[CMake] Cygwin Boost find error

[marco atzeri]

On 4/25/2013 8:54 AM, Lloyd wrote:
> Hi,
> I am building a project in both Windows 7 and Cygwin. I am using boost
> libraries in the project and it works correctly in windows
>
> FIND_PACKAGE(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS unit_test_framework)
>
> When I try to configure in cygwin it returns error saying that could not
> find boost. From Cygwin installer i have installed boost (both source as
> well as the library version). Still cmake could not find it. I also
> tried to locate the library, but could not find it. Can you please tell
> me the default location of boost in cygwin? or is there a way to locate
> the install paths of libraries?

this is more a question for cygwin help list,
anyway the development headers and libraries location
are reported here:

http://cygwin.com/packages/libboost-devel/libboost-devel-1.50.0-1

>
> I think it is not possible to use the Windows version of boost with
> cygwin as I am using different compilers (Visual studio in windows and
> gcc in cygwin).

correct. gcc4 package for cygwin

>
> Thanks,
>    Lloyd
>

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