A valid gcc toolchain is required.
Build or obtain the bjam build tool e.g. using a package manager.
Download the boost sources (http://www.boost.org/) and extract them into a folder e.g. /developer/src/boost in the following refered as $SOURCES. Copy the bjam build tool from /usr/bin/ into the $SOURCES folder.
Modify the configuration files as needed. For instance, the $SOURCES/bootstrap.sh file to the following. Make sure you have write permissions to the lib folder.
TOOLSET=”gcc”
…
LIBDIR=/usr/local/lib/boost
Mark the $SOURCES/bootstrap.sh and the $SOURCES/tools/build/v2/engine/build.sh as executable.
chmod +x
Otherwise calling the bootstrap.sh leads to a “permission denied” error!
Execute bootstrap.sh … happy compiling – be patient
…failed updating 60 targets…
…skipped 12 targets…
…updated 875 targets…
After that, run ./bjam install. E.G. you can specify the adress model by using address-model=64 for 64 Bit.
…failed updating 60 targets…
…skipped 12 targets…
…updated 9731 targets…
