

This exact path is not a requirement but we will use that here. Copy extracted boost_1_61_0 folder in this folder. The zip file is much bigger than 7z file and can take over 20 minutes to extract by Windows Explorer vs 5 minutes by 7Zip. Download the Boost archive in 7z format and extract using 7Zip.You typically don't need to worry about extra steps of building, although its good idea to just set everything up once. Consequently, all of the Boost code is divided in to two parts: headers only libraries and header+cpp libraries. Here's quick steps specifically for VS2015 with Boost 1.61.įirst, let's understand that Boost is huge library with lots of contributors. Also, it skips over some time saving details. Unfortunately Boost documentation is quite verbose because it tries to take care of all OS and environments.
