boost::locale 1.57.0 with ICU library 54.1 under Windows (VC++ 2010)

Question

I'm trying to build Boost::locale 1.57.0 with ICU library support 54.1 under Windows 8.1. I have the library on C:\icu with files like these:

C:\icu\lib64

icudt.exp
icudt.lib
icuin.exp
icuin.lib
icuio.exp
icuio.lib
...

C:\icu\include\unicode
C:\icu\include\layout
...

I ran the following:

$ bootstrap

$ .\b2 -sICU_PATH=C:\icu -j4 --toolset=msvc-10.0 address-model=64 --build-type=complete stage

But then I got the following messages:

- zlib                     : no
- iconv (libc)             : no
- iconv (separate)         : no
- icu                      : no
- icu (lib64)              : no
- message-compiler         : yes

These messages means that I won't get ICU support at all? What could be the problem here?

Answer 1

I am having the same issue. But I was able to compile the Boost.Locale with referring here . So basically what I did was:

bjam --with-locale -sICU_PATH=C:\icu stage link=static,shared

It found ICU and was able to create static and shared files. Hope this helps.