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["Laurent Rineau (CGAL/GeometryFactory)" <>]

Le jeudi 11 octobre 2012 03:39:11 skauf a écrit :
> Hi all,
> 
> I'd like to install CGAL in such a way that would allow me to compile
> programs that use it with MinGW on Windows.
> 
> By default, the cmake configuration targets Visual Studio. I don't see
> instructions in the installation menu or in the lists on how to change this.
> 
> Anyone know how to get this to work?
> 
> Also, even when VS is the target compiler, cmake complains about not finding
> boost threads. I did set a BOOST_ROOT env var and cmake seems to be aware
> of its value, but still this happens:
> 
> CMake Error at cmake/modules/FindBoost.cmake:917 (message):
>   Unable to find the requested Boost libraries.
> 
>   Boost version: 1.51.0
> 
>   Boost include path: C:/Temp/boost_1_51_0
> 
>   The following Boost libraries could not be found:
> 
>           boost_thread
> 
>   No Boost libraries were found.  You may need to set Boost_LIBRARYDIR to
> the
>   directory containing Boost libraries or BOOST_ROOT to the location of
>   Boost.
> 
> I even tried to set Boost_LIBRARYDIR (say to C:/Temp/boost_1_51_0/libs) but
> that didn't help.

You can Set Boost_DEBUG to TRUE, in the CMake cache, to understand why CMake 
cannot find the suitable boost_thread library.

How have you installed Boost in C:/Temp/boost_1_51_0/? What is there in 
C:/Temp/boost_1_51_0/libs/?

-- 
Laurent Rineau, PhD
R&D Engineer at GeometryFactory           http://www.geometryfactory.com/
Release Manager of the CGAL Project       http://www.cgal.org/