find_package() doesn't detect boost on Windows Cmake

Question

I\'m using a windows system. I want to use the Boost library using CMake. I\'ve installed boost on C:\\boost_1_55_0\\ Here is my CMakeLists.txt file

set(Boos         


        

Answer 1

On Windows 7 x64 I have Boost 1.58 installed to C:\SDKs\boost_1_58_0. In order to allow cMake to find all of the appropriate files, I had to add the following three system variables:

    BOOST_INCLUDEDIR    C:\SDKs\boost_1_58_0\
    BOOST_LIBRARYDIR    C:\SDKs\boost_1_58_0\lib64-msvc-12.0
    BOOST_ROOT          C:\SDKs\boost_1_58_0\boost