Difficulties to use boost

[h0404]

Hello,
I am learning C++ at home with Visual Studio 2012, and need to do an assignment using boost libraries.

I have downloaded the latest version, but do not know exactly how to use it, how to make VS 2012 recognize boost.

I have not found clear steps to follow on MSDN or on
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_53_0/more/getting_started/windows.html
or any other web sites.

can anyone who know VS 2012 help, or suggest any other software I can use on Windows 7 with boost easily installed for me to practice some tutorials ?

[coder777]

it's simple, really.

open a console, go to the boost_1_53_0 directory, enter (one after the other):

bootstrap
b2

and you're done

[kbw]

... almost done. You need to set up the include/lib paths for each project in Visual Studio.

[Ivan Sidarau]

You could use CMake - it will help create MSVC project simply with support of boost libraries.

Or set BOOST_ROOT=/path/to/boost
and use it into MSVC as
$(BOOST_ROOT) - for sources
$(BOOST_ROOT)/bin32/lib - for libraries