Boost C++ Libraries: Ticket #9728: Bootstrap currently fails https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/9728 <p> I just just did a clone from Github. </p> <p> The instructions that I'm following are at <em>more/getting_started/unix-variants.html</em>. </p> <p> The first step fails on a missing directory: </p> <pre class="wiki">boost$ ./bootstrap.sh ./bootstrap.sh: 1: ./bootstrap.sh: ./tools/build/v2/engine/build.sh: not found Building Boost.Build engine with toolset ... Failed to build Boost.Build build engine Consult 'bootstrap.log' for more details </pre> en-us Boost C++ Libraries /htdocs/site/boost.png https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/9728 Trac 1.4.3 myselfasunder@… Sat, 01 Mar 2014 19:57:44 GMT <link>https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/9728#comment:1 </link> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/9728#comment:1</guid> <description> <p> It turns out that the directions under 5.1 don't work at all, but 5.2.1 works fine. </p> <p> However, 5.2.4 (using b2 to build Boost) don't work. </p> <p> Command: </p> <pre class="wiki">boost$ b2 --build-dir=/tmp/build-boost toolset=gcc stage Unable to load Boost.Build: could not find build system. --------------------------------------------------------- /home/dustin/build/boost/boost-build.jam attempted to load the build system by invoking 'boost-build tools/build/v2 ;' but we were unable to find "bootstrap.jam" in the specified directory or in BOOST_BUILD_PATH (searching /home/dustin/build/boost/tools/build/v2, /usr/share/boost-build). Please consult the documentation at 'http:--www.boost.org'. </pre><p> <em>bootstrap.jam</em> is located here: </p> <pre class="wiki">boost$ find ./ -name "bootstrap.jam" ./tools/build/src/kernel/bootstrap.jam ./tools/build/src/bootstrap.jam ./tools/build/test/startup/boost-root/build/bootstrap.jam </pre><p> If I change to tools/build/src: </p> <pre class="wiki">boost/tools/build/src$ b2 --build-dir=/tmp/build-boost toolset=gcc stage notice: could not find main target stage notice: assuming it is a name of file to create. error: Project target requested but not yet assigned for module 'Jamfile&lt;/home/dustin/build/boost/tools/build/src&gt;'. </pre> </description> <category>Ticket</category> </item> </channel> </rss>