Are there any MacOSX universal binaries (at least i386/ppc for >=macosx10.3) for Boost?
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A:
You can install Boost on Mac by using MacPorts.
Once MacPorts is installed you just have to issue the following command:
sudo port install boost+universal
You can also ask MacPorts to build binary packages for you by either issuing:
port pkg pstree
or
port dmg pstree
The pkg or dmg files will be placed in a subfolder of /opt/local/var/macports/build
Gregory Pakosz
2009-12-02 15:37:17
I need Universal binaries to redistribute it.
Albert
2009-12-02 15:38:28
you can use `+universal` to get the universal binary variant
Gregory Pakosz
2009-12-02 16:22:36
How can I be sure that I can redistribute this variant without problems? And that MacPorts doesn't install other dependencies?
Albert
2009-12-02 17:05:04
I think MacPorts has no reason to make boost depend on something special. I don't think there is a problem redistributing what's built by MacPorts, just test your package on several OSX versions to make sure of it.
Gregory Pakosz
2009-12-02 21:04:57
Btw., does port compile itself or are this binaries? In the case this are binaries, can't I download them manually?
Albert
2009-12-04 13:02:26
macports compiles packages and is optionally able to create binary packages, see my edit
Gregory Pakosz
2009-12-04 17:14:27
A:
Well, just to give a final answer to the question:
No, there are't any Boost MacOSX Universal binaries at the moment.
(Please comment here if you found a link where I can download some prepackaged binaries.)
Albert
2010-05-16 12:20:34