Build Boost.md

Build Boost

• https://www.boost.org
• http://www.boost.org/build
• https://boostorg.github.io/build/tutorial.html
• https://boostorg.github.io/build/manual/develop/
• https://github.com/boostorg

Ubuntu 18.04 Prerequisites

$ sudo apt install build-essential pkg-config cmake

Windows Prerequisites

• Install MSYS2 (https://www.msys2.org)
• Open Start Menu > MSYS2 64bit > MSYS2 MSYS and run the following commands:

$ pacman -Syu
$ ########## Close terminal window. ##########
$ pacman -Su
$ pacman -S base-devel
$ pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-toolchain
$ pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain
$ pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-cmake
$ pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake

• To compile 32-bit version: Start Menu > MSYS2 64bit > MSYS2 MinGW 32-bit
• To compile 64-bit version: Start Menu > MSYS2 64bit > MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit
• Dependencies:
  • ibstdc++-6.dll
  • libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll (for x86)
  • libgcc_s_seh-1.dll (for x64)
  • libwinpthread-1.dll
  • libbz2-1.dll
  • libiconv-2.dll
  • liblzma-5.dll
  • libzstd.dll
  • zlib1.dll

Compilation

For dynamic loading compilation:

$ cd boost_x_y_z
$ ./bootstrap.sh
$ ./b2 variant=release link=shared threading=multi hardcode-dll-paths=true dll-path=\$ORIGIN install --prefix=$HOME/boost

For static loading compilation:

$ cd boost_x_y_z
$ ./bootstrap.sh
$ ./b2 variant=release link=static cflags=-fPIC cxxflags=-fPIC threading=multi install --prefix=$HOME/boost

• CMake: set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)