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I think the bootstrapping thing is relatively new. You'll just need to download bjam.exe separately from the boost website (it's in the "Boost Jam" section).

Dean Harding 2010-03-09 05:54:51

Hello, I download loaded boost-jam-3.1.17. However, I get the following errorsC:\boost-jam-3.1.17\boost-jam-3.1.17>.\bootstrap\jam0 -f build.jam --toolset=vc9 "--toolset-root=c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\Tools\..\..\VC\ " cleanAccess is denied.C:\boost-jam-3.1.17\boost-jam-3.1.17>.\bootstrap\jam0 -f build.jam --toolset=vc9 "--toolset-root=c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\Tools\..\..\VC\ "Access is denied.

robUK 2010-03-09 06:09:33

You don't need to build bjam, I've always just used the pre-built binary for that. The error your getting seems to be related to the fact that you've unzipped the files as a different user to the one you're running bjam as.

Dean Harding 2010-03-09 06:35:50

Solved - need to set the compiler to VS 2005

robUK 2010-03-09 09:33:35

Answer 2

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My old notes on building boost on windows.

build bjam:

cd C:\source\boost\boost_1_35_0\tools\jam\src
.\build.bat

If you need static libraries use: --build-type=complete

build libs (only threads in this case):

C:\source\boost\boost_1_35_0>tools\jam\src\bin.ntx86\bjam.exe
--build-dir=C:\source\boost\build
--toolset=msvc
--build-type=stage
--with-thread

stefanB 2010-03-09 05:56:01

Hello, I did try that by going to this directory. C:\boost_1_33_1\tools\build\jam_src. However, I got the same error as I posted in the comment Codeka. I opened up the visual studio command line, went to that directory and just typed> build

robUK 2010-03-09 06:13:24

Solved - Needed to set the compiler to vs 2005

robUK 2010-03-09 09:33:50

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