"John Christopher" <jcxxr@yahoo.com> writes:
Hello, That's a nice installation guide. Since you are targeting beginners, I would add two sections: 1. uninstall Boost. If it is easy to clean up, more people may be tempted to give it a try.
Hm. It's easy to explain how to clean up unless you use special options like --libdir and --includedir. I'm not sure I know how to give those instructions in a way that doesn't complicate the document. I think that's a whole 'nother page.
2. upgrade from an older version. Also, beginners may wonder if it is possible to have different versions of Boost on the same system.
Well, it is, but that's not a very beginnerish thing to want to do, is it? Also, I normally take "upgrading" to mean replacing an earlier version with a later one. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com