BoostPro (or any) installer for v1.48.0 on Windows 7/Visual Studio C++ 2010?
I'm new to the Boost libraries and becoming reacquainted with C++ after many years of using other languages. As recommended in section 5.1 of the "Getting Started on Windows", I visited the BoostPro website to find a Windows 7 installer for v1.48.0 to use with VS C++ 2010. In response to a followup message to BoostPro sales about the lack of an installer for the latest version, I was told: "We don't have an installer at this time, and we are shortly about to remove that section from our website. The Boost build instructions can be found here ..." Will there be no more Windows binary installers for the libraries or did I misunderstand? - wjohnson
On Sunday, December 18, 2011 11:53 PM, Wayne Johnson wrote:
I'm new to the Boost libraries and becoming reacquainted with C++ after many years of using other languages. As recommended in section 5.1 of the "Getting Started on Windows", I visited the BoostPro website to find a Windows 7 installer for v1.48.0 to use with VS C++ 2010. In response to a followup message to BoostPro sales about the lack of an installer for the latest version, I was told:
"We don't have an installer at this time, and we are shortly about to remove that section from our website. The Boost build instructions can be found here ..."
Will there be no more Windows binary installers for the libraries or did I misunderstand?
I can't speak for binary installers, but I have found the libraries easy enough to compile myself. For reference, I have attached the batch file I use to build the libraries. Look through the options at the top of the batch file before copying it into your boost source and running it. You will almost certainly want to change some of them for your system. Please note it is not necessary to use a "visual studio command prompt". An ordinary one will do just fine. As I have it configured, it will install the headers, 32-bit libraries and 64-bit libraries to C:\boost. It's probably safest to not put your source distribution in that directory.
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Andrew Holden < aholden@charteroaksystems.com> wrote:
On Sunday, December 18, 2011 11:53 PM, Wayne Johnson wrote:
I'm new to the Boost libraries and becoming reacquainted with C++ after many years of using other languages. As recommended in section 5.1 of the "Getting Started on Windows", I visited the BoostPro website to find a Windows 7 installer for v1.48.0 to use with VS C++ 2010. In response to a followup message to BoostPro sales about the lack of an installer for the latest version, I was told:
"We don't have an installer at this time, and we are shortly about to remove that section from our website. The Boost build instructions can be found here ..."
Will there be no more Windows binary installers for the libraries or did I misunderstand?
I can't speak for binary installers, but I have found the libraries easy enough to compile myself. For reference, I have attached the batch file I use to build the libraries. Look through the options at the top of the batch file before copying it into your boost source and running it. You will almost certainly want to change some of them for your system. Please note it is not necessary to use a "visual studio command prompt". An ordinary one will do just fine.
As I have it configured, it will install the headers, 32-bit libraries and 64-bit libraries to C:\boost. It's probably safest to not put your source distribution in that directory.
I can also attest to the fact that the boost build process is not that terrible. I even went to the extent during one contractual stint of capturing the build process in a NAnt script which automatically cleaned the required dirs and performed the rebuild on an ad-hoc or as needed basis. Can be intimidating at first, but not once you've done it a couple of times. With this approach, I organized my boost download as a boost.zip file; note, sans the version number, for internal versioning purposes, and let the NAnt build process extract the files to a dir alongside the boost dir. This was all in the context of my Subversion project and CI environment as a whole. Anywho, this is my two cents for what it's worth. God bless and Godspeed to you. _______________________________________________
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On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Michael Powell
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Andrew Holden < aholden@charteroaksystems.com> wrote:
On Sunday, December 18, 2011 11:53 PM, Wayne Johnson wrote:
I'm new to the Boost libraries and becoming reacquainted with C++ after many years of using other languages. As recommended in section 5.1 of the "Getting Started on Windows", I visited the BoostPro website to find a Windows 7 installer for v1.48.0 to use with VS C++ 2010. In response to a followup message to BoostPro sales about the lack of an installer for the latest version, I was told:
"We don't have an installer at this time, and we are shortly about to remove that section from our website. The Boost build instructions can be found here ..."
Will there be no more Windows binary installers for the libraries or did I misunderstand?
I can't speak for binary installers, but I have found the libraries easy enough to compile myself. For reference, I have attached the batch file I use to build the libraries. Look through the options at the top of the batch file before copying it into your boost source and running it. You will almost certainly want to change some of them for your system. Please note it is not necessary to use a "visual studio command prompt". An ordinary one will do just fine.
As I have it configured, it will install the headers, 32-bit libraries and 64-bit libraries to C:\boost. It's probably safest to not put your source distribution in that directory.
I can also attest to the fact that the boost build process is not that terrible. I even went to the extent during one contractual stint of capturing the build process in a NAnt script which automatically cleaned the required dirs and performed the rebuild on an ad-hoc or as needed basis. Can be intimidating at first, but not once you've done it a couple of times. With this approach, I organized my boost download as a boost.zip file; note, sans the version number, for internal versioning purposes, and let the NAnt build process extract the files to a dir alongside the boost dir. This was all in the context of my Subversion project and CI environment as a whole.
Anywho, this is my two cents for what it's worth.
God bless and Godspeed to you.
Oh yeah, one other note; the only thing is rebuilding takes time. So does installing, I expect, but as long as the boost.zip image is stable, or you aren't chasing versions that frequently, it shouldn't be too terrible. I clocked it once and it was fairly consistent with a full build in about 90 minutes or so, which we did every couple of days as a health build, and periodically upon Subversion changes. So first time out or so, go get a cup of coffee, or two, or three, maybe watch a short film (almost literally), as the instructions suggest. Make a provision for updating versions for your project and/or management leadership, and you'll be just fine.
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