Boost C++ Libraries

The following instructions apply to Debian and its derivatives. They are based on a Ubuntu Edgy install but should work on other Debian based systems.

First install the bjam, xsltproc, docbook-xsl and docbook-xml packages. For example, using apt-get:

sudo apt-get install xsltproc docbook-xsl docbook-xml

If you're planning on building boost's documentation, you'll also need to install the doxygen package as well.

Next, we need to configure Boost Build to compile BoostBook files. Add the following to your user-config.jam file, which should be in your home directory. If you don't have one, create a file containing this text. For more information on setting up user-config.jam, see the Boost Build documentation.

using xsltproc ;

using boostbook
    : /usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/nwalsh
    : /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.2
    ;

# Remove this line if you're not using doxygen
using doxygen ;

The above steps are enough to get a functional BoostBook setup. Quickbook will be automatically built when needed. If you want to avoid these rebuilds:

using quickbook
    : /usr/local/bin/quickbook
    ;