“The time has come…to talk of many [technologies].” –Lewis Carroll(‘The Walrus and the Carpenter’)
Installing C++ Boost on Slackware/Zenwalk
C++ Boost 1.33.1 on Slackware/Zenwalk:
- Download bjam slackware package(tgz) and boost-1_33_1 source package(tar.gz) from the sourceforge.net website:
bjam for slackware
c++ boost source package
(or Google for the latest versions of these two packages) - Save these two files in the home directory and then cd into it:
sh# cd $HOME
- Install bjam(as root):
sh# installpkg boost-jam-3.1.11-1-linuxx86.tgz
sh# export PATH=$PATH:/boost-jam-3.1.11-1-linuxx86/ - Compile and install boost(as root):
sh# tar xjvf boost_1_33_1.tar.bz2
sh# cd boost_1_33_1
sh# bjam “-sTOOLS=gcc” install
C++ Boost is now installed. This procedure doesn’t install the files in the default library paths, so compilation commands are slightly longer than they are for Gentoo and Debian/Ubuntu:
sh# g++ -o first first.cpp -I/usr/local/include/boost-1_33_1
sh# g++ -o second second.cpp -I/usr/local/include/boost-1_33_1 -L/usr/local/lib -lboost_filesystem-gcc
You can simplify this by adding the paths of boost folders to gcc library environment variables:
sh# export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/local/include/boost-1_33_1
sh# export LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib
sh# export LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib
The compilation can now be performed using the following simple commands:
sh# g++ -o first first.cpp
sh# g++ -o second second.cpp -lboost_filesystem-gcc
sh# g++ -o second second.cpp -lboost_filesystem-gcc
The two ‘export’ commands can be added at the end of the profile file(/etc/profile or $HOME/.bash_profile) to avoid having to type them every time a new shell is opened. Other way to simplify the process would be to create symbolic links to boost library paths in the Slackware standard include paths so that gcc can find them directly.
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about 3 years ago
Good howto however there’s 1 that didn’t work for v. 1_34_1.
sh# bjam “-sTOOLS=gcc†install
should be
sh# bjam –toolset=gcc install
bjam tried to guess gcc correctly however.
about 3 years ago
The doc pages are interspersed with the source code. Would you mind packaging the doc for slackware users?
about 3 years ago
Hi Kerrigangster,
Yes, the build procedure of Boost 1.34.1 suggests
as the command-line option to specify the toolchain(as this version uses Boost.Build V2). I will update the Boost installation articles to note that.
I have no idea how to package software or documentation for any of the GNU/Linux distributions. Is there any document outlining how to package documentation for Slackware?
about 3 years ago
The SlackBuild for 1.33.1 by Mr. Eric Hameleers at http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/boost/build/boost.SlackBuild can be a good starting point. I am looking into it myself. Apparently, there are file organization changes in 1.34.1 like the jam sources for instance.
about 3 years ago
SlackBuild scripts seem to be a nice way to install applications on Slackware, had never heard of them before. Thanks for pointing it out, I will look into them.
about 2 years ago
hello and nice post, it’s very useful!
btw i have a question for you: if a grab de src (1.34.1) and simply start compilation with ‘configure’, it will produce (after years of compilation) the libraries specified to me (–with-libraries=regex,serialization,thread and so on) but will add a number version on each librarie produced.
i need to remove the number version from the produced libraries (ex libboost_thread-gcc41-mt-1_34_1.so to libboost_thread-gcc41-mt.so)and don’t know how to do it. ani idea?
about 2 years ago
man, ignore my last post, the problem is jsut the toolset (getting gcc41 instead just gcc)