= Python Port quickstart =

At present, only gcc is supported toolset. To run the Boost.Build Python port, follow these steps:

  1. Get a fresh version of Boost.Jam from [http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/trunk/tools/jam] and build it, by going to the "src" subdirectory and running {{{./build.sh --with-python=/usr}}}. On Windows, use {{{build.bat "--with-python=<python-root>"}}} -- note the quotation marks -- you should use them, literally.
  2. Get a fresh version of Boost.Build from [http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/trunk/tools/build/v2]
  3. Go to the {{{example/hello}}}
  4. Create file user-config.jam, with "using gcc ;" as the content.
  5. Run 
    {{{bjam --python --user-config=user-config.jam}}}.


Note: the bjam binary used in step 3 should be the one you've built in step 1.