Timing of BoostPro 1.38 Installer?
Does anybody happen to know when an installer will be available for Boost 1.38? Thanks, Scott
Hi Scott,
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:28 AM, Scott Meyers
Does anybody happen to know when an installer will be available for Boost 1.38?
IIRC, there is (and was never) no such thing as an installer. Most libs are header-only. About 9 libs or so have to be build (via jam). I did this successfully with VC++2005. Did you have and problems building boost ? bjam is not the best choice, I agree. AFAIK they will migrate towards scons as make system in the long run (though there is also some cmake activity...) BTW. I finally started the architecture analysis of some of the boost libraries ;-) kind regards, Bernhard.
Bernhard Merkle wrote:
IIRC, there is (and was never) no such thing as an installer. Most libs are header-only. About 9 libs or so have to be build (via jam). I did this successfully with VC++2005.
BoostPro Consulting offers an installer for Windows ( http://www.boostpro.com/products/free ) that tends to lag the official releases by some time. I've built Boost under Windows before, but sometimes I've had trouble (especially when I've wanted to build only parts of it), so I figured that this time maybe I'd wait for the installer and do things the lazy way :-)
BTW. I finally started the architecture analysis of some of the boost libraries ;-)
I'm sure I'm not the only one who looks forward to hearing your results :-) Scott
[...] especially when I've wanted to build only parts of it [...]
A few posts ago there was a reference to the tool: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_38_0/tools/bcp/bcp.html This might be of help to you. I don't know if bcp needs to be build with boost or is written in python (or any other interpreted language), so that you can start using it from the scratch. With Kind Regards, Ovanes
Quoting Scott Meyers
Bernhard Merkle wrote:
IIRC, there is (and was never) no such thing as an installer. Most libs are header-only. About 9 libs or so have to be build (via jam). I did this successfully with VC++2005.
BoostPro Consulting offers an installer for Windows ( http://www.boostpro.com/products/free ) that tends to lag the official releases by some time. I've built Boost under Windows before, but sometimes I've had trouble (especially when I've wanted to build only parts of it), so I figured that this time maybe I'd wait for the installer and do things the lazy way :-)
Perhaps the Getting Started guide wasn't as good when you tried before as it is now? I've used the installer before and it works very nicely. However, to borrow a phrase, I did feel like I was being given a fish. Soon enough I wanted to use Boost.Python and Boost.MPI, which are not built by default, and I wished I'd been taught how to fish instead. The Getting Started page is pretty good at that these days. Just my 2c, Pete
Perhaps the Getting Started guide wasn't as good when you tried before as it is now?
I've used the installer before and it works very nicely. However, to borrow a phrase, I did feel like I was being given a fish. Soon enough I wanted to use Boost.Python and Boost.MPI, which are not built by default, and I wished I'd been taught how to fish instead. The Getting Started page is pretty good at that these days.
Just my 2c, Pete
I second that. Besides, once you managed to build boost, you can upgrade anytime without waiting for the installer, and more important - you can fine-tune your build. Eg., you can compile release with various optimizations, with or without "secured stl" or /GL switch (msvc) etc. ...
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