Installing the Boost library (Windows)

1. Download

Official website: http://www.boost.org/

Home: https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/

Current Latest Version: V1.61.0

2. Compiling

First, generate the Bjam and B2 tools.

The library file is then generated for different versions of MSVC.

Name	VS version
msvc-6.0	VS6.0
msvc-7.0	VS2003
msvc-8.0	VS2005
msvc-9.0	VS2008
msvc-10.0	VS2010

VS2005:

Bjam stage--toolset=msvc-8.0 --without-graph--without-graph_parallel--without-math--without-mpi-- Without-python--without-serialization--without-wave--stagedir="C:\boost\bin\vc8" Link=static runtime-link=shared runtime-link=static threading=multi Debug Release

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VS2010:

Bjam stage--toolset=msvc-10.0 --without-graph--without-graph_parallel--without-math--without-mpi-- Without-python--without-serialization--without-wave--stagedir="C:\boost\bin\vc10" Link=static runtime-link=shared runtime-link=static threading=multi Debug Release

3. Use

(1) header file

Copy C:\boost_1_61_0\boost folder to C:\boost

(2) IDE settings

A. header file reference

Project->properties->configuration properties->c/c++->general

Additional Include Directories: Add root directory in (1).

B. Library Links

Project->properties->configuration properties->linker->general

Additional Library Directories: Adding the Build repository directory

Reference Documentation:

1. Builtin Tools

Http://www.boost.org/build/doc/html/bbv2/reference/tools.html#bbv2.reference.tools.compiler.msvc

2. Boost download Install compile Configuration Usage guide (including Windows, Linux, and arm Linux)

Http://www.cnblogs.com/wondering/archive/2009/05/21/boost_setup.html

Installing the Boost library (Windows)