Installing Boost to VC++ 2005

[CPettsson]

Hello all
I've been trying for the last two days to install Boost to Visual C++
2005 Express Edition. I followed the instructions on the site
(http://www.boost.org/more/getting_started.html), other helps I found
by google:ing and reading around in newsgroups. I think I'm doing it
the right way, but it still won't work completely.
All the headers seem to install properly, but only some libs. For
instance, the date_time works, I can compile and run the examples on
the official page. But the threading, which is why I downloaded boost
in the first place isn't installed. I get the error "LINK : fatal error
LNK1104: cannot open file 'libboost_thread-vc80-mt-gd-1_33_1.lib'" when
I try to compile. And the file isn't in the libs directory, and nothing
with a similar name either.
Last install was performed with

bjam "-sVC80_ROOT=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC" -sTOOLS=vc-8_0 install

The report afterwards did report there were failed targets, but did not
specify.

Any tips on what to do? I'm running this on WinXP Professional (SP2),
the version of boost is 1.33.1.

Thank you

 

[kwikius]

Any tips on what to do? I'm running this on WinXP Professional (SP2),
the version of boost is 1.33.1.

You will get more help on the boost users list. Linked from
http://www.boost.org FWIW.

Anyway meanwhile Try going to this link:

http://www.boost-consulting.com/download.html

Its the pukka boost installer for Windows.

Hit the installer and run it.
That will provide a selection of options of what to install. They are
already in binary form. If you already have the boost distro, then
deselect it even though its says its required. In fact deselect
everything you dont need. I would deselect everything except the
threads libs FWIW to start with as you can always run it again. The
reason is that downloading everything may take a very long time and I
mean hours.

Hopefully it should be quite easy from there, but if you do get
problems, as I said, its probably best to ask on the boost users list.

BTW, anyone not running Windows with VC7.1 or VC8.0, you're out of
luck.

hope that helps.

regards
Andy Little

 

[Calle Pettersson]

You will get more help on the boost users list. Linked from
http://www.boost.org FWIW.

I tried that first, said I needed to be an group admin to post, as it
was announcement only. Might have missed something though.

Anyway meanwhile Try going to this link:

http://www.boost-consulting.com/download.html

Thanks, I'm getting it ATM, hopefully it will work

 

[Calle Pettersson]

It did indeed, thanks for the link!
Wonder why they won't link to that from the official page...

 

[kwikius]

It did indeed, thanks for the link!
Wonder why they won't link to that from the official page...

Boost has various mailing lists. The one you want is the boost users
list:

http://www.boost.org/more/mailing_lists.htm#users

You would need to subscribe.

Perhaps you could ask there ... ;-)

regrads
Andy Little