Linux ===== sudo apt install libboost-all-dev macOS ===== Download the latest Boost sources from here: boost.org Currently v 1.74.0 - https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.74.0/source/boost_1_74_0.tar.bz2 cd ~/Downloads curl -L -O https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.74.0/source/boost_1_74_0.tar.bz2 mkdir src cd !$ tar --bzip2 -xf ~/Downloads/boost_1_74_0.tar.bz2 cd boost_1_74_0/tools/build ./bootstrap.sh ./b2 toolset=clang --prefix=$HOME/local/boost-build install cd ../.. ~/local/boost-build/bin/b2 -j8 toolset=clang cflags=-mmacosx-version-min=10.12 \ cxxflags=-mmacosx-version-min=10.12 mflags=-mmacosx-version-min=10.12 \ mmflags=-mmacosx-version-min=10.12 mflags=-mmacosx-version-min=10.12 \ linkflags=-mmacosx-version-min=10.12 \ architecture=x86 address-model=64 --prefix=$HOME/local/boost install That will take a while, once successful (warnings can be ignored) you can clean the build tree to save some space: ~/local/boost-build/bin/b2 toolset=clang cflags=-mmacosx-version-min=10.12 \ cxxflags=-mmacosx-version-min=10.12 mflags=-mmacosx-version-min=10.12 \ mmflags=-mmacosx-version-min=10.12 mflags=-mmacosx-version-min=10.12 \ linkflags=-mmacosx-version-min=10.12 \ architecture=x86 address-model=64 --prefix=$HOME/local/boost clean All that remains is to reconfigure your WSJT-X build trees to include ~/local/boost in your CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH, maybe something like these (one each for Debug and Release configuration builds and assumes the Macports GCC v7 tool-chain is being used): FC=gfortran-mp-7 \ cmake \ -D CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH:PATH=~/local/boost\;~/Qt/5.15.0-clang\;~/local/hamlib/release\;/opt/local \ -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/local/wsjtx/release \ -D CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.14.sdk \ -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \ -B ~/build/wsjtx-release \ ~/src/bitbucket.org/k1jt/wsjtx FC=gfortran-mp-7 \ cmake \ -D CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH:PATH=~/local/boost\;~/Qt/5.15.0-clang\;~/local/hamlib/debug\;/opt/local \ -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/local/wsjtx/debug \ -D CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.14.sdk \ -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \ -B ~/build/wsjtx-debug \ ~/src/bitbucket.org/k1jt/wsjtx Substitute you installed SDK version, Qt version and location, and Hamlib install locations. MS Windows ========== Because 32-bit and 64-bit builds are possible and each use different tool-chains, two separate builds are necessary if both architectures are required. Common steps ------------ Download and extract the latest Boost library sources, at the time of writing that was https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.74.0/source/boost_1_74_0.7z . Extract to some convenient location, I use %HOME%\src . Download and extract the libbacktrace sources from https://github.com/ianlancetaylor/libbacktrace as follows. cd %HOME%\src mkdir github.com cd github.com mkdir ianlancetaylor cd ianlancetaylor git clone git@github.com:ianlancetaylor/libbacktrace.git I install third-party tools under the C:\Tools directory, the following assumes that, adjust to taste. Note that it is OK to install both 32- and 64-bit builds of Boost to the same path as the library names are unique per architecture and tool-chain. This saves a lot of space as the boost header files are quite big, and there's no need to install multiple copies. Create a new file %HOME%\src\boost_1_74_0\project-config.jam with the following three lines to specify how Boost.Build finds the libbacktrace library matched to your relevant C++ compliers: import toolset ; using gcc : : C:\\Qt\\Tools\\mingw730_32\\bin\\g++ : -I"C:\\Tools\\libbacktrace-1.0\\MinGW32\\include" -L"C:\\Tools\\libbacktrace-1.0\\MinGW32\\lib" ; using gcc : 8~64 : C:\\Qt\\Tools\\mingw810_64\\bin\\g++ : -I"C:\\Tools\\libbacktrace-1.0\\MinGW64\\include" -L"C:\\Tools\\libbacktrace-1.0\\MinGW64\\lib" ; Note that it may need some local adjustment of the C++ compiler version and path depending on the exact tool-chains from your Qt installation. Above I am using the Qt v5.12.9 MinGW32 v7 tool-chain for 32-bit (toolset=gcc), and Qt v5.15.0 MinGW64 v8 tool-chain for 64-bit (toolchain=gcc-8~64). 