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diff --git a/README.building-boost b/README.building-boost new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0e7059de3 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.building-boost @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +Until boost 1.35 (or later) ships with the distributions, you'll need +to download and build it yourself. It's not hard, and it can +peacefully coexist with earlier versions of boost. + +Download the latest version of boost from boost.sourceforge.net. +(boost_1_36_0.tar.bz2 was the latest when this was written) + +unpack it somewhere +cd into the resulting directory + +$ cd boost_1_36_0 + +# Pick a prefix to install it into. I used /opt/boost_1_36_0 + +$ BOOST_PREFIX=/opt/boost_1_36_0 + +$ ./configure --prefix=$BOOST_PREFIX --with-libraries=thread,date_time +$ make +$ make install + +# Done! That was easy! + +---------------------------------------------------------------- + +Now, tell gnuradio where to find it: + +$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$BOOST_PREFIX/lib + +$ cd <path-to-top-of-gnuradio-tree> +$ ./bootstrap +$ ./configure --with-boost=$BOOST_PREFIX # plus whatever config args you usually use + +$ make && make check +$ sudo make install + |