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copied!<p>While the <a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_51_0/more/getting_started/windows.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">instructions</a> on the Boost web site are helpful, here is a condensed version that also builds x64 libraries.</p> <ul> <li>You only need to do this if you are using one of the libraries mentioned in <a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_51_0/more/getting_started/windows.html#header-only-libraries" rel="nofollow noreferrer">section 3</a> of the instructions page. (E.g., to use Boost.Filesystem requires compilation.) If you are not using any of those, just unzip and go.</li> </ul> <h3>Build the 32-bit libraries</h3> <p>This installs the Boost header files under <code>C:\Boost\include\boost-(version)</code>, and the 32-bit libraries under <code>C:\Boost\lib\i386</code>. Note that the default location for the libraries is <code>C:\Boost\lib</code> but you’ll want to put them under an <code>i386</code> directory if you plan to build for multiple architectures.</p> <ol> <li>Unzip Boost into a new directory.</li> <li>Start a 32-bit MSVC command prompt and change to the directory where Boost was unzipped.</li> <li>Run: <code>bootstrap</code></li> <li><p>Run: <code>b2 toolset=msvc-12.0 --build-type=complete --libdir=C:\Boost\lib\i386 install</code></p> <ul> <li>For Visual Studio 2012, use <code>toolset=msvc-11.0</code></li> <li>For Visual Studio 2010, use <code>toolset=msvc-10.0</code></li> <li>For Visual Studio 2017, use <code>toolset=msvc-14.1</code></li> </ul></li> <li><p>Add <code>C:\Boost\include\boost-(version)</code> to your include path.</p></li> <li>Add <code>C:\Boost\lib\i386</code> to your libs path.</li> </ol> <h3>Build the 64-bit libraries</h3> <p>This installs the Boost header files under <code>C:\Boost\include\boost-(version)</code>, and the 64-bit libraries under <code>C:\Boost\lib\x64</code>. Note that the default location for the libraries is <code>C:\Boost\lib</code> but you’ll want to put them under an <code>x64</code> directory if you plan to build for multiple architectures.</p> <ol> <li>Unzip Boost into a new directory.</li> <li>Start a 64-bit MSVC command prompt and change to the directory where Boost was unzipped.</li> <li>Run: <code>bootstrap</code></li> <li>Run: <code>b2 toolset=msvc-12.0 --build-type=complete --libdir=C:\Boost\lib\x64 architecture=x86 address-model=64 install</code> <ul> <li>For Visual Studio 2012, use <code>toolset=msvc-11.0</code></li> <li>For Visual Studio 2010, use <code>toolset=msvc-10.0</code></li> </ul></li> <li>Add <code>C:\Boost\include\boost-(version)</code> to your include path.</li> <li>Add <code>C:\Boost\lib\x64</code> to your libs path.</li> </ol>

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