the library is compiled with threading support. If
threading is enabled "<tt>-mt</tt>" is added, otherwise nothing is
added.</p>
<h3>Runtime</h3>
<p>This specifies the type of runtime the library was compiled against,
and the type of code that is compiled. More commonly this encodes the ABI
variation used in the code. For each feature of the runtime system and
code compilation option a single letter is added to this tag.</p>
<p>This specifies the type of runtime the library was compiled against, and
the type of code that is compiled. More commonly this encodes the ABI
variation used in the code. For each feature of the runtime system and code
compilation option a single letter is added to this tag.</p>
<table border="1" cellpadding="5" summary="">
<tr>
@ -1187,52 +1204,50 @@
<p>This is the short label for the version of the Boost Libraries. The
major and minor version numbers are taken together separated by an
underscore. For example version 1.31.0 would be tagged as
"<tt>-1_31</tt>". The patch version number is not included because it is
assumed that patch versions are upward compatible.</p>
underscore. For example version 1.31.0 would be tagged as "<tt>-1_31</tt>".
The patch version number is not included because it is assumed that patch
versions are upward compatible.</p>
<h3>Library Type</h3>
<p>The extension holds the type of library. This follows the platform
requirements. On Windows this is "<tt>.dll</tt>" for shared libraries,
and "<tt>.lib</tt>" for static libraries including import libraries. On
Unix this is ".a" for static libraries (archives), and ".so" for shared
libraries. For toolsets that support it in Unix they will also have a
full version extension (for example "<tt>.so.1.31.0</tt>") with a
symbolic link for the un-versioned library.</p>
requirements. On Windows this is "<tt>.dll</tt>" for shared libraries, and
"<tt>.lib</tt>" for static libraries including import libraries. On Unix
this is ".a" for static libraries (archives), and ".so" for shared
libraries. For toolsets that support it in Unix they will also have a full
version extension (for example "<tt>.so.1.31.0</tt>") with a symbolic link
for the un-versioned library.</p>
<h2><a name="Additional_Steps"></a>Additional Steps</h2>
<h2><a name="Additional_Steps" id="Additional_Steps"></a>Additional
Steps</h2>
<p>Depending on your platform and configuration you may need to perform
some additional configuration to get Boost to build and install.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="../libs/config/config.htm#configuring">Configure the boost
source code</a>. This step should not be required on the vast majority
of platforms, but if you're trying to build Boost on an untested or
source code</a>. This step should not be required on the vast majority of
platforms, but if you're trying to build Boost on an untested or
unsupported platform it may be necessary.<br>
<br>
</li>
<br></li>
<li>If Boost.Build has problems detecting your Python installation it
will print a short messages about how to configure for finding the
Python installation. For more information, see these detailed <a href=
will print a short messages about how to configure for finding the Python
installation. For more information, see these detailed <a href=
"../libs/python/doc/building.html#building">instructions</a>.</li>
</ul>
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July, 2004
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<p>Copyright &copy; Rene Rivera 2003.<br>
Copyright &copy; Jens Maurer 2001.</p>
<p><small>Use, modification, and distribution are subject to the Boost
Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file <a href=
"../LICENSE_1_0.txt">LICENSE_1_0.txt</a> or copy at <a href=
<p><small>Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See
accompanying file <a href="../LICENSE_1_0.txt">LICENSE_1_0.txt</a> or copy
at <a href=
"http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt">www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>)</small></p>
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