BuildingBoost

Building Boost with mingw-w64

Boos is a collection of libraries that are very respected in the C++ community. Large portions are to be included in the next C++ standard.

How to build

• set up mingw-w64: [GeneralUsageInstructions]
• Download Boost Sources (the filename should look like "boost_1_43_0.zip"
• Download Boost Jam (the filename should look like "boost-jam-3.1.18.zip")
• extract Boost sources to C:\Boost-src so that INSTALL is located in C:\Boost-src.
• extract bjam.exe and place it somewhere in C:\Boost-src.
• run the following command:

  bjam --toolset=gcc --build-dir=C:\ --build-type=complete
  

This will create a directory C:\boost and build there. Some libraries fail to build, feel free to submit patches to Boost devs.

NOTE: for x64, some parts are not supported. Contact Boost devs for support. With boost version 1.44, try using the additional bjam option "define=BOOST_USE_WINDOWS_H" this will build additional parts (e.g. threads) of boost.