"John Maddock" wrote
Take another look at the getting started docs, you can either do an install: the lib files get copied to a location of your choice, or you can do a:
bjam stage
in which case the lib files are collected under boost-path/stage/lib
Clear?
You know, reading the introduction to http://www.boost.org/more/getting_started.html it really isnt very clear to me. Maybe it would help to provide a slightly gentler opening, a bit of preamble and some explanation of where we are and what we are about to do? Maybe something like : **Introduction** Welcome, The Boost distribution comprises numerous high quality C++ libraries and tools. Some libraries in the distribution are designed to be used header only while others are designed to be precompiled as static or dynamically linked libraries. Whichever operating system you are using, the suggested method of configuring the distribution, after it has been downloaded, is to invoke Boost Jam, a front end for the Boost Build system. A Bjam script is included with the distribution which can be used to build the static and dynamic libraries in the distribution and, optionally, copy both the headers and static and dynamically linked libraries into common directories of your choice, where they can be found by your compiler and linker. The following sections are designed to walk you in detail through getting, building, and installing the Boost distribution. 1.. Download Boost. 2.. Install Boost.Jam. 3.. Configure your compiler toolset. 4.. Go to Boost distribution directory. 5.. Build and install. ...etc regards Andy Little