Boost installation on windows and mingw

Question

I downloaded the zip file of this page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.55.0/ to install Boost 1.55.0 in my computer (I use Windows 7) and I unpacked it in C:\\boost_1_55_0.

But, I didn't know how to install it, so I found this page: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_55_0/doc/html/bbv2/installation.html

When I type in cmd .\\bootstrap.bat it show this message:

Building Boost.Build engine

"cl" no se reconoce como un comando interno o externo, programa o archivo por lotes ejecutable

Failed to build Boost.Build engine

Then i try with bootstrap.bat mingw in cmd, it showed me this message:

Building Boost.Build engine

"gcc" no se reconoce como un comando interno o externo, programa o archivo por lotes ejecutable

Failed to build Boost.Build engine

I don't know what to do.

Additional info:

I use Code::Blocks 13

Mingw is in C:\\Archivos de programa\\CodeBlocks\\mingw

Answer 1

You are attempting to build boost using the visual studio compiler. You need to use the G++ compiler under mingw.

Here are the instructions.