Re: [Boost-users] how to use staged 1.51 with installed boost 1.49 with autotools?

I had the same problem (having to use a different version from the one officially available), so I installed the desired Boost version in a different directory (/opt/boost_1_51_0) and then used --with-boost=/opt/boost_1_51_0. It works flawlessly. I'm not an autotools expert and I didn't do anything except for using the supplied macros. You can take a look at the projects files at https://github.com/avishorp/mksd Avishay 2012/10/13 Mateusz Loskot

On 13 October 2012 13:20, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote:

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On Sat, 2012-10-13 at 13:00 +0100, Mateusz Loskot wrote:

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On 13 October 2012 12:57, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote:

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Thanks for the reply but these three FAQs do not have the answer, I am afraid. The fist question is about an installed version of Boost. [...]

It says:

"If you have a staged boost library (still not installed) please specify $BOOST_ROOT in your environment and do not give a PATH to --with-boost option."

No, that did not work either. This works if no installed Boost version is available, not if an installed version *is* available. This I experienced by trying.

I admit I haven't used autotools lately, so haven't tracked status of the macro for Boost lookup. But, I'm fairly sure the BOOST_ROOT and --with-boost-libdir usually does the trick

--with-boost=/custom/path/to/boost/root --with-boost-libdir=/custom/path/to/boost/root/lib

However, the macro tends to be iffy, and there are plenty of bug reports for various distributions.

Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net _______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list Boost-users@lists.boost.org http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users