This tutorial teaches you how to setup boost library in Visual Stuido 2008. There’s a perbuild version you can download from Boost pro . The perbuild package can save you lots of time and effort. Believe me.
The boost pro downloader is not smart enough to detect old version; therefore, I highly recommend you install all the packages. There are many dependency within boost library. For example, the boost filesystem is depend on boost system and boost regular expression. If you miss one of them, you have to install the boost library again :(
Now, let’s setup Visual Studio so that it can find the file and library. Go to Tools->Option->Projects and Solutions->VC++ Directories.
Select “Include files” and Add a new directory. In my computer, it is
C:\Program Files (x86)\boost\boost_1_38\
Select “Library files” and Add a new directory
C:\Program Files (x86)\boost\boost_1_38\lib
That’s it. Enjoy your life with Boost
