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I have downloaded "boost" (1.40.0) source code from their homepage "www.boost.org". I have Linux (Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty) installed and trying to compile the boost libraries to the "WINDOWS" version (e.g. ".dll", NOT ".so") from my "LINUX" machine. And now an important question: IS IT POSSIBLE TO COMPILE TO THE "WINDOWS" BOOST LIBRARIES FROM "LINUX" (if someone say "yes" I will trust him only if he has already done it before of will write here a solution which will work for me. Sorry for that pessimism but I am trying to do this about for 3 days and nothing positive so far) ? So far I have compiled c++ programs this way. For compiling from Linux to Linux I have used "gcc" (or "g++") compiler. For compiling from Linux to Windows I have used "i586-mingw32msvc-gcc" (or "i568-mingw32msvc-g++") compiler (which is contained in "mingw32" package for "Ubuntu" for example). So this strategy I have wanted to use also to compile boost libraries and I have tried this so far (after reading the "Getting started" article on the boost homepage): --1. I have run "bootstrap.sh" from the "root" boost source code directory: ./bootstrap.sh --2. Then I have changed one thing in the file "project-config.jam" (from "using gcc ;"): using gcc : : i586-mingw32msvc-gcc ; --3. And finally run "bjam" executable: ./bjam stage But instead of creation of the "Windows" version of the boost libraries I got lots of error-messages. Can anybody help me? Thanks in advance. Petike

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