How to build Boost 1.59 with Visual Studio 2015 command prompt

To build Boost libraries, you need a command line : MSBuild Command Prompt for VS2015.

First you must build Boost.Build using booststrap.bat.

Then you need to run : bjam toolset=msvc-14.0 variant=debug,release threading=multi link=shared

The result is:

The Boost C++ Libraries were successfully built!

The following directory should be added to compiler include paths:

C:\Dev\cpp\boost_1_59_0

The following directory should be added to linker library paths:

C:\Dev\cpp\boost_1_59_0\stage\lib

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