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<a name="jam.building"></a><a href="building.html" title="Building BJam"> Building BJam</a>
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<p>
Installing <code class="literal">BJam</code> after building it is simply a matter of
copying the generated executables someplace in your <code class="literal">PATH</code>.
For building the executables there are a set of <code class="literal">build</code> bootstrap
scripts to accomodate particular environments. The scripts take one optional
argument, the name of the toolset to build with. When the toolset is not given
an attempt is made to detect an available toolset and use that. The build scripts
accept these arguments:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="emphasis"><em>build</em></span> [<span class="emphasis"><em>toolset</em></span>]
</pre>
<p>
Running the scripts without arguments will give you the best chance of success.
On Windows platforms from a command console do:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting">cd <span class="emphasis"><em>jam source location</em></span>
.\build.bat
</pre>
<p>
On Unix type platforms do:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting">cd <span class="emphasis"><em>jam source location</em></span>
sh ./build.sh
</pre>
<p>
For the Boost.Jam source included with the Boost distribution the <span class="emphasis"><em>jam
source location</em></span> is <code class="literal">BOOST_ROOT/tools/jam/src</code>.
</p>
<p>
If the scripts fail to detect an appropriate toolset to build with your particular
toolset may not be auto-detectable. In that case, you can specify the toolset
as the first argument, this assumes that the toolset is readily available in
the <code class="literal">PATH</code>.
</p>
<div class="note"><table border="0" summary="Note">
<tr>
<td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="../images/note.png"></td>
<th align="left">Note</th>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>
The toolset used to build Boost.Jam is independent of the toolsets used for
Boost.Build. Only one version of Boost.Jam is needed to use Boost.Build.
</p></td></tr>
</table></div>
<p>
The supported toolsets, and wether they are auto-detected, are:
</p>
<div class="table">
<a name="id2565770"></a><p class="title"><b>Table1.Supported Toolsets</b></p>
<div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="Supported Toolsets">
<colgroup>
<col>
<col>
<col>
<col>
</colgroup>
<thead><tr>
<th>
<p>
Script
</p>
</th>
<th>
<p>
Platform
</p>
</th>
<th>
<p>
Toolset
</p>
</th>
<th>
<p>
Detection and Notes
</p>
</th>
</tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<code class="literal">build.bat</code>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
Windows NT, 2000, and XP
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list">
<tr><td><a href="http://www.borland.com/bcppbuilder/freecompiler" target="_top"><code class="literal">borland</code></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>
<a href="http://www.borland.com/" target="_top">Borland</a> C++Builder (BCC 5.5)</td></tr>
</table>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
<li>Common install location: "<code class="literal">C:\Borland\BCC55</code>"</li>
<li>
<code class="literal">BCC32.EXE</code>
in <code class="literal">PATH</code>
</li>
</ul></div>
<p>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list">
<tr><td><a href="http://www.comeaucomputing.com/" target="_top"><code class="literal">como</code></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Comeau
Computing C/C++</td></tr>
</table>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list">
<tr><td><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/" target="_top"><code class="literal">gcc</code></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>GNU GCC</td></tr>
</table>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list">
<tr><td><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/" target="_top"><code class="literal">gcc-nocygwin</code></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>GNU
GCC</td></tr>
</table>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list">
<tr><td><a href="http://www.intel.com/software/products/compilers/c60" target="_top"><code class="literal">intel-win32</code></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Intel
C++ Compiler for Windows</td></tr>
</table>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li>
<code class="literal">ICL.EXE</code> in <code class="literal">PATH</code>
</li></ul></div>
<p>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list">
<tr><td><a href="http://www.metrowerks.com/" target="_top"><code class="literal">metrowerks</code></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>MetroWerks
CodeWarrior C/C++ 7.x, 8.x, 9.x</td></tr>
</table>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
<li>
<code class="literal">CWFolder</code> variable configured</li>
<li>
<code class="literal">MWCC.EXE</code>
in <code class="literal">PATH</code>
</li>
</ul></div>
<p>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list">
<tr><td><a href="http://www.mingw.org/" target="_top"><code class="literal">mingw</code></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>GNU
<a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/" target="_top">GCC</a> as the <a href="http://www.mingw.org/" target="_top">MinGW</a>
configuration</td></tr>
</table>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li>Common install location: "<code class="literal">C:\MinGW</code>"</li></ul></div>
<p>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list">
<tr><td><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/" target="_top"><code class="literal">msvc</code></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Microsoft
Visual C++ 6.x</td></tr>
</table>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
<li>
<code class="literal">VCVARS32.BAT</code> already configured</li>
<li>
<code class="literal">%MSVCDir%</code>
is present in environment</li>
<li>Common install locations: "<code class="literal">%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft
Visual Studio</code>", "<code class="literal">%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft
Visual C++</code>"</li>
<li>
<code class="literal">CL.EXE</code> in <code class="literal">PATH</code>
</li>
</ul></div>
<p>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list">
<tr><td><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/" target="_top"><code class="literal">vc7</code></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Microsoft
Visual C++ 7.x</td></tr>
