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Asked: 2026-05-20T07:43:26+00:00

I want to use Boost core libraries (like lambda) and Boost ASIO library in

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I want to use Boost core libraries (like lambda) and Boost ASIO library in a large cross-platform project built with the Cmake. I want to put Boost & ASIO in my source control tree and build it as part of project with the Cmake. So I don’t want to “install” it on computers and link with it.

How can this be done? Does there exist CMakeLists.txt for Boost?

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    Both Boost.Lambda and Boost.ASIO are header-only libraries, so in your CMakeLists.txt file, you could include your Boost include directory in the INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES variable, and when your code is built, the header code will be built into your resulting modules.

    For situations where you are using non-header-only libraries, like Boost.Filesystem, then you will have to either ship libraries you built, or modify the experimental CMake version of boost.build, which you can find here: https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/CMake

    Edit

    I was slightly confused about Boost.Asio. It is not truly header-only, because it depends on Boost.System, and possibly Boost.Thread depending on how you use it.

    However, Boost.Asio is derived from Asio ( http://think-async.com/ ), which is header-only.

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