Build boost with VS2012 RC

Question

I\'ve just downloaded Visual Studio 2012 RC for Windows 8 64 bit. I\'ve tried to compile boost libraries (version 1.51), but when I make, inside the Visual Studio prompt command

Answer 1

workaround:

1. change directory to boost_1_51_0-x64\tools\build\v2
2. execute bootstrap.bat (not from the the native x64 comand prompt - just double click it)
3. copy b2.exe back to boost_1_51_0-x64 dir
4. change directory to boost_1_51_0-x64
5. execute b2

I programmed a tool called BlueGo which automatically downloads boost 1.51.0 and builds it with VS2012 x64: http://vertexwahn.de/

Answer 2

Version 1.52 was just released and now includes support for Visual Studio 2012 (VC11) If you require an earlier version of Boost you can always change the toolset used by the project to VC10.

Answer 3

For windows8 check out this patch https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/attachment/ticket/7243/boost_1_51_0_win8_x64_compat.patch

Answer 4

Not really an answer, but you can download prebuilt Boost binaries built with VC11 RC here. Based on this page, there seem to be some problems building Boost on VC11 (see this thread)