How to build Boost 1.55 with Visual Studio 2013?

Question

I\'m trying to build Boost 1.55 with Visual Studio 2013.

1) I tried to use boost-binaries (boost-binaries), but Visual Studio wrote about the error, when I tried to comp

Answer 1

The paths set up for the include variable point to Windows 8.0 instead of Windows 8.1.

The file you mention with Visual Studio 2013 and Windows 8.1 should be found in the following path:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um

I modified the INCLUDE variable from:

INCLUDE=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\INCLUDE;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\include\um;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\include\winrt

to:

INCLUDE=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\INCLUDE;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\winrt