better to unzip it to an empty folder.
for example:
for example after unzipping it:
you have something similar to:
~/tmp/boost/
boost_1_60_0/boost/version.hpp
for *nix, I found the scripts are looking for:
include/boost/version.hppthen, I rename the folder structure to:
~/tmp/boost/
include/boost/version.hpp
to specify boost header location:
specify the variable
BOOST_DIR in
custom.priBOOST_DIR=/home/dli/tmp/boost/
ravas wrote
I downloaded 1.6 and unzipped it in the same folder as 1.53
then went to custom.pro to find it unedited... so I'm not sure how the boost version is determined.
It built a working installer; however I don't know what version of boost it used (I did edit custom.pro to indicate 1.6).