Compiling and configuring boost c++ libraries v1.60 for visual studio 2013

Download boost library v1.60:

http://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net/project/boost/boost/1.60.0/boost_1_60_0.zip

Extract zip file to C:\boost\MSVS\1.60

Set environment BOOST_ROOT to C:\boost\MSVS\1.60

Build Project 1:

• From Visual Studio's File menu, select New > Project…
• In the left-hand pane of the resulting New Project dialog, select Visual C++ > Win32.
• In the right-hand pane, select Win32 Console Application
• In the name field, enter "example"

• Right-click example project in the Solution Explorer pane and select Properties from the resulting pop-up menu
• In Configuration Properties > C/C++ > General > Additional Include Directories, enter the path to the Boost root directory, for example

  C:\boost\MSVS\1.60

• In Configuration Properties > C/C++ > Precompiled Headers, change Use Precompiled Header (/Yu) to Not Using Precompiled Headers.

• Replace the contents of the example.cpp generated by the IDE with the following code.

#include <boost/lambda/lambda.hpp>
#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>
#include <algorithm>

int main()
{
    using namespace boost::lambda;
    typedef std::istream_iterator<int> in;

    std::for_each(
        in(std::cin), in(), std::cout << (_1 * 3) << " " );
}

• From the Build menu, select Build Solution.

Compiling Boost library

bootstrap
.\b2

Link Your Program to a Boost Library

1. Right-click example in the Solution Explorer pane and select Properties from the resulting pop-up menu
2. In Configuration Properties > VC++ Directories > Library Directories, enter the path to the Boost binaries, e.g. C:\boost\MSVS\1.60\stage\lib.

1. From the Build menu, select Build Solution.

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_60_0/more/getting_started/windows.html