cross compile Boost 1.57.0 on ubuntu for arm

Question

I am new into cross compile process. Need to cross compile boost library for arm. Please suggest step to cross-compile boost library. Is it possible to cross compile required feature of boost library?

Answer 1

You can cross-compile Boost using the following steps:

1. Bootstrap the build system:

   ./bootstrap.sh
   

2. Modify the configuration file (project-config.jam) to use the ARM toolchain by replacing the line with using gcc with:

   using gcc : arm : arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++ ;
   

3. Build and install the library:

   ./bjam install toolset=gcc-arm --prefix=/usr/local/boost
   

Note: the toolchain must be in $PATH