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Installing boost libraries for GCC (MinGW) on Windows
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Installing boost libraries for GCC (MinGW) on Windows

Folder setup

  1. Extract downloaded boost source, e.g. C:\Program Files\boost_1_59_0.
  2. Create a folder for Boost.Build installation, e.g. C:\Program Files\boost-build.
  3. Create a folder within for building, i.e. C:\Program Files\boost_1_59_0\build.
  4. Create a folder for installation, e.g. C:\Program Files\boost.

GCC setup

  1. Open Command Prompt.
  2. Run g++ --version.
  3. If the output contains g++ version number then GCC should be set up properly to run from command line and you can continue.

Boost.Build setup

  1. Open Command Prompt and navigate to C:\Program Files\boost_1_59_0\tools\build.
  2. Run bootstrap.bat mingw.
  3. Run b2 install --prefix="C:\Program Files\boost-build".
  4. Add C:\Program Files\boost-build\bin to Windows PATH.

boost building

  1. Open Command Prompt and navigate to C:\Program Files\boost_1_59_0.
  2. Run
b2 --build-dir="C:\Program Files\boost_1_59_0\build" --prefix="C:\Program Files\boost" toolset=gcc install

Project setup

  1. Add include folder, i.e. C:\Program Files\boost\include\boost-1_59.
  2. Add linker folder, i.e. C:\Program Files\boost\lib.
  3. Link required libraries, e.g. libboost_regex-mgw48-mt-1_59.a.
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