Posted by dxli on Feb 03, 2016; 9:38pm
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/boost-tp5712887p5712892.html

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.hpp

then, I rename the folder structure to:

~/tmp/boost/include/boost/version.hpp

to specify boost header location:

specify the variable BOOST_DIR in custom.pri

BOOST_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).