How to compile Quantlib and Boost under Windows 10

(1) Download and install Visual Studio Express 2015 for Windows Desktop. Note that Express comes in a variety of versions. The one needed to compile console programs is Express for Windows Desktop (neither Express for Web nor Express for Windows will do)
http://www.microsoft.com/express/



(2) Download and install boost Prebuilt windows binaries - boost_1_59_0-msvc-14.0-32.exe from http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost-binaries/1.59.0/
For 64 bit version, it is boost_1_59_0-msvc-14.0-64.exe
say install to D:\local\boost_1_59_0


(3) Download and unzip QuantLib-1.6.2.zip from http://sourceforge.net/projects/quantlib/files/QuantLib/1.6.2/
The updated version of QuantLib is 1.80

(4) Start Visual Studio Express 2015 and open project solution QuantLib_vc14.sln in the extracted quantlib folder.

(5) Multi-select all projects (except the solution) and click the setting icon to bring up the property page.


(6) Select All Configurations and All Platforms. Add D:\local\boost_1_59_0; to the Property Pages : VC++ Include directories.
And also add ;D:\local\boost_1_59_0\lib32-msvc-14.0; to the Library directories.


(7) Add /wd4819 to Command Line : Additional Options to disable C4819 warnings when compiling Quantlib.


(8) Build Debug / Release Win32 Solution using shortcut key (Fn-F7)
Choose Static Runtime Configurationif this is available

(9) After build, highlight the quantlib solution and edit the solution property pages by clicking the setting icon or use the shortcut key (Shift-Fn-F4)


(9.1) Choose a project say Bonds as startup project


(9.2) And then Debug / Release Run (Control-Fn-F5)
Choose Static Runtime Configurationif this is available



(9.3) If run test-suite, this command line argument should be added.
--log_level=message --build_info=yes --result_code=no --report_level=short

vim +196 Packages/SwiftDate-1.0.0/SwiftDate/Term.swift    Select all

mkdir -p Frameworks/boost.framework/Versions/1.60.0/Resources cat > Frameworks/boost.framework/Versions/1.60.0/Resources/Info.plist <<EOF <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key> <string>English</string> <key>CFBundleExecutable</key> <string>boost</string> <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key> <string>org.boost</string> <key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key> <string>6.0</string> <key>CFBundlePackageType</key> <string>FMWK</string> <key>CFBundleSignature</key> <string>????</string> <key>CFBundleVersion</key> <string>1.60.0</string> </dict> </plist> EOF ln -s ${HOME}/boost_1_60_0/boost Frameworks/boost.framework/Versions/1.60.0/Headers ln -s ${HOME}/boost_1_60_0/doc Frameworks/boost.framework/Versions/1.60.0/Documentation ar crus Frameworks/boost.framework/Versions/1.60.0/boost boost_1_60_0/stage/lib/libboost_*.a (cd Frameworks/boost.framework/Versions; ln -s 1.60.0 Current) (cd Frameworks/boost.framework; ln -s Versions/Current/* .) mkdir -p Frameworks/ql.framework/Versions/1.7/Resources cat > Frameworks/ql.framework/Versions/1.7/Resources/Info.plist <<EOF <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key> <string>English</string> <key>CFBundleExecutable</key> <string>ql</string> <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key> <string>org.boost</string> <key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key> <string>6.0</string> <key>CFBundlePackageType</key> <string>FMWK</string> <key>CFBundleSignature</key> <string>????</string> <key>CFBundleVersion</key> <string>1.7</string> </dict> </plist> EOF ln -s ${HOME}/QuantLib-1.7/Docs Frameworks/ql.framework/Versions/1.7/Documentation ln -s ${HOME}/QuantLib-1.7/prefix/usr/local/include/ql Frameworks/ql.framework/Versions/1.7/Headers ln -s ${HOME}/QuantLib-1.7/prefix/usr/local/lib/libQuantLib.a Frameworks/ql.framework/Versions/1.7/ql (cd Frameworks/ql.framework/Versions; ln -s 1.7 Current) (cd Frameworks/ql.framework; ln -s Versions/Current/* .)