32-bit ------ Start an MSys or MSys2 shell with the 32-bit C/C++ tool-chain from your Qt installation on the PATH environment variable. cd ~/src/github.com/ianlancetaylor/libbacktrace ./configure --prefix=/c/Tools/libbacktrace-1.0/MinGW32 make && make install make clean Start a CMD window suitably configured for use of the 32-bit MinGW tool-chain bundled with your Qt binary installation. Verify the correct compiler is in the PATH. i.e. it identifies (g++ --version) as i686-posix-dwarf-rev0. cd %HOME%\src\boost_1_74_0\tools\build bootstrap.bat mingw .\b2 --prefix=C:\Tools\boost-build\MinGW32 install cd ..\.. C:\Tools\boost-build\MinGW32\bin\b2 -j8 toolset=gcc ^ --build-dir=%HOME%\build\boost ^ --build-type=complete --prefix=C:\Tools\boost install If all is well you should see the following line about a 1/3 of the way through the initial configuration steps. - libbacktrace builds : yes After some time it should complete with something like: ...failed updating 1574 targets... ...skipped 1112 targets... ...updated 3924 targets... warnings can usually be ignored. If successful; you can release some space by cleaning the build tree: C:\Tools\boost-build\MinGW32\bin\b2 toolset=gcc ^ --build-dir=%HOME%\build\boost ^ --build-type=complete clean 64-bit ====== Start an MSys or MSys2 shell with the 64-bit C/C++ tool-chain from your Qt installation on the PATH environment variable. cd ~/src/github.com/ianlancetaylor/libbacktrace ./configure --prefix=/c/Tools/libbacktrace-1.0/MinGW64 make && make install make clean Start a CMD window suitably configured for use of the 64-bit MinGW tool-chain bundled with your Qt binary installation. Verify the correct compiler is in the PATH. i.e. it identifies (g++ --version) as x86_64-posix-seh-rev0. Note the toolchain specified must match your compilers and the project-config.jam file you created above. With a v7 64-bit C++ compiler use gcc-7~64, with a v8 64-bit C++ compiler use gcc-8~64. My example matches my 64-bit Qt v5.15.0 with the bundled MinGW64 v8.1.0. cd %HOME%\src\boost_1_74_0\tools\build bootstrap.bat .\b2 --prefix=C:\Tools\boost-build\MinGW64 install cd ..\.. C:\Tools\boost-build\MinGW64\bin\b2 -j8 toolset=gcc-8~64 ^ address-model=64 --build-dir=%HOME%\build\boost ^ --build-type=complete --prefix=C:\Tools\boost install If all is well you should see the following line about a 1/3 of the way through the initial configuration steps. - libbacktrace builds : yes After some time it should complete with something like: ...failed updating 108 targets... ...skipped 32 targets... ...updated 3648 targets... warnings can usually be ignored. If successful; you can release some space by cleaning the build tree: C:\Tools\boost-build\MinGW32\bin\b2 toolset=gcc-8~64 ^ address-model=64 --build-dir=%HOME%\build\boost ^ --build-type=complete clean Setting up WSJT-X builds ------------------------ All that remains is to add C:\Tools\boost\ to your 32- and 64-bit build configurations CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH variables. I use tool-chain files for my WSJT-X builds on Windows, an extract from my 32-bit Debug configuration tool-chain file: # ... set (BOOSTDIR C:/Tools/boost) set (QTDIR C:/Qt/5.12.9/mingw73_32) # set (QTDIR C:/Qt/5.15.0/mingw81_32) set (FFTWDIR C:/Tools/fftw-3.3.5-dll32) set (HAMLIBDIR C:/test-install/hamlib/mingw32/debug) set (LIBUSBDIR C:/Tools/libusb-1.0.23) set (PYTHONDIR C:/Python27) set (ASCIIDOCDIR C:/Tools/asciidoc-master) # where to find required packages set (CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${BOOSTDIR} ${QTDIR} ${FFTWDIR} ${HAMLIBDIR} ${HAMLIBDIR}/bin ${LIBUSBDIR} ${PYTHONDIR} ${ASCIIDOCDIR}) # ... Run-time Environment -------------------- You will need to add C:\Tools\boost\lib to your PATH environment variable in order to run installed Debug configurations of WSJT-X, or to execute build artefacts from a build tree. Installed Release configurations will move any required DLLs to the installation bin directory automatically.