This page describes how to build the library. It's a good starting point if you just downloaded it and you want to start explore.
Under windows both MSVC compiler and MinGW are supported
Pre-compiled versions of boost for windows are available at SourceForge.
For MSVC 2019: recommended cmake => 3.15.2 (the version 3.14 embedded in visual studio is not working with boost 1.71), boost 1.71 msvc-14.2
This project has a submodule (the license generator). Remember to add the option --recursive to clone it.
git clone --recursive https://github.com/open-license-manager/open-license-manager.git
~~Initialize command line tools:~~
~~ "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x64 ~~
Configure the library:
cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A x64 -DBOOST_ROOT="C:\local\boost" //(or where boost was installed)
Below a list of some useful cmake configurations
| Definition name | Description |
|---|---|
| -DSTATIC_RUNTIME=1 | link statically to the standard and runtime support libraries (compiler flag /MT) |
| -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release | link to the release version of the boost libraries |
| -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=C:.. | folder where to install libraries and headers |
| -DBOOST_ROOT=C:.. | folder where boost is installed. If cmake is reporting boost not found consider updating cmake. |
Compile and test (command line)
cmake --build . --target install --config Release
ctest -C Release