How to build boost required modules only?

Question

I just started compiling boost C++ libraries. With the following commands I issued it is building whole of the boost libraries, which is time consuming, and is not necessary for

Answer 1

b2.exe --help outputs the following.

--show-libraries Displays the list of Boost libraries that require build and installation steps, then exit.

--with- Build and install the specified If this option is used, only libraries specified using this option will be built.

Also is possible to use the -jX option to compile BOOST in X processes in parallel.