Hello, I am new to Boost.Python and am trying to follow the Getting Started instructions here:
https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_70_0/libs/python/doc/html/building/no_install_quickstart.html The first step is to “get the bjam build driver” and I’m referred to section 5 of the generic Boost Getting Started Guide. But section 5 of the generic Getting Started guide doesn’t explain how to “get the bjam build driver”, or explain what the bjam driver is or how it works. So I followed all the instructions to build and install Boost itself under section 5 “Easy Build and Install” of the generic Boost Getting Started guide (https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_70_0/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html). But this also fails at the step “./b2 install”, apparently because include paths are not set up correctly. But there is no explanation of how to set up include paths, and after all I am not supposed to need a complete install anyway. And since I’m apparently using a build engine, rather than an existing makefile or such, I don’t know to configure the include paths, and I don’t know what they should be anyway. So I should back up. Is there a version of quickstart instructions that doesn’t refer you to another guide which doesn’t seem to explain what is needed anyway? How do I “Get the bjam build driver”. And what is it anyway? Won’t I need to know something about it to use Boost.Python? I don’t need any of Boost except for Boost.Python. Sorry for newbie question. I’m new to Boost, but I’m NOT a newbie programmer, so I’m probably some justified in being confused by the instructions. * Andy
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