From bf0f4f674ebb649e549d25e9055e934aa0a93569 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Trevor Hardy Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2023 13:48:54 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add note for Windows to set `Boost_INCLUDE_DIR` (#2554) * Add note to for Windows to set `Boost_INCLUDE_DIR` * Update docs/user-guide/installation/windows.md Co-authored-by: Philip Top * [pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks for more information, see https://pre-commit.ci --------- Co-authored-by: Philip Top Co-authored-by: pre-commit-ci[bot] <66853113+pre-commit-ci[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> --- docs/user-guide/installation/windows.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/user-guide/installation/windows.md b/docs/user-guide/installation/windows.md index 27d944fd2a..68006ffead 100644 --- a/docs/user-guide/installation/windows.md +++ b/docs/user-guide/installation/windows.md @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Studio version should match the version of the Boost libraries you are using. If you installed Boost into the root of the C or D drives with the default location (or the `BOOST_INSTALL_PATH` environment variable has been set), CMake should automatically detect their location. Otherwise the -location will need to be manually given to CMake. +location will need to be manually given to CMake through `Boost_INCLUDE_DIR`. This should be used if the Boost version is new and not known to HELICS or you want to be explicit about which boost folder to use. NOTE: CMake 3.14 and later separate the architecture into a separate field for the generator A basic call with `cmake` using Visual Studio 2022 on a 64bit Windows machine and installing to a folder called `install` inside the repository would be: