I've been trying to get boost to compile and install using MinGW (4.8.1) on Windows 7 x64.
It appears to bootstrap ok:
bootstrap.bat mingw
gives:
Building Boost.Build engine
Bootstrapping is done. To build, run:
.\b2
To adjust configuration, edit 'project-config.jam'.
Further information:
- Command line help:
.\b2 --help
- Getting started guide:
http://boost.org/more/getting_started/windows.html
- Boost.Build documentation:
http://www.boost.org/boost-build2/doc/html/index.html
looks good. Then I try to build and install, using the following command:
b2 variant=release threading=multi toolset=gcc --with-date_time --with-filesystem
--with-iostreams --with-locale --with-program_options --with-regex --with-system
--with-thread --prefix=D:\boost install
but this just results in the unhelpful message:
...found 2 targets...
However, if I leave off the install option the libraries I require get built, but not installed. I've googled and googled and googled, but I just can't find any clues as to where I'm going wrong. In fact, everything out there appears to suggest the install option works just fine!
If I build, and then run the same again with the install option, I get the same "found 2 targets" reponse from b2.