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diff --git a/more/getting_started/detail/build-from-source-head.rst b/more/getting_started/detail/build-from-source-head.rst deleted file mode 100644 index f72fecb086..0000000000 --- a/more/getting_started/detail/build-from-source-head.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,113 +0,0 @@ -.. Copyright David Abrahams 2006. Distributed under the Boost -.. Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying -.. file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) - -Install Boost.Build -................... - -Boost.Build_ is a text-based system for developing, testing, and -installing software. First, you'll need to build and -install it. To do this: - -1. Go to the directory ``tools``\ |/|\ ``build``\ |/|. -2. Run |bootstrap| -3. Run ``b2 install --prefix=``\ *PREFIX* where *PREFIX* is - the directory where you want Boost.Build to be installed -4. Add *PREFIX*\ |/|\ ``bin`` to your PATH environment variable. - -.. _Boost.Build: ../../tools/build/index.html -.. _Boost.Build documentation: Boost.Build_ - -.. _toolset: -.. _toolset-name: - -Identify Your Toolset -..................... - -First, find the toolset corresponding to your compiler in the -following table (an up-to-date list is always available `in the -Boost.Build documentation`__). - -__ https://boostorg.github.io/build/manual/develop/index.html#bbv2.reference.tools - -.. Note:: If you previously chose a toolset for the purposes of - `building b2`_, you should assume it won't work and instead - choose newly from the table below. - -.. _building b2: ../../doc/html/bbv2/installation.html - -+-----------+--------------------+------------------------------------------------------------+ -|Toolset |Vendor |Notes | -|Name | | | -+===========+====================+============================================================+ -|``acc`` |Hewlett Packard |Only very recent versions are known to work well with Boost | -+-----------+--------------------+------------------------------------------------------------+ -|``borland``|Borland | | -+-----------+--------------------+------------------------------------------------------------+ -|``como`` |Comeau Computing |Using this toolset may require configuring__ another | -| | |toolset to act as its backend. | -+-----------+--------------------+------------------------------------------------------------+ -|``darwin`` |Apple Computer |Apple's version of the GCC toolchain with support for | -| | |Darwin and MacOS X features such as frameworks. | -+-----------+--------------------+------------------------------------------------------------+ -|``gcc`` |The Gnu Project |Includes support for Cygwin and MinGW compilers. | -+-----------+--------------------+------------------------------------------------------------+ -|``hp_cxx`` |Hewlett Packard |Targeted at the Tru64 operating system. | -+-----------+--------------------+------------------------------------------------------------+ -|``intel`` |Intel | | -+-----------+--------------------+------------------------------------------------------------+ -|``msvc`` |Microsoft | | -+-----------+--------------------+------------------------------------------------------------+ -|``sun`` |Oracle |Only very recent versions are known to work well with | -| | |Boost. Note that the Oracle/Sun compiler has a large number| -| | |of options which effect binary compatibility: it is vital | -| | |that the libraries are built with the same options that your| -| | |appliction will use. In particular be aware that the default| -| | |standard library may not work well with Boost, *unless you | -| | |are building for C++11*. The particular compiler options you| -| | |need can be injected with the b2 command line options | -| | |``cxxflags=``and ``linkflags=``. For example to build with | -| | |the Apache standard library in C++03 mode use | -| | |``b2 cxxflags=-library=stdcxx4 linkflags=-library=stdcxx4``.| -+-----------+--------------------+------------------------------------------------------------+ -|``vacpp`` |IBM |The VisualAge C++ compiler. | -+-----------+--------------------+------------------------------------------------------------+ - -__ Boost.Build_ - -If you have multiple versions of a particular compiler installed, -you can append the version number to the toolset name, preceded by -a hyphen, e.g. ``intel-9.0`` or -``borland-5.4.3``. |windows-version-name-caveat| - - -.. _build directory: -.. _build-directory: - -Select a Build Directory -........................ - -Boost.Build_ will place all intermediate files it generates while -building into the **build directory**. If your Boost root -directory is writable, this step isn't strictly necessary: by -default Boost.Build will create a ``bin.v2/`` subdirectory for that -purpose in your current working directory. - -Invoke ``b2`` -............... - -.. |build-directory| replace:: *build-directory* -.. |toolset-name| replace:: *toolset-name* - -Change your current directory to the Boost root directory and -invoke ``b2`` as follows: - -.. parsed-literal:: - - b2 **--build-dir=**\ |build-directory|_ **toolset=**\ |toolset-name|_ |build-type-complete| stage - -For a complete description of these and other invocation options, -please see the `Boost.Build documentation`__. - -__ http://www.boost.org/build/doc/html/bbv2/overview/invocation.html - |