Boost and Windows

Visual Studio 2010

Prebuilt from mongodb.org

Click here for a prebuilt boost library for Visual Studio 2010.  7zip format.

Building Yourself

• Download the boost source from boost.org. Move it to C:\boost\.
  • We have successfully compiled version 1.42 – you might want to try that version or higher, but not 1.45 or later. 1.45 changed the interface to the boost::filesystem library and we've yet to catch up. See additional notes section at end of this page too.
• Run C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\vc\vcvarsall.bat.
• From the MongoDB source project, run buildscripts\buildboost.bat. Or, buildboost64.bat for the 64 bit version.

Visual Studio 2008

Prebuilt from mongodb.org

Click here for a prebuilt boost library for Visual Studio 2008.  7zip format. This file has what you need to build MongoDB, but not some other boost libs, so it's partial.

Prebuilt from boostpro.com

Or, you can download a complete prebuilt boost library for 32 bit VS2008 at http://www.boostpro.com/products/free. Install the prebuilt libraries for Boost version 1.35.0 (or higher - generally newer is better). During installation, for release builds choose static multithread libraries for installation. The Debug version of the project uses the DLL libraries; choose all multithread libraries if you plan to do development.  From the BoostPro installer, be sure to select all relevant libraries that mongodb uses -- for example, you need Filesystem, Regex, Threads, and ProgramOptions (and perhaps others).

Building Yourself

• Download the boost source from boost.org. Move it to C:\boost\.
• From the Visual Studio 2008 IDE, choose Tools.Visual Studio Command Prompt to get a command prompt with all PATH variables set nicely for the C++ compiler.
• From the MongoDB source project, run buildscripts\buildboost.bat. Or, buildboost64.bat for the 64 bit version.

Additional Notes

When using bjam, MongoDB expects

• variant=debug for debug builds, and variant=release for release builds
• threading=multi
• link=static runtime-link=static for release builds
• address-model=64 for 64 bit