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

if you are using windows 8.1, open the vs2012 x86 Tool command prompt,type

echo %WindowsSdkDir%

if you see this below

C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\

that means vcvars32.bat set the wrong INCLUDE variable for you,which issue marked as bug in ms website so the solution is:

edit vcvars32.bat,replace

%WindowsSDKDir%\include\um;

to

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

another solutions is modify the VS2012 x86 Native Tools Command Prompt.link,copy and paste the vs2012 x86 Native Tools Command Prompt ,right click,modify the link,replace all

Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0

to

Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0

open the link,try to build the boost