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<div class="section" id="get-boost">
<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id27">1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Get Boost</a></h1>
<p>The most reliable way to get a copy of Boost is to
download <a class="reference external" href="http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_55_0.html"><tt class="docutils literal">boost_1_55_0</tt><tt class="docutils literal">.7z</tt></a> or <a class="reference external" href="http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_55_0.html"><tt class="docutils literal">boost_1_55_0</tt><tt class="docutils literal">.zip</tt></a> and unpack it to install a complete Boost
download <a class="reference external" href="http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_57_0.html"><tt class="docutils literal">boost_1_57_0</tt><tt class="docutils literal">.7z</tt></a> or <a class="reference external" href="http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_57_0.html"><tt class="docutils literal">boost_1_57_0</tt><tt class="docutils literal">.zip</tt></a> and unpack it to install a complete Boost
distribution.<a class="footnote-reference" href="#zip" id="id2"><sup>1</sup></a></p>
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id28">2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Boost Distribution</a></h1>
<p>This is a sketch of the resulting directory structure:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
<strong>boost_1_55_0</strong><strong>\</strong> .................<em>The “boost root directory”</em>
<strong>boost_1_57_0</strong><strong>\</strong> .................<em>The “boost root directory”</em>
<strong>index.htm</strong> .........<em>A copy of www.boost.org starts here</em>
<strong>boost</strong><strong>\</strong> .........................<em>All Boost Header files</em>
<strong>lib</strong><strong>\</strong> .....................<em>precompiled library binaries</em>
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<p>It's important to note the following:</p>
<ol class="arabic" id="boost-root-directory">
<li><p class="first">The path to the <strong>boost root directory</strong> (often <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> Files\boost\</tt><tt class="docutils literal">boost_1_55_0</tt>) is
<li><p class="first">The path to the <strong>boost root directory</strong> (often <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> Files\boost\</tt><tt class="docutils literal">boost_1_57_0</tt>) is
sometimes referred to as <tt class="docutils literal">$BOOST_ROOT</tt> in documentation and
mailing lists .</p>
</li>
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<p>followed by Return. For example,</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
cd <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> Files\boost\</tt><tt class="docutils literal">boost_1_55_0</tt>
cd <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> Files\boost\</tt><tt class="docutils literal">boost_1_57_0</tt>
</pre>
<p class="last">Long commands can be continued across several lines by typing a
caret (<tt class="docutils literal">^</tt>) at the end of all but the last line. Some examples
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<li><p class="first">In <em>Configuration Properties</em> &gt; <em>C/C++</em> &gt; <em>General</em> &gt; <em>Additional Include
Directories</em>, enter the path to the Boost root directory, for example</p>
<blockquote>
<p><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> Files\boost\</tt><tt class="docutils literal">boost_1_55_0</tt></p>
<p><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> Files\boost\</tt><tt class="docutils literal">boost_1_57_0</tt></p>
</blockquote>
</li>
<li><p class="first">In <em>Configuration Properties</em> &gt; <em>C/C++</em> &gt; <em>Precompiled Headers</em>, change
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directory</a> to a suitable location for creating some temporary
files and type the following command followed by the Return key:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
cl /EHsc /I <em>path\to\</em><tt class="docutils literal">boost_1_55_0</tt> <em>path</em>\<em>to</em>\example.cpp
cl /EHsc /I <em>path\to\</em><tt class="docutils literal">boost_1_57_0</tt> <em>path</em>\<em>to</em>\example.cpp
</pre>
<p>To test the result, type:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
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please see the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.boost.org/boost-build2/doc/html/bbv2/advanced/invocation.html">Boost.Build documentation</a>.</p>
<p>For example, your session might look like this:<a class="footnote-reference" href="#continuation" id="id14"><sup>3</sup></a></p>
<pre class="literal-block">
C:\WINDOWS&gt; cd <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> Files\boost\</tt><tt class="docutils literal">boost_1_55_0</tt>
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> Files\boost\</tt><tt class="docutils literal">boost_1_55_0</tt>&gt; b2 <strong>^</strong>
C:\WINDOWS&gt; cd <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> Files\boost\</tt><tt class="docutils literal">boost_1_57_0</tt>
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> Files\boost\</tt><tt class="docutils literal">boost_1_57_0</tt>&gt; b2 <strong>^</strong>
More? <strong>--build-dir=</strong>&quot;C:\Documents and Settings\dave\build-boost&quot; <strong>^</strong>
More? <strong>--build-type=complete</strong> <strong>msvc</strong> stage
</pre>
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select <em>Properties</em> from the resulting pop-up menu</li>
<li>In <em>Configuration Properties</em> &gt; <em>Linker</em> &gt; <em>Additional Library
Directories</em>, enter the path to the Boost binaries,
e.g. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> Files\boost\</tt><tt class="docutils literal">boost_1_55_0</tt><tt class="docutils literal">\lib\</tt>.</li>
e.g. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> Files\boost\</tt><tt class="docutils literal">boost_1_57_0</tt><tt class="docutils literal">\lib\</tt>.</li>
<li>From the <em>Build</em> menu, select <em>Build Solution</em>.</li>
</ol>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="#test-your-program"><em>skip to the next step</em></a></p>
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<p>For example, we can compile and link the above program from the
Visual C++ command-line by simply adding the <strong>bold</strong> text below to
the command line we used earlier, assuming your Boost binaries are
in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> Files\boost\</tt><tt class="docutils literal">boost_1_55_0</tt><tt class="docutils literal">\lib</tt>:</p>
in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">C:\Program</span> Files\boost\</tt><tt class="docutils literal">boost_1_57_0</tt><tt class="docutils literal">\lib</tt>:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
cl /EHsc /I <em>path\to\</em><tt class="docutils literal">boost_1_55_0</tt> example.cpp <strong>^</strong>
<strong>/link /LIBPATH:</strong><strong>C:\Program Files\boost\</strong><strong>boost_1_55_0</strong><strong>\lib</strong>
cl /EHsc /I <em>path\to\</em><tt class="docutils literal">boost_1_57_0</tt> example.cpp <strong>^</strong>
<strong>/link /LIBPATH:</strong><strong>C:\Program Files\boost\</strong><strong>boost_1_57_0</strong><strong>\lib</strong>
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</div>
<div class="section" id="library-naming">
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<tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id2">[1]</a></td><td>We recommend
downloading <a class="reference external" href="http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_55_0.html"><tt class="docutils literal">boost_1_55_0</tt><tt class="docutils literal">.7z</tt></a> and using <a class="reference external" href="http://www.7-zip.org">7-Zip</a> to decompress
downloading <a class="reference external" href="http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_57_0.html"><tt class="docutils literal">boost_1_57_0</tt><tt class="docutils literal">.7z</tt></a> and using <a class="reference external" href="http://www.7-zip.org">7-Zip</a> to decompress
it. We no longer recommend .zip files for Boost because they are twice
as large as the equivalent .7z files. We don't recommend using Windows'
built-in decompression as it can be painfully slow for large archives.</td></tr>