[CMake] Boost on Windows

[Curtis Rueden]

Hi Andreas,

Well, then most probably the layout of that binary installation differs
> from what the FindBoost.cmake file expects. So where is the boost thread
> library and how is it named?


The latest available version of Boost offered by BoostPro is v1.38. The
libraries are placed in:

  C:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_38\lib

The strange thing is that FindBoost *does* find Boost, but only if first run
with no arguments, followed by explicitly setting BOOST_ROOT.

Looking at this:
>
>
>
> https://skyking.microscopy.wisc.edu/svn/java/trunk/components/native/bf-cpp/CMakeLists.txt
>
> The layout of that package seems to be utterly broken.
>

Do you mean bf-cpp, or some other package? How is it "broken"? I am new to
the CMake way of doing things, so would appreciate any advice for
improvement.

Thanks,
Curtis

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Andreas Pakulat <apaku at gmx.de> wrote:

> On 23.06.09 13:09:25, Curtis Rueden wrote:
> > First, I installed Boost using BoostPro's precompiled binaries at
> > http://www.boostpro.com/download.
> >
> > Then I tried the following CMakeLists.txt file:
> >
> > ----------
> > # Simple CMake build file for testing FindBoost. Fails on Windows with
> > # Boost binaries from BoostPro computing (http://www.boostpro.com/).
> >
> > cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
> >
> > project(boostFail1)
> >
> > message(STATUS "-- Boost:")
> > set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS OFF)
> > set(Boost_USE_MULTITHREAD ON)
> >
> > find_package(Boost COMPONENTS thread REQUIRED)
> >
> > message(STATUS "Boost_INCLUDE_DIR    : ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR}")
> > message(STATUS "Boost_THREAD_LIBRARY : ${Boost_THREAD_LIBRARY}")
> > ----------
> >
> > The error message I see is:
> >
> > ----------
> > -- Boost:
> > CMake Error at C:/Program Files/CMake
> > 2.6/share/cmake-2.6/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:868 (message):
> >   Unable to find the requested Boost libraries.
> >
> >   Boost version: 1.38.0
> >
> >   Boost include path: C:/Program Files/boost/boost_1_38
> >
> >   The following Boost libraries could not be found:
> >
> >           boost_thread
> >
> >   No Boost libraries were found.  You may need to set Boost_LIBRARYDIR to
> > the
> >   directory containing Boost libraries or BOOST_ROOT to the location of
> >   Boost.
> > Call Stack (most recent call first):
> >   CMakeLists.txt:16 (find_package)
> >
> >
> > Boost_INCLUDE_DIR    : C:/Program Files/boost/boost_1_38
> > Boost_THREAD_LIBRARY : Boost_THREAD_LIBRARY-NOTFOUND
> > ----------
> >
> > The problem does not occur on Linux or Mac OS X.
>
> Well, then most probably the layout of that binary installation differs
> from what the FindBoost.cmake file expects. So where is the boost thread
> library and how is it named? Looking at this:
>
> >
> https://skyking.microscopy.wisc.edu/svn/java/trunk/components/native/bf-cpp/CMakeLists.txt
>
> The layout of that package seems to be utterly broken.
>
> Andreas
>
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