Compiling boost 1.55.0 library on windows 8

Question

I have downloaded the boost 1.55.0 library. I have used 1.54.0 before.

To build the library 1.54.0, I followed the steps as stated here

ie Run the 'bootstrap.bat' then run the 'b2.exe'. I was able to build 1.54.0 version successfully.

While I tried to follow the same steps with version 1.55.0, I am not able to get b2.exe which is generated after running 'bootstrap.bat'

Can someone please help me on this? OR am I missing any step?

Answer 1

Boost 1.55.0 with Visual Studio 2012 x64

1. Download boost 1.55.0 from http://www.boost.org/
2. Extract files (eg “C:\\thirdparty\\vs2012\\x64\\boost_1_55_0”)
3. Start Visual Studio 2012 x64 command prompt (“Open VS2012 x64 Native Tools Command Prompt“)
4. Change to boost directory (eg “cd C:\\thirdparty\\vs2012\\x64\\boost_1_55_0”)
5. Execute .\\bootstrap.bat

6. Execute

    b2 address-model=64 toolset=msvc-11.0 --build-type=complete stage 

   If only certain libraries (for instance filesystem) are need step 6 can be replaced by this:

    b2 address-model=64 toolset=msvc-11.0 --build-type=complete stage --with-filesystem --with-signals --with-system 

Boost 1.57.0 with Visual Studio 2013 x64

1. Download boost 1.55.0 from http://www.boost.org/
2. Extract files (eg “C:\\thirdparty\\vs2013\\x64\\boost_1_55_0”)
3. Start Visual Studio 2013 x64 command prompt (“VS2013 x64 Native Tools Command Prompt “)
4. Change to boost directory (eg “cd C:\\thirdparty\\vs2013\\x64\\boost_1_55_0”)
5. Execute .\\bootstrap.bat
6. Execute b2 --toolset=msvc-12.0 address-model=64 --build-type=complete stage

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