</table>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
<li>
<code class="literal">VCVARS32.BAT</code> or <code class="literal">VSVARS32.BAT</code> already
configured</li>
<li>
<code class="literal">%VS71COMNTOOLS%</code> is present in environment</li>
<li>
<code class="literal">%VCINSTALLDIR%</code>
is present in environment</li>
<li>Common install locations: "<code class="literal">%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft
Visual Studio .NET</code>", "<code class="literal">%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft
Visual Studio .NET 2003</code>"</li>
<li>
<code class="literal">CL.EXE</code> in
<code class="literal">PATH</code>
</li>
</ul></div>
<p>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list">
<tr><td><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/" target="_top"><code class="literal">vc8</code>
and <code class="literal">vc9</code></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Microsoft Visual C++ 8.x and 9.x</td></tr>
</table>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
Detection: </p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
<li>
<code class="literal">VCVARSALL.BAT</code> already configured</li>
<li>
<code class="literal">%VS90COMNTOOLS%</code>
is present in environment</li>
<li>Common install location: "<code class="literal">%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft
Visual Studio 9</code>"</li>
<li>
<code class="literal">%VS80COMNTOOLS%</code> is
present in environment</li>
<li>Common install location: "<code class="literal">%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft
Visual Studio 8</code>"</li>
<li>
<code class="literal">CL.EXE</code> in <code class="literal">PATH</code>
</li>
</ul></div>
<p>
</p>
<p>
Notes: </p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li>If <code class="literal">VCVARSALL.BAT</code> is called to set up the toolset,
it is passed all the extra arguments, see below for what those arguments
are. This can be used to build, for example, a Win64 specific version
of <code class="literal">bjam</code>. Consult the VisualStudio documentation for
what the possible argument values to the <code class="literal">VCVARSALL.BAT</code>
are.</li></ul></div>
<p>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<code class="literal">build.sh</code>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
Unix, Linux, Cygwin, etc.
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list">
<tr><td><a href="http://www.hp.com/go/c++" target="_top"><code class="literal">acc</code></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>HP-UX
aCC</td></tr>
</table>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
<li>
<code class="literal">aCC</code> in <code class="literal">PATH</code>
</li>
<li>
<code class="literal">uname</code>
is "HP-UX"</li>
</ul></div>
<p>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list">
<tr><td><a href="http://www.comeaucomputing.com/" target="_top"><code class="literal">como</code></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Comeau
Computing C/C++</td></tr>
</table>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li>como in <code class="literal">PATH</code>
</li></ul></div>
<p>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list">
<tr><td><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/" target="_top"><code class="literal">gcc</code></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>GNU GCC</td></tr>
</table>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li>gcc in <code class="literal">PATH</code>
</li></ul></div>
<p>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list">
<tr><td><a href="http://www.intel.com/software/products/compilers/c60l/" target="_top"><code class="literal">intel-linux</code></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Intel
C++ for Linux</td></tr>
</table>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
<li>
<code class="literal">icc</code> in <code class="literal">PATH</code>
</li>
<li>Common install locations:
"<code class="literal">/opt/intel/cc/9.0</code>", "<code class="literal">/opt/intel_cc_80</code>",
"<code class="literal">/opt/intel/compiler70</code>", "<code class="literal">/opt/intel/compiler60</code>",
"<code class="literal">/opt/intel/compiler50</code>"</li>
</ul></div>
<p>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list">
<tr><td><code class="literal">kcc</code></td></tr>
<tr><td>Intel KAI C++</td></tr>
</table>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li>
<code class="literal">KCC</code> in <code class="literal">PATH</code>
</li></ul></div>
<p>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list">
<tr><td><a href="http://www.borland.com/bcppbuilder/freecompiler" target="_top"><code class="literal">kylix</code></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>
<a href="http://www.borland.com/" target="_top">Borland</a> C++Builder</td></tr>
</table>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li>bc++ in PATH</li></ul></div>
<p>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list">
<tr><td><a href="http://www.sgi.com/developers/devtools/languages/mipspro.html" target="_top"><code class="literal">mipspro</code></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>SGI
MIPSpro C</td></tr>
</table>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li>
<code class="literal">uname</code> is "<code class="literal">IRIX</code>" or "<code class="literal">IRIX64</code>"</li></ul></div>
<p>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list">
<tr><td><code class="literal">sunpro</code></td></tr>
<tr><td>Sun Workshop 6 C++</td></tr>
</table>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li>Standard install location: "<code class="literal">/opt/SUNWspro</code>"</li></ul></div>
<p>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list">
<tr><td><code class="literal">qcc</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://www.qnx.com/" target="_top">QNX Neutrino</a></td></tr>
</table>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li>
<code class="literal">uname</code> is "<code class="literal">QNX</code>" and <code class="literal">qcc</code>
in <code class="literal">PATH</code>
</li></ul></div>
<p>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list">
<tr><td><a href="http://www.tru64unix.compaq.com/cplus/" target="_top"><code class="literal">true64cxx</code></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Compaq
C++ Compiler for True64 UNIX</td></tr>
</table>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li>
<code class="literal">uname</code> is "<code class="literal">OSF1</code>"</li></ul></div>
<p>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list">
