on Wed Mar 28 2007, "Kelly Burkhart"
Greetings, I have downloaded the latest RC from cvs and am trying to build on Linux and Windows without success. Could someone nudge me in the right direction?
On Linux (SuSE 10.1 x86-64), I've done this:
cd ~/downloads/boost/rc_1_34_0_nearing_release cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@boost.cvs.sf.net:/cvsroot/boost login cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@boost.cvs.sf.net:/cvsroot/boost co -rRC_1_34_0 -P boost cd boost cd tools/jam/src/ . ./build.sh cd ../../../
I then created a user-config.jam file that looks like this:
# Compiler configuration using gcc : : : <compileflags>-DBOOST_SIGNALS_NAMESPACE=tb_signals ;
# Python configuration using python : 2.4 : /usr ;
Looks OK, but it's better to pass a command that invokes your python interpreter in the 3rd argument instead of /usr.
Why is python not found? I've used the following 'using python' lines in user-config.jam without success:
using python ; using python : 2.4 ; using python : 2.4 : /usr ; using python : 2.4 : /usr/bin/python ;
Pass --debug-configuration to bjam and look at the [python-cfg] lines.
Similar steps on Windows (VS.net 2003), user-config.jam looks like this:
# Compiler configuration using msvc : : : <compileflags>-DBOOST_SIGNALS_NAMESPACE=tb_signals ;
# Python configuration using python : 2.5 : c:\python25 ;
You need to escape your backslashes.
I've also tried:
using python : 2.5 : c:\python25\python.exe ;
Build command:
C:\...>tools\jam\src\bin.ntx86\bjam.exe --build-dir=..\boost_build --prefix=c:\Boost Warning: "using python" expects a two part (major, minor) version number; got Python25 instead
This makes it look like you didn't accurately copy your "using python" line above.
warning: No working Python interpreter found. warning: falling back to "python" Warning: "using python" expects a two part (major, minor) version number; got 0 instead Building Boost.Regex with the optional Unicode/ICU support disabled. Please refer to the Boost.Regex documentation for more information (don't panic: this is a strictly optional feature). ^C
I'm sure there is some trivial thing I'm not doing correctly, however I'm not able to see it in the getting started pages. Is there some building_boost_for_non_bjam_gurus.html file that I'm not seeing?
The instructions for building Boost.Python with BBv2 are still being written. Thanks for your patience. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com Don't Miss BoostCon 2007! ==> http://www.boostcon.com