I would like to build boost using two different compilers, MinGW and Visual C++ 2010 Express, using bjam: bjam toolset=gcc,msvc variant=release link=static,shared threading=multi install The pro...

I have to build Boost outside the "usual" directory tree (i.e., /custom/dir instead of /usr), which is not that much of a problem: Just pass --prefix=/custom/path to ./runscript.sh / ./bjam, and th...

I am trying to setup and compile the Hello World example for Boost.Python: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_57_0/libs/python/doc/tutorial/doc/html/python/hello.html I installed bjam, boost, boost-b...

Is there any way to get bjam to build cleanly and consistently? It seems fairly random when it decides to rebuild my libraries and when it decides to simply copy them over from somewhere. I've tri...

This is my project structure: MainFolder - Jamroot.jam - AnotherFolder - libFolder - Jamfile.jam - cpp files I have an #ifdef in one of the cpp files. Example: #ifdef SOMEVALUE Code #end...

I am using Windows 7 64-bit, and want to compile the non-precompiled libraries (specifically, I need Filesystem) from the command line (I do not use MSVC). I have MinGW, but read on the Boost websi...

I've been trying to compile the Boost.Python 'quickstart' ($BOOST_PATH\libs\python\examples\quickstart) examples and have run into an issue. First, my environment: OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit ...

Will the option "--address-model=32,64" build both 32 and 64 libraries or do you have to do two separate builds?

I am looking to integrate a non-trivial cross-platform build system for a project predominately written in C++. I've evaluated Cmake and Scons, so far, and while they both represent an improvement ...

On a dev machine Vista SP1 with only Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1 installed - with boost 1.44.0 I have no problem to generate b2.exe and bjam.exe using bootstrap.bat - with boost 1.57.0 I get this ...

I have just bjamed boost and it seems like its still gonna refuse to work (I alread have tried and given up to make this library). What I did was, that I launched bjam.exe and I linked: include ...

I am a newbie to Boost C++ libraries. I was wondering if there are any advantages of Boost bjam over GNU make? And what are the cons if I use make for building C++ code utilizing Boost.Python libra...

I'm trying setup a subset of boost and get it properly compiled using bjam, however I'm not getting the result I'm looking for. I'm working on windows using boost 1.37.0. Let's say I want the libr...

Sorry if this has already been asked? I've build boost from source but have always been confused about the build tools. Which tool should be used when building the boost libraries from scratch. To ...

I'm trying to use the boost_1_55_0 libraries and I keep coming across references to jamfiles. What are jamfiles? Why are there things like bjam and multiple versions of jamfiles?

I'm trying to compile boost v1.55 libraries for osx, with multi threading support. My user-config.jam configures the compiler as follows: using clang : osx : xcrun clang -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -s...

I have been using boost.build or b2 for building a project. I am trying to add C++11 contructs like auto and begin but the standard invokation b2 release in the directory with the Jamfile does not ...

I don't know how to build Boost with C++0x compilers. Which option must be given to bjam? Should the user.config file be modified?Can someone help me? Best, Vicente

I've run the bootstrap batch and then the bjam exe, but as I have MSVC 2010 it generates the -vc100- files in the $boost\stage\lib. I'm using vc90 libraries so I need the *-vc90-* files, but if I ...

I'm trying to set up a Boost.Build .jamroot file for compiling a Qt 4.8 project, but it seems to be ignoring the.ui files and the .cpp files that should be moc:ed. I tried poking around inside qt4....

I tried to find out that gd means in boost library name and I only found two other people looking for the same thing. I suppose it should be a place where this is clearly documented and I would lik...

I understand Jam builds existing projects and CMake generates projects to build. But, given I'd rather be generating projects I could use in various IDE's rather than trying to integrate Jam into t...

I know how to build boost with the latest visual studio on my machine (this question, for example) However, I need to build the libs for Visual Studio 2008 (vc9) I tried using toolset=vc9 but I g...

This works, but doesn't build static versions of boost libraries (maybe i am wrong?) bjam --toolset=gcc --prefix=C:\boost_1_49_0-mingw install Trying to issue folloving command: bjam --toolset=...

I want to recompile our boost library, but with the -g, debugging flag enabled. I've been reading and see that we build boost with jam. While I know make very well, jam has always eluded me and my ...