boost lib build configuration variations

I use Boost on Linux, but here's what I think these are from the Linux naming.

  • mt Multithreaded/thread-safe
  • s Static library
  • gd With debug symbols

On Linux gd seems to be just d, so perhaps maybe the g means something else in additions to "with debug symbols".


Here is the link to the docs for full info on what the many suffixes means:

windows: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_40_0/more/getting_started/windows.html#library-naming

linux: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_40_0/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html#library-naming

Although it seems it's the same anyway so either link should be good.


[lib][boost_unit_test_framework]-[vc80]-[mt]-[sgd]-[1_35][.lib]
  • lib: On Linux all files are prefixed with this
    • On Windows this prefix is not on "import libraries and DLLs"
  • boost_unit_test_framework: The library name beginning with boost_
  • vc80: Toolset and version used to build this library
    • vc71: Microsoft Visual C++ 2003 (version 7.1)
    • vc80: Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 (version 8.0)
    • mgw53: MinGW 5.3
  • mt: Indicates multithreading support
  • sgd: Each letter indicates something
    • s: Static linking
    • g: Linked to debug libraries
    • y: "using a special debug build of Python"
    • d: Boost debug
    • p: Uses "the STLPort standard library"
    • n: using STLPort's deprecated "native iostreams" feature
  • 1_35: Boost version
  • .lib: Extension varies based on convention in operating system

Based on this (Thanks @n1ckp)

Also take a look at the list of Boost 1.34.0 binaries available for download for some examples.

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