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["Laurent Rineau (GeometryFactory)" <>]

On Thursday 29 January 2009 04:24:32 

 wrote:
> Hi all:
> I"ve got problems when installing CGAL 3.4.Things are like this:
> First, I installed CGAL 3.4 using the CGAL-3.4-Setup.exe file,the
> destination folder is as default.
> Second, I copied the unziiped boost_1_37_0 folder to the CGAL -3.4 folder
> Then when I use CMake 2.6 to install it,it reports an error when the
> progress is 18% to hint me set the Boost variables(BOOST_ROOT and
> BOOST_LIBRARYDIR ). After I set the system variables, the same error still
> occurs.
> So I rename the boost_1_37_0 folder to boost,and set 3 variables in the
> system variables(BOOST_ROOT,value: c:\program files\CGAL
> -3.4\boost,Boost_INCLUDE_DIR,value: c:\program files\CGAL
> -3.4\boost\boost,BOOST_LIBRARYDIR,value: c:\program files\CGAL
> -3.4\boost\libs)
>
> CMake then still hints me to set Boost_INCLUDE_DIR or BOOST_ROOT!!
>
> Anybody has an idea on this problem please?

If I have correctly understood, you have set the *environment* variables* 
BOOST_ROOT and so on, but instead you need to set *CMake* variables.

Run "cmake-gui.exe" (instead of "cmakesetup.exe"), then, search for the 
comboxbox that displays "Simple View" and choose "Advanced View" instead. 
That 
way you will see all CMake variable. Select all variables that begin with 
"Boost_" and remove them. Then add a new variable (button "Add entry", next 
to 
the combobox) named BOOST_ROOT, of type PATH, and with the value "c:\program 
files\CGAL-3.4\boost" and then you can continue with the CMake configuration.

-- 
Laurent Rineau, PhD
Engineer at GeometryFactory
http://www.geometryfactory.com/