How To Compile Boost Using MinGW

To compile Boost using MinGW, do the following:

1. Ensure that MinGW is installed at C:\MinGW\
2. Ensure that the PATH Environment Variable contains C:\MinGW\bin\:
   

   set PATH=C:\MinGW\bin;%PATH%

3. Change directories to Boost:
   

   cd C:\boost_1_53_0\

4. Pass in mingw to bootstrap.bat:
   

   bootstrap.bat mingw

5. Call b2.exe:
   

   b2.exe toolset=gcc --build-type=complete stage

This will build Boost using the GCC toolset in MinGW.

Note: This post was tested by compiling Boost 1.53.0 ( http://www.boost.org ) with GCC version 4.7.2 from MinGW ( http://www.mingw.org ).

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