How to Install Boost 1.60.0 on Windows?

Boost 1.60.0 .zip Installation on Windows

You have successfully downloaded Boost 1.60.0 for Windows 7 and built the necessary executables. To proceed further with the installation:

1. Set BOOST_ROOT Environment Variable:

As recommended by the Boost user guide, create an environment variable named BOOST_ROOT and set its value to the location of the Boost directory.

2. Build Boost Libraries:

For Visual Studio 2015 (Static Libraries):

cd boost_1_xx_0
call bootstrap.bat
b2 -j8 toolset=msvc-14.0 address-model=64 architecture=x86 link=static threading=multi runtime-link=shared --build-type=complete stage
2>&1 | tee msvc_static_build.txt

For Visual Studio 2015 (Dynamic Thread Library):

b2 -j8 toolset=msvc-14.0 address-model=64 architecture=x86 link=shared threading=multi runtime-link=shared --with-thread --build-type=minimal stage
2>&1 | tee msvc_thread_build.txt

For Visual Studio 2015 (All Dynamic Libraries):

b2 -j8 toolset=msvc-14.0 address-model=64 architecture=x86 link=shared threading=multi runtime-link=shared --build-type=complete stage
2>&1 | tee msvc_dynamic_build.txt

For MinGW (Shared Libraries):

cd boost_1_xx_0
bootstrap.bat mingw

b2 toolset=gcc link=shared threading=multi --build-type=complete stage
2>&1 | tee mingw_build.txt

Once the build process is complete, you will have successfully installed Boost 1.60.0 on your Windows machine.

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