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Unresolved inclusion: <boost/python.hpp> in Eclipse

I have installed Boost Python in C:\boost in which the installation was run from C:\Program Files\boost_1_65_1 as the root directory.

|C:\
|--|boost
|--|--|bin
|--|--|share

|C:\
|--|Program Files
|--|--|boost_1_65_1

C:\MinGW\bin has been added to system's PATH. In Eclipse, the #include <boost/python.hpp> or anything relating to <boost\[directory]> keeps returning 'Unresolved inclusion' error.

I have added C:\MinGW\bin to system's 'Path'. In Eclipse I added the following to GNU C++ 'Include directories' in 'Paths and Symbols':

C:\boost
C:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_65_1\libs
C:\Program Files\boost\boost_!_65_1\boost
C:\MinGW\lib\gcc\mingw32\5.3.0\include\c++

What are the settings that need to be edited?

Solution

  • bjam --debug-configuration has to be run from the root folder

    C:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_65_1

    At the end of the compilation, go to

    Project Properties > C/C+ Build

    and add the links to the compiler include paths (in my case it was Cross G++ Compiler > Include). The boost library should now be accessible from #include <boost/whatever>.