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I've been wanting to learn the Boost library for a while now, but I'm having a little trouble installing the library. How do I set up the directories so that g++ sees them by default? For example, I can use the -I argument for g++ to point it to the correct directory, but I find that a little tedious...
are you using command line or IDE?
If IDE then just go to projects and solutions in the options menu, and change include to the boost directory, and libs to the libs directory.
have you considered learning to write a makefile? Here are some keywords to search for: automake, autoconf. It takes all of 1 hour to learn the basics, and your life will be much easier.
g++ will automatically see anything installed in /usr/include or /usr/local/include. The linker will automatically see anything in /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib. If your compiler is not finding Boost, it means you installed it in some funny place. If so, the problem is your own making :)Quote:
Originally Posted by dra
Where exactly DID you install it?
Ah I got cunfused... His sig says VC++ 9, but he was talking about G++. I apologize.
Err, the sig also says "Windows XP" and not Linux... Where did Linux come into the picture?
Okay thanks, that makes sense. I just decompressed it in my C:\ drive...Quote:
Originally Posted by brewbuck
PS. Sorry for the confusion, I should've changed my sig.