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Installing boost libraries for GCC on Windows - Final Guide

1) First step

  1. Download Boost 1.66.0
  2. Add to environment variables PATH the string "C:\Qt\Qt5.13.1\Tools\mingw730_64\bin"
  3. Order it as first one

2) Folder setup

  1. Extract downloaded boost source, e.g. C:\Program Files\boost_1_66_0
  2. Create a folder for Boost.Build installation, e.g. C:\Program Files\boost-build
  3. Create a folder within for building, i.e. C:\Program Files\boost_1_66_0\build
  4. Create a folder for installation, e.g. C:\Program Files\boost

3) Boost.Build setup

  1. Open Command Prompt AS ADMINISTRATOR and navigate to C:\Program Files\boost_1_66_0\tools\build
  2. Run bootstrap.bat gcc.
  3. Run b2 install --prefix="C:\Program Files\boost-build"
  4. Add C:\Program Files\boost-build\bin to Windows PATH (environment variables)

4) Boost building

  1. Open Command Prompt AS ADMINISTRATOR and navigate to C:\Program Files\boost_1_66_0
  2. Run bootstrap.bat gcc
  3. Run
b2 --build-dir="C:\Program Files\boost_1_66_0\build" --prefix="C:\Program Files\boost" toolset=gcc install

4b) In case of error

If the folders "include" and "lib" aren't generated, try instead

b2 --build-dir="C:\Program Files\boost_1_66_0\build" --prefix="C:\Program Files\boost" --address-model=64 --architecture=x86 toolset=gcc install

5) Project setup (for Qt Creator)

  1. Add include folder, i.e. C:\Program Files\boost\include\boost-1_66.
  2. Add linker folder, i.e. C:\Program Files\boost\lib.
  3. Link required libraries, e.g. libboost_regex-mgw48-mt-1_66.a.