Set your PATH variable to include the location of jam or invoke it with an explicit path from the boost-root directory.

c:\boost_1_27_0\boost-build\jam -sBOOST_ROOT=. -sTOOLS="msvc"

Hi, I'm new to using Boost. I've been trying to build Boost using Jam on Windows 2000. My compiler is MSVC6 SP5. As the documentation (www.boost.org/tools/build/index.html) says, I went to my Boost root

wrote in message news:20020509.132053.20132.4489@wm2.nyc.untd.com... directory (C:\boost_1_27_0 for me) and used the command

jam -sBOOST_ROOT=. -sTOOLS="msvc"

and I get the message:

'jam' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable

program, or batch file

OK, fine, jam.exe is in C:\boost_1_27_0\boost-build; that's just where I

downloaded it to. I've tried to run Jam from the boost-build directory, but I get the message:

Jamfile: No such file or directory ...found 8 targets...

This doesn't seem very straightforward. What do I need to do here so that

I can build Boost?

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