Re: [Quantlib-users] Quantlib in CLion

[Luigi B. <lui...@gm...>]

More precisely: the library in its default configuration only depends on
Boost headers, while the test suite needs the binaries.

Luigi


On Wed, Jan 19, 2022, 13:37 Jonathan Sweemer <sw...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi Chirag,
>
> The first step is to successfully build Boost using a toolchain compatible
> with CLion. I have never done this before but the StackOverflow link you
> pasted seems to provide reasonable instructions.
>
> Once you have built Boost, then you can use the BOOST_INCLUDEDIR,
> BOOST_LIBRARY_DIR, and/or BOOST_ROOT variables to tell CMake where to find
> the Boost installation when configuring QuantLib. See [1] for more details
> on these variables.
>
> Regarding whether a header-only Boost installation is sufficient,
> unfortunately no, QuantLib still depends on some pre-compiled Boost
> libraries, but this may change in the future. See [2] for the latest list
> of Boost library dependencies.
>
> [1] https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/module/FindBoost.html
> [2] https://github.com/lballabio/QuantLib/blob/master/CMakeLists.txt#L118
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 8:16 PM Chirag Desai via QuantLib-users <
> qua...@li...> wrote:
>
>> Hi Quantlib Users
>>
>> Hope all is well. I am trying to get more involved in the Quantlib
>> project with my interest in quantitative finance.
>>
>> I have been able to get it to work in Windows VS2017 but I am trying to
>> make it work in CLion using CMake with no success.
>>
>> 1)  I can't even get Boost to compile in CLion using CMake. I am only
>> able to use the header only Boost files in CLion
>>
>> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36519453/setup-boost-in-clion
>>
>> 2) I tried following this blog by Dimitry but I guess I first need to
>> make Boost work (or are the header only Boost files sufficient ?). The
>> instructions are not very clear.
>>
>> https://blog.jetbrains.com/clion/2015/12/quantlib-clion/
>>
>> May I kindly check if this is something somebody can guide me on please ?
>>
>> Thank you for your guidance
>> Chirag
>>
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