Document process to install Boost prerequisites

Linux

On metroplex build machine:

# From /home/kitware/Dashboards/Slicer/DashboardScripts/metroplex.sh

SLICER_PREVIEW_ENV_NAME=qt5-centos7
SLICER_PREVIEW_ENV_VERSION=latest
slicer_preview_script=/home/kitware/bin/slicer-buildenv-${SLICER_PREVIEW_ENV_NAME}-${SLICER_PREVIEW_ENV_VERSION}

cd /home/kitware/Dashboards/Medical

${slicer_preview_script} bash

boost_src_dir=/work/Support/Boost-1.78.0
boost_install_dir=/work/Support/Boost-1.78.0-install

git clone https://github.com/boostorg/boost.git --depth 1 --branch boost-1.78.0 $boost_src_dir
cd $boost_src_dir
git submodule update --init

cd $boost_src_dir
./bootstrap.sh
./b2 --prefix=$boost_install_dir install

macOS

On computron build machine:

cd /D/Med/Support
curl -L# https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release/1.78.0/source/boost_1_78_0.tar.gz -O
tar -xzvf boost_1_78_0.tar.gz

boost_src_dir=/D/Med/Support/boost_1_78_0
boost_install_dir=/D/Med/Support/boost_1_78_0-install

cd $boost_src_dir
./bootstrap.sh
./b2 --prefix=$boost_install_dir install

Windows

Click on the Prebuilt windows binaries link available at https://www.boost.org/users/download/

This link redirects to https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost-binaries/

On overload build machine:

• 2021.12.21: package boost_1_77_0-msvc-14.2-64.exe was installed into folder D:\Support\boost_1_77_0