Help installing (building) boost - Windows2K w/ MSVC++
I'm trying to install boost on Windows 2000 running Visual C++, and having lots of problems. It's W2K w/ SP4, and SP6 for Visual Studio. First, I take it there is no precompiled "install" package, even for Windows? First problem - I unpack boost and put bjam in the boost directory. I run it from a command prompt w/ something like (I've tried a few variations): bjam "-sTOOLS=msvc" "--prefix=C:\program files\boost" "--PYTHON-ROOT=C:\Program Files\Python25" "--with-python-version=2.5" "--builddir=G:\temp\buildboost" install > install_log.txt (Sorry for whatever the mailer might be doing to the text - the above is one line.) I also tried the command line with lower case for the Python stuff - the above was my last desperate attempt. In my output file I see: skipping Boost.Python library build due to missing or incorrect configuration couldn't find Python.h in "c:/Python25/include" You can configure the location of your python installation by setting: PYTHON_VERSION - The 2-part python Major.Minor version number (e.g. "2.2", NOT "2.2.1") - currently "2.5" etc................ I guess I'm doing something stupid here, but what? Jam is apparently finding the prefix and builddir OK - it does build boost, or at least part of it, and installs a bunch of libraries and includes in the right place. I do have Python installed and working in C:\Program Files\Python25, and Python.h is there. Second problem - after the above, I get about 2000 lines of errors, or mostly errors. A lot of them are duplicates, but still that doesn't seem good. The first ones are about the Program Options package. That was the part of Boost I was going to try using first, so I'd like to get that fixed. Here are the error msgs: vc-C++ G:\temp\buildboost\bin\boost\libs\program_options\build\libboost_program_options.lib\msvc\debug\runtime-link-static\cmdline.obj cmdline.cpp G:\Temp\newboost\boost_1_33_1\boost/program_options/options_description.hpp(156) : error C2258: illegal pure syntax, must be '= 0' G:\Temp\newboost\boost_1_33_1\boost/program_options/options_description.hpp(156) : error C2252: 'm_default_line_length' : pure specifier can only bespecified for functions G:\Temp\newboost\boost_1_33_1\boost/program_options/options_description.hpp(159) : error C2065: 'm_default_line_length' : undeclared identifier Then a bunch of errors about the Bind package, etc, etc, etc. If someone can help me fix the above problems I'll be very grateful. Gard
Try removing the quotes from the line, I found that for whatever reason things appeared to work better without them. Oh and instead of -sTOOLS=msvc switch it to your version of VC, eg. Vc-8_0 for 8.0 (2k5). -Garrett McGrath Software Engineer CSBMB Princeton University Green Hall 1-(609)-258-0285 From: boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Beauregard Dommit Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 8:29 PM To: boost-users@lists.boost.org Subject: [Boost-users] Help installing (building) boost - Windows2K w/ MSVC++ I'm trying to install boost on Windows 2000 running Visual C++, and having lots of problems. It's W2K w/ SP4, and SP6 for Visual Studio. First, I take it there is no precompiled "install" package, even for Windows? First problem - I unpack boost and put bjam in the boost directory. I run it from a command prompt w/ something like (I've tried a few variations): bjam "-sTOOLS=msvc" "--prefix=C:\program files\boost" "--PYTHON-ROOT=C:\Program Files\Python25" "--with-python-version=2.5" "--builddir=G:\temp\buildboost" install > install_log.txt (Sorry for whatever the mailer might be doing to the text - the above is one line.) I also tried the command line with lower case for the Python stuff - the above was my last desperate attempt. In my output file I see: skipping Boost.Python library build due to missing or incorrect configuration couldn't find Python.h in "c:/Python25/include" You can configure the location of your python installation by setting: PYTHON_VERSION - The 2-part python Major.Minor version number (e.g. "2.2", NOT "2.2.1") - currently "2.5" etc................ I guess I'm doing something stupid here, but what? Jam is apparently finding the prefix and builddir OK - it does build boost, or at least part of it, and installs a bunch of libraries and includes in the right place. I do have Python installed and working in C:\Program Files\Python25, and Python.h is there. Second problem - after the above, I get about 2000 lines of errors, or mostly errors. A lot of them are duplicates, but still that doesn't seem good. The first ones are about the Program Options package. That was the part of Boost I was going to try using first, so I'd like to get that fixed. Here are the error msgs: vc-C++ G:\temp\buildboost\bin\boost\libs\program_options\build\libboost_program_opt ions.lib\msvc\debug\runtime-link-static\cmdline.obj cmdline.cpp G:\Temp\newboost\boost_1_33_1\boost/program_options/options_description.hpp( 156) : error C2258: illegal pure syntax, must be '= 0' G:\Temp\newboost\boost_1_33_1\boost/program_options/options_description.hpp( 156) : error C2252: 'm_default_line_length' : pure specifier can only bespecified for functions G:\Temp\newboost\boost_1_33_1\boost/program_options/options_description.hpp( 159) : error C2065: 'm_default_line_length' : undeclared identifier Then a bunch of errors about the Bind package, etc, etc, etc. If someone can help me fix the above problems I'll be very grateful. Gard
Hi All, I've encountered a problem that BOOST_HAS_HASH is not defined when compiling with MSVC 7.1. As I can see BOOST_HAS_HASH is defined for some other compiler (sgi.hpp, stlport.hpp etc) I wonder if the only way to introduce hash map to boost for MSVC 7.1 is to define BOOST_HAS_HASH "manually". WBR Oleg V. Zhylin ovz@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
on Mon Apr 23 2007, "Garrett McGrath"
Try removing the quotes from the line,
That won't work. The OP has spaces in one of his paths. --PYTHON-ROOT= sticks out like a bit of a sore thumb in there. Where did that come from?
I found that for whatever reason things appeared to work better without them.
Uh?
Oh and instead of –sTOOLS=msvc switch it to your version of VC, eg. Vc-8_0 for 8.0 (2k5).
Better make that all lower case. HTH, Dave
-Garrett McGrath
Software Engineer
CSBMB Princeton University
Green Hall
1-(609)-258-0285
From: boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Beauregard Dommit Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 8:29 PM To: boost-users@lists.boost.org Subject: [Boost-users] Help installing (building) boost - Windows2K w/ MSVC++
I'm trying to install boost on Windows 2000 running Visual C++, and having lots of problems. It's W2K w/ SP4, and SP6 for Visual Studio.
First, I take it there is no precompiled "install" package, even for Windows?
First problem - I unpack boost and put bjam in the boost directory. I run it from a command prompt w/ something like (I've tried a few variations): bjam "-sTOOLS=msvc" "--prefix=C:\program files\boost" "--PYTHON-ROOT=C:\Program Files\Python25" "--with-python-version=2.5" "--builddir=G:\temp\buildboost" install > install_log.txt (Sorry for whatever the mailer might be doing to the text - the above is one line.) I also tried the command line with lower case for the Python stuff - the above was my last desperate attempt.
In my output file I see: skipping Boost.Python library build due to missing or incorrect configuration
couldn't find Python.h in "c:/Python25/include"
You can configure the location of your python installation by setting: PYTHON_VERSION - The 2-part python Major.Minor version number (e.g. "2.2", NOT "2.2.1") - currently "2.5" etc................
I guess I'm doing something stupid here, but what? Jam is apparently finding the prefix and builddir OK - it does build boost, or at least part of it, and installs a bunch of libraries and includes in the right place. I do have Python installed and working in C:\Program Files\ Python25, and Python.h is there.
Second problem - after the above, I get about 2000 lines of errors, or mostly errors. A lot of them are duplicates, but still that doesn't seem good. The first ones are about the Program Options package. That was the part of Boost I was going to try using first, so I'd like to get that fixed. Here are the error msgs: vc-C++ G:\temp\buildboost\bin\boost\libs\program_options\build\libboost_program_options.lib\ msvc\debug\runtime-link-static\cmdline.obj cmdline.cpp
G:\Temp\newboost\boost_1_33_1\boost/program_options/options_description.hpp(156) : error C2258: illegal pure syntax, must be '= 0'
G:\Temp\newboost\boost_1_33_1\boost/program_options/options_description.hpp(156) : error C2252: 'm_default_line_length' : pure specifier can only bespecified for functions
G:\Temp\newboost\boost_1_33_1\boost/program_options/options_description.hpp(159) : error C2065: 'm_default_line_length' : undeclared identifier
Then a bunch of errors about the Bind package, etc, etc, etc. If someone can help me fix the above problems I'll be very grateful.
Gard
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