<tr><td><a href="http://www-3.ibm.com/software/ad/vacpp/" target="_top"><code class="literal">vacpp</code></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>IBM
VisualAge C++</td></tr>
</table>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li>
<code class="literal">xlc</code> in <code class="literal">PATH</code>
</li></ul></div>
<p>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
MacOS X
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list">
<tr><td><a href="http://developer.apple.com/tools/compilers.html" target="_top"><code class="literal">darwin</code></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Apple
MacOS X GCC</td></tr>
</table>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li>
<code class="literal">uname</code> is "<code class="literal">Darwin</code>"</li></ul></div>
<p>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
Windows NT, 2000, and XP
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list">
<tr><td><a href="http://www.mingw.org/" target="_top"><code class="literal">mingw</code></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>GNU
<a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/" target="_top">GCC</a> as the <a href="http://www.mingw.org/" target="_top">MinGW</a>
configuration with the MSYS shell</td></tr>
</table>
<p>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li>Common install location: "<code class="literal">/mingw</code>"</li></ul></div>
<p>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<br class="table-break"><p>
The built executables are placed in a subdirectory specific to your platform.
For example, in Linux running on an Intel x86 compatible chip, the executables
are placed in: "<code class="literal">bin.linuxx86</code>". The <code class="literal">bjam[.exe]</code>
executable can be used to invoke Boost.Build.
</p>
<p>
The build scripts support additional invocation arguments for use by developers
of Boost.Jam and for additional setup of the toolset. The extra arguments come
after the toolset:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
<li>
Arguments not in the form of an option, before option arguments, are used
for extra setup to toolset configuration scripts.
</li>
<li>
Arguments of the form "<code class="literal">--option</code>", which are
passed to the <code class="literal">build.jam</code> build script.
</li>
<li>
Arguments not in the form of an option, after the options, which are targets
for the <code class="literal">build.jam</code> script.
</li>
</ul></div>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="emphasis"><em>build</em></span> [<span class="emphasis"><em>toolset</em></span>] [<span class="emphasis"><em>setup</em></span>*] [--<span class="emphasis"><em>option</em></span>+ <span class="emphasis"><em>target</em></span>*]
</pre>
<p>
The arguments immediately after the toolset are passed directly to the setup
script of the toolset, if available and if it needs to be invoked. This allows
one to configure the toolset ass needed to do non-default builds of <code class="literal">bjam</code>.
For example to build a Win64 version with <code class="literal">vc8</code>. See the toolset
descriptiona above for when particular toolsets support this.
</p>
<p>
The arguments starting with the "<code class="literal">--option</code>" forms
are passed to the <code class="literal">build.jam</code> script and are used to further
customize what gets built. Options and targets supported by the <code class="literal">build.jam</code>
script:
</p>
<div class="variablelist">
<p class="title"><b></b></p>
<dl>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">---</code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
Empty option when one wants to only specify a target.
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">--release</code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
The default, builds the optimized executable.
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">--debug</code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
Builds debugging versions of the executable. When built they are placed
in their own directory "<code class="literal">bin./platform/.debug</code>".
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">--grammar</code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
Normally the Jam language grammar parsing files are not regenerated. This
forces building of the grammar, although it may not force the regeneration
of the grammar parser. If the parser is out of date it will be regenerated
and subsequently built.
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">--with-python=<span class="emphasis"><em>path</em></span></code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
Enables Python integration, given a path to the Python libraries.
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">--gc</code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
Enables use of the Boehm Garbage Collector. The build will look for the
Boehm-GC source in a "boehm_gc" subdirectory from the <code class="literal">bjam</code>
sources.
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">--duma</code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
Enables use of the DUMA (Detect Uintended Memory Access) debugging memory
allocator. The build expects to find the DUMA source files in a "duma"
subdirectory from the <code class="literal">bjam</code> sources.
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">--toolset-root=<span class="emphasis"><em>path</em></span></code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
Indicates where the toolset used to build is located. This option is passed
in by the bootstrap (<code class="literal">build.bat</code> or <code class="literal">build.sh</code>)
script.
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">--show-locate-target</code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
For information, prints out where it will put the built executable.
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">--noassert</code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
Disable debug assertions, even if building the debug version of the executable.
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">dist</code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
Generate packages (compressed archives) as appropriate for distribution
in the platform, if possible.
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">clean</code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
Remove all the built executables and objects.
</p></dd>
</dl>
</div>
</div>
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