How do I build Boost 1.55 with MinGW?

c++ windows boost build mingw
Warezovvv picture Warezovvv · Nov 28, 2013 · Viewed 29.3k times · Source

I have downloaded Boost 1.55 and MinGW.

The console answers me that I haven't any command. I can't understand how to bind two paths and activate the GCC compiler.

P.S.: If I build boost with Microsoft's compiler I will have about 8 mistakes with error 3861!!

How can I build it?

Answer

greatwolf picture greatwolf · Nov 28, 2013

First make sure your mingw's bin directory is in your environment PATH so gcc and g++ is callable from your command prompt. Afterwards go into your boost's root directory of where you extracted the files.

Follow that with a bootstrap + b2.exe to build. For example, let's say you only want to compile the regex portion of boost. The follow commands should do the trick:

bootstrap gcc
b2 toolset=gcc regex

You can use:

b2 --show-libraries

to get a listing of modules you can build individually. Of course you can build all of them with just:

b2 toolset=gcc

Check out Boost Invocation for a detailed list of available options.

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