fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'libboost_regex-vc90-mt-gd-1_42.lib'

Question

i\'m trying to use boost regex within my program the problem is i get this error... the only installation step i did was to add: \"C:\\Program Files\\boost\\boost_1_42\" int

Answer 1

I'm not sure about the define settings, but I was able to get boost to build with MSVC 9.0 by running the \bootstrap batch file, then editing \project-config.jam file as follows. Change the line:

using mvsc

to:

using msvc : 9.0 : cl.exe

then running .\b2 install and the boost headers and libraries were built and installed to c:\boost.