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<h1>Boost Download and Installation</h1>
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The boost libraries are intended for easy download and installation.
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@@ -28,21 +26,22 @@ configuration tool.
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<h2>Download</h2>
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The boost libraries are available in various formats. Most of the
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files are available through links from the individual library's
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-documentation. As many boost headers include other boost headers,
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-installing one at a time is painful. Therefore, archive formats have
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-been prepared which contain all of boost in a single file.
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+documentation. Since many boost headers include other boost headers,
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+installing one at a time is painful. Downloading all of Boost as a single archive
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+file (.zip or .tar.gz) is a lot easier. CVS access is also
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+available.
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-<h3>ZIP file</h3>
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+<h3>.zip file</h3>
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The .zip format is widely supported by both free decoders and
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-commercial commpress/archive utilities. If you don't already have a
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+commercial compress/archive utilities. If you don't already have a
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.zip file decoder, download one from the
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<a href="http://www.info-zip.org/">Info-ZIP</a>
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-web site.
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+web site, which supplies versions for many operating systems.
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<p>
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-Unix/Linux hints: boost_all.zip is built on a Win32 platform, so the
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-line endings are wrong for Unix/Linux. Use the -a option when
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-unzipping with InfoZip for Unix/Linux friendly line endings.
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+Text file line endings in the .zip file are as supplied by each library
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+developer. This works fine for Windows, but not for Unix/Linux. The
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+.tar.gz file supplies Unix/Linux friendly line endings.
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<li><a href="ftp://boost.sourceforge.net/pub/boost/release/">Latest version</a>
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<h3>.tar.gz file</h3>
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The .tar.gz format is widely supported on Unix/Linux platforms. Some
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-Windows compress/archive utilities can read the format as well.
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+Windows compress/archive utilities can read the format as well. Because
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+the gzip format compresses the archive as a single file rather than compressing
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+each file individually, the .tar.gz file is smaller that the .zip file.
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+<p>Text file line endings in the .tar.gz file have been converted to newlines
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+for ease of use on Unix/Linux platforms.</p>
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<li><a href="ftp://boost.sourceforge.net/pub/boost/release/">Latest version</a>
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Read the manual for your CVS client for further information.
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<p>
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-This access is read-only, if you are a library author and wish to have
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+This access is read-only; if you are a library author and wish to have
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CVS write access, please contact one of the
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<a href="mailto:boost-owner@yahoogroups.com">moderators</a>.
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files. The only preparation for their use is to add the path for the
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parent directory of the boost headers sub-directory to your compiler's
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list of <code>#include</code> search directories.
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-<blockquote>
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+<p>
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For example, using Windows 2000, if you have unzipped release 1.20.2
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from boost_all.zip into the top level directory of your C drive, for
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Borland, GCC, and Metrowerks compilers add '-Ic:/boost_1_20_2' to the
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"c:/boost_1_20_2"'. For IDE's, add 'c:/boost_1_20_2' (or whatever you
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have renamed it to) to the search list using the appropriate GUI
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dialog.
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-</blockquote>
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<p>
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A few boost libraries are implemented by separate source files, and
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thus require compilation on your system to link properly. Boost does
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-not currently have an overall "build" or "make" machanism in place.
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+not currently have an overall "build" or "make" mechanism in place.
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Some of the individual libraries do include make and/or project files
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for various compilers, though.
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<p>
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<hr>
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-2001-02-11 <a href="../people/jens_maurer.htm">Jens Maurer</a>
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+Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->14 March, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="28773" -->
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+<p>Written by <a href="../people/jens_maurer.htm">Jens Maurer</a>
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+2001-02-11</p>
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