Install boost under WINDOWS

The boost library is a portable, source-code C + + library that is backed up as a standard library and is one of the development engines of the C + + standardization process. The boost library is sponsored by the C + + Standards Committee Library team, and some of them are expected to become the next generation C + + standard library content. In the C + + community is very influential, is the absolute "quasi" standard library. Boost due to its emphasis on cross-platform, the emphasis on standard C + + is independent of the authoring platform. Most of the boost library features need to include only the corresponding header files, and a few (such as regular expression libraries, file system libraries, etc.) require a link library. But there are a lot of things that are experimental in boost, and they need to be cautious in practical development.

Method/Step

2. 1

   Current boost latest version is 1.55,:

   http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.55.0/

   or download the latest version of Boost source from the official website (www.boost.org).

   After testing, the steps 2012 and 2013 are the same, with 2012 as an example.

4. 2

   1. Open VS2012 Native Tools Command, which you can find from the beginning--microsoft Visual Studio 2012:

6. 3

   Unzip the downloaded boost_1_55_0.zip on the F-drive, e.g. F:\BOOST_1_53_0

   Execute Bootstrap.bat, as shown in the Green box:

7. 4

   Compile, you can simply use the B2 install, you can also specify a directory, or find other online help articles.

   View Help can be entered as:. \B2--help

   For example, to turn on multithreaded compilation: B2 Install Threading=multi

   The settings are generated by debug or release

   Note: If you are using VS2013, specify the output library type, or you will be missing a Lib file:

   "Unable to open file Libboost_thread_vc120_mt_sgd-1_55.lib".

   At 2013, I was compiling with the following statement:

   If you want to get a dynamic library:

   Bjam Install stage--toolset=msvc-12.0--stagedir= "C:\Boost\boost_vc_120" link=shared runtime-link=shared threading= Multi Debug release

   If you are getting a static library:

   Bjam Install stage--toolset=msvc-12.0--stagedir= "C:\Boost\boost_vc_120" link=static runtime-link=static threading= Multi Debug release

   Note that change--toolset=msvc-12.0, change 12.0 to the corresponding VS version number, 12.0 is the VS2013 version number.

   The destination address should also be changed to what you need.

   Note, do not miss the install, it will help you to set the head file into a folder.

   The compilation process has a copy process, the compilation takes a long time, this compilation process, the C packing directory will generate a boost folder, and then include the Include and Lib folders, which is the header and library files we will use.

9. 5

   After compiling, we will use the files compiled in the C drive. I copied them to the F drive,

   Three files are: 1) The Boost header files and library files that will be used.   2) Extract the Boost folder, is to use this folder for 1-3 steps. 3) Boosttest test project.

   Requires a simple configuration of two places:

   The absolute path is used here, and the environment can be configured to use it.

11. 6

    Then an engineering test was established. To create a new console application in Boosttest, three files are:

    1) The Boost header files and library files that will be used.   2) Extract the Boost folder, is to use this folder for 1-3 steps. 3) Boosttest test project.

    #include <iostream>

    #include <boost/thread/thread.hpp>

    void Hello ()

    {

    Std::cout << "Hello World, I ' m a thread!" << Std::endl;

    }

    int main ()

    {

    Boost::thread thrd (&hello);

    Thrd.join ();

    }

    Compile the test project and run it and start the boost journey.

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Install boost under WINDOWS