> 2010/7/9 Alapkumar Sinha <alapkumar.si...@lntinfotech.com> > > > But when I do “cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/root/Alap/md/ > > /root/Alap/md/boost_1_43_0”. I get this following error: > > > > The source directory "/root/Alap/md/boost_1_43_0" does not appear to > > contain CMakeLists.txt > > > > Boost_1_43_0 is the folder where I have extracted the boost tar file. > >
Where did you fetch the tar file from? The official boost source tree doesn't contain CMakeLists.txt anymore, as the boost-cmake project was split out until it can serve as a full replacement of what bjam currently does. > Linux is case sensitive. So, the source directory would > be /root/Alap/md/Boost_1_43_0 > > The "standard" way to build boost is the following, though: > cd /root/Alap/md/Boost_1_43_0 > mkdir build-linux > cd build-linux > cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/root/Alap/md/deliveries/boost-1.43.0 .. > make > make install > cd .. > # optionally, delete the build directory: > rm -rf build-linux > > > Now, Troy does no longer (have the time to) maintain boost-cmake. Isidor > Zeuner kindly maintain it in his own gitorious cloned repository: > http://gitorious.org/~zeuner/boost/zeuners-boost-cmake Alap, I successfully used both this repository I put up, and Troy's 1.41.0.cmake source tree for cross compiling (in fact, being able to use my existing cross compile setups for boost was one of the reasons why I started syncing boost-cmake with the upstream patches). > I've successfully built (for Fedora/RedHat) Boost-1.44 from that > repository: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=607615 > Denis, I didn't realize the repository I put up is considered for Fedora integration. I think that's great news! Best regards, Isidor _______________________________________________ Boost-cmake mailing list Boost-cmake@lists.boost.org http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-cmake
