How to find out what dependencies (i.e other Boost libraries) a particular Boost library requires?

Question

For any C++ Boost library, how can one find out which Boost library(ies) it requires ?

Example (not necessary a working example though): Boost library \"test\" requ

Answer 1

If you want to find out those dependencies to isolate the components your software requires, you can use bcp (Boost Copy)

It copies selected boost libraries and all its dependencies to a target location.

Eg

bcp regex /foo

copies the complete regex library and its dependencies to /foo

Disclaimer: I do not have any practical experience with bcp.

EDIT: If you only want to check on which compiled library a compiled library depends, you can either use ldd <boost_library_filename>.so on Linux or Dependency Walker on Windows.

Answer 2

boost comes with a tool to gather the dependencies of a library.

It is called bcp. If you just want a list of files, you have to use the --list option.