[C++-sig] Complete confustion about using Boost.Python

[Noah Schwartz]

Thanks David ;D

I had eventually figured this out when I realized that I didn't have a
build/tools/v1 directory installed anyone on my machine.

This is sort of confusing and isn't at all immediately obvious (to me
at least). Maybe the documentation should be updated?

Noah

On 9/18/06, David Huebel <davidhuebel at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/14/06, Noah Schwartz <noah.schwartz1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Failed to find the project root for directory '.'.
> > Did not find a project-root.jam file there or in any of its parent
> > directories.
> > Please consult the documentation at 'http://www.boost.org'.
>
> The Boost directory that should be referenced by BOOST_ROOT is the
> directory where Boost was extracted and built before installing.  The
> files you need to develop Boost.Python extensions are not installed in
> /usr/local/include.
>
> On my machine, the BOOST_ROOT directory contains the following files:
> configure, Jamfile, Jamfile.v2, and several others, and the following
> directories:  boost, bin, doc, libs, tools, and several others.
>
> This confused me when starting out with Boost.Python, because I
> expected that everything I needed had been installed somewhere outside
> this directory.  Actually, you will need to keep this directory around
> indefinitely to keep developing Boost.Python extensions (unless I have
> missed something.)
>
> David Huebel
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