Hi, I am new to Boost C++, and want to install it to use Semantic Search engine. I am trying to run "make" but it gives me error when i run make. Please guid eme through this . I am using Cygwin,win XP. Following are the steps I performed. $ tar --bzip2 -xf /path/to/boost_1_34_1.tar.bz2 $ ./configure Building Boost.Jam with toolset gcc... tools/jam/src/bin.cygwinx86/bjam Detecting Python version... 2.5 Detecting Python root... /usr Unicode/ICU support for Boost.Regex?... not found. Backing up existing Boost.Build configuration in user-config.jam.4 Generating Boost.Build configuration in user-config.jam... Generating Makefile... $ make MAKE Version 2.0 Copyright (c) 1987, 1988 Borland International Error makefile 28: Command syntax error Available memory 547555 bytes *** 1 errors in compile *** The content of the Makefile is as follow: BJAM=./tools/jam/src/bin.cygwinx86/bjam BJAM_CONFIG= PREFIX=/usr/local EPREFIX=/usr/local LIBDIR=/usr/local/lib INCLUDEDIR=/usr/local/include LIBS= all: .dummy @echo "$(BJAM) $(BJAM_CONFIG) --user-config=user-config.jam $(LIBS)" @$(BJAM) $(BJAM_CONFIG) --user-config=user-config.jam $(LIBS) || \ echo "Not all Boost libraries built properly." clean: .dummy rm -rf bin.v2 distclean: clean rm -rf Makefile config.log check: .dummy @cd status && ../$(BJAM) $(BJAM_CONFIG) --user-config=../user-config.jam || echo "Some Boost regression tests failed. This is normal for many compilers." install: .dummy @echo "$(BJAM) $(BJAM_CONFIG) --user-config=user-config.jam--prefix=$(PREFIX) --exec-prefix=$(EPREFIX) --libdir=$(LIBDIR) --includedir=$(INCLUDEDIR) $(LIBS) install" @$(BJAM) $(BJAM_CONFIG) --user-config= user-config.jam --prefix=$(PREFIX) --exec-prefix=$(EPREFIX) --libdir=$(LIBDIR) --includedir=$(INCLUDEDIR) $(LIBS) install || echo "Not all Boost libraries built properly." .dummy: Regards, Suhas Majale