How do I install the boost library to my MinGW compiler?

Question

I\'m compiling from the command line using g++ on a Windows MinGW installation. How do I get boost...conceptually or if it is easy...what do I need to download and install?

Answer 1

However there would have been a simpler, yet identical way; your steps until the bjam call are automatically done by bootstrap.bat:

C:\boost_1_52_0> bootstrap.bat mingw
Building Boost.Build engine 
...
C:\boost_1_52_0> b2 toolset=gcc

Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/a/13257930/2171309