Trying to build Boost: I cannot get bjam

Question

I would like to build boost using two different compilers, MinGW and Visual C++ 2010 Express, using bjam:

bjam toolset=gcc,msvc variant=release link=static,share         


        

Answer 1

There is a bootstrap.bat in your boost directory. Run it.

It will build bjam automatically (probably using visual c++).

Answer 2

The directory structure in boost has changed in recent version, I think.

The sources for bjam are in tools/build/v2/engine. Run build.sh mingw from that directory using MinGW shell, and it should build bjam.exe and b2.exe and place them in tools/build/v2/engine/ntx86. Copy b2.exe to the boost root directory. You should then be able to build Visual c++ libraries with b2 toolset=msvc.

Hope that helps.