Hello, I want to build version 1_38_0, but I can't progress due to missing build-documentation. I need to use bjam (due to special demands on the build), and my platform is Linux. Apparently besides this little bit of information at http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_38_0/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html there is nothing available? (Even to get there is not obvious --- you need to click on "microsoft install" first, in order to find a further link to Linux/Unix install?) So well, I invoke "bjam --help": Usage says bjam [options] [properties] [install|stage] where under "properties" we find Properties: toolset=toolset Indicates the toolset to build with. variant=debug|release Select the build variant link=static|shared Whether to build static or shared libraries threading=single|multi Whether to build single or multithreaded binaries runtime-link=static|shared Whether to link to static or shared C and C++ runtime. What's the syntax here?? "--toolset=gcc", as one finds it on that webpage above, or "toolset=gcc", as that information seems to suggest (since for the options the "--" is mentioned)?? Unfortunately, it seems that, different from all other build systems I'm aware of, bjam doesn't print out a summary of what it will be doing. I tried many variations of syntax, but apparently it never worked out. There is an option which is potentially relevant, "--build-type", but again I don't know what are the possible parameters for that --- since there are no examples, I don't know how to read the cryptic listing (syntax-wise). What I need to achieve is simple: 1) I need to specify a locally installed gcc toolset: Past installations suggested to use the options --toolset=gcc-4.1.2 --toolset-root=PATH-TO-LOCAL-INSTALLATION --"-sGCC_ROOT_DIRECTORY=PATH-TO-LOCAL-INSTALLATION" I can't find any information on that topic. 2) I need a local installation of boost; that works out: --prefix=XXX --build-dir=YYY no problem here. 3) No python; this seems also unproblematic (but apparently it vanished from the documentation?) --without-python 4) Only simple names for the built libraries; this seems also to work with --layout=system 5) No multi-threading: Don't know how to achieve this: Somehow "threading=single" seems to be needed here, but I don't know how to specify it (whatever I do, I always end up with libraries with the "mt"-ending). Glad for any help. Oliver