Re: [Boost-users] Getting started with Boost: what did you need to know?

Dear Steve - Glad to hear you are doing this. After many hours, I am still trying to get started with Boost. I have been trying to use Boost serialization. I am working on a linux box. I have followed download and installation directions, rather carefully, I think. After trying unsuccessfully to compile and link my own "Hello, Serialization" program, I downloaded and tried the serialization demo. I have still not been able to link this. I get copious errors complaining of undefined references. A typical one is undefined reference to `boost::archive::basic_text_iprimitive >::basic_text_iprimitive(std::basic_istream&, bool)' I have found several people asking how to fix this problem on the Boost users' group, but have not been able to find instructions anywhere that would solve it. As things now stand, I can't tell whether a) My build is incorrect. b) I am failing to set some environment variable. c) I am failing to link some library or correctly set some compiler flag. Okay, I have whined long enough. What would be helpful would be a) Complete instructions for building Boost. (I worked from the getting started page. It was only after much hacking around that I found another page telling me I needed compiler_status and process_jam_log. b) Instructions on how to tell is your build is complete and correct. c) An example of how to compile and link the demo, either from the command line or via a make file. Hope this is helpful, Michael Shapiro On Monday 30 January 2006 11:57, Steve Byan wrote:

On Jan 30, 2006, at 11:17 AM, David Abrahams wrote:

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What do you wish someone had explained to you?

It would be nice to update the installation documentation to point out that at least the latest distribution includes bjam, so one doesn't need to download it separately, and that the config script in at least the latest distribution will build bjam and create makefiles which will invoke the built bjam executable to build and install Boost.

Regards, -Steve -------- Steve Byan Software Architect Egenera, Inc. 165 Forest Street Marlboro, MA 01752 (508) 858-3125

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