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==What is it?== ==What is it?==
-A very useful C++ standards package. www.boost.org+A very useful C++ standards package. See http://www.boost.org
==Installing== ==Installing==
===Linux=== ===Linux===
-All modern distributions have a Boost-libraries package+All modern distributions have a Boost-libraries package, via rpm on Fedora/RedHat, etc.
===Windows=== ===Windows===
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Problems: serialization and program options do not build Problems: serialization and program options do not build
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 +===Mac OSX===
 +Not officially supported, but please see [[TPP:Installing_on_Mac_OSX#boost_libraries]]
==Using Boost== ==Using Boost==
 +
 +===Windows===
 +'''Make sure that you are working with the correct MSVC toolchain!''' For example, for Visual Studio 2005, set environmental varibles in a cmd.exe shell with
 + C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\vcvars32.bat
 +
 +In a source file,
 + #include "boost/someheader.hpp"
 +From a command line,
 +
 +compiling:
 + cl.exe /I "C:\Boost\include\boost-1_33_1" ...
 +
 +linking '''(FIX THIS)''':
 + link.exe /LIBPATH "C:\Boost\lib"

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What is it?

A very useful C++ standards package. See http://www.boost.org

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Installing

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Linux

All modern distributions have a Boost-libraries package, via rpm on Fedora/RedHat, etc.

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Windows

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Static vs Dynamic Libraries

see http://www.boost.org/more/getting_started.html#Build_Install :

Download boost-jam (ex: uncompress to C:\boost-jam\boost-jam-3.1.13-1-ntx86)

Download boost source (ex: uncompress to C:\boost-src\boost_1_33_1)

By default, installation is C:\Boost\include and C:\Boost\lib


  • *.dll Dynamic library version.
  • *.lib Import library for the dll.
  • lib*.lib Static library version.


open windows shell (not a cygwin shell): Start->Run... "cmd.exe"

from top-level source directory (dir containing "boost-build.jam" file), run: 

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\vcvars32.bat
C:\boost-jam\boost-jam-3.1.13-1-ntx86\bjam.exe "-sTOOLS=xxxxx" install

Where "xxxxx" is vc-8_0 for Studio 2005 or msvc for VC6.

Note, this takes a *very* long time.

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Visual Studio 2005

see http://www.boost.org/tools/build/v1/vc-8_0-tools.html regarding disabling "deprecated" warnings when using the boost libraries.


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Visual Studio 6

Problems: serialization and program options do not build


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Mac OSX

Not officially supported, but please see TPP:Installing_on_Mac_OSX#boost_libraries

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Using Boost

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Windows

Make sure that you are working with the correct MSVC toolchain! For example, for Visual Studio 2005, set environmental varibles in a cmd.exe shell with 

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\vcvars32.bat

In a source file, 

#include "boost/someheader.hpp"

From a command line,

compiling: 

cl.exe /I "C:\Boost\include\boost-1_33_1" ...

linking (FIX THIS): 

link.exe /LIBPATH "C:\Boost\lib"
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