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Building and Testing</h1></div> 22<div><div class="authorgroup"><div class="author"><h3 class="author"> 23<span class="firstname">David</span> <span class="surname">Abrahams</span> 24</h3></div></div></div> 25<div><p class="copyright">Copyright © 2002-2015 David Abrahams, Stefan Seefeld</p></div> 26</div></div> 27<div class="toc"><dl class="toc"> 28<dt><span class="section"><a href="building.html#building.requirements">Requirements</a></span></dt> 29<dt><span class="section"><a href="building/background.html">Background</a></span></dt> 30<dt><span class="section"><a href="building/no_install_quickstart.html">No-Install Quickstart</a></span></dt> 31<dd><dl> 32<dt><span class="section"><a href="building/no_install_quickstart.html#building.no_install_quickstart.basic_procedure">Basic 33 Procedure</a></span></dt> 34<dt><span class="section"><a href="building/no_install_quickstart.html#building.no_install_quickstart.in_case_of_trouble">In 35 Case of Trouble</a></span></dt> 36<dt><span class="section"><a href="building/no_install_quickstart.html#building.no_install_quickstart.in_case_everything_seemed_to_wor">In 37 Case Everything Seemed to Work</a></span></dt> 38<dt><span class="section"><a href="building/no_install_quickstart.html#building.no_install_quickstart.modifying_the_example_project">Modifying 39 the Example Project</a></span></dt> 40</dl></dd> 41<dt><span class="section"><a href="building/installing_boost_python_on_your_.html">Installing 42 Boost.Python on your System</a></span></dt> 43<dt><span class="section"><a href="building/configuring_boost_build.html">Configuring Boost.Build</a></span></dt> 44<dd><dl> 45<dt><span class="section"><a href="building/configuring_boost_build.html#building.configuring_boost_build.python_configuration_parameters">Python 46 Configuration Parameters</a></span></dt> 47<dt><span class="section"><a href="building/configuring_boost_build.html#building.configuring_boost_build.examples">Examples</a></span></dt> 48</dl></dd> 49<dt><span class="section"><a href="building/choosing_a_boost_python_library_.html">Choosing a 50 Boost.Python Library Binary</a></span></dt> 51<dd><dl> 52<dt><span class="section"><a href="building/choosing_a_boost_python_library_.html#building.choosing_a_boost_python_library_.the_dynamic_binary">The 53 Dynamic Binary</a></span></dt> 54<dt><span class="section"><a href="building/choosing_a_boost_python_library_.html#building.choosing_a_boost_python_library_.the_static_binary">The 55 Static Binary</a></span></dt> 56</dl></dd> 57<dt><span class="section"><a href="building/include_issues.html"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span></code> 58 Issues</a></span></dt> 59<dt><span class="section"><a href="building/python_debugging_builds.html">Python Debugging Builds</a></span></dt> 60<dt><span class="section"><a href="building/testing_boost_python.html">Testing Boost.Python</a></span></dt> 61<dt><span class="section"><a href="building/notes_for_mingw_and_cygwin_with_.html">Notes for 62 MinGW (and Cygwin with -mno-cygwin) GCC Users</a></span></dt> 63</dl></div> 64<div class="section"> 65<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"> 66<a name="building.requirements"></a><a class="link" href="building.html#building.requirements" title="Requirements">Requirements</a> 67</h3></div></div></div> 68<p> 69 Boost.Python requires <a href="http://www.python.org/2.2" target="_top">Python 2.2</a> 70 <a href="#ftn.building.requirements.f0" class="footnote" name="building.requirements.f0"><sup class="footnote">[1]</sup></a> <span class="bold"><strong>or</strong></span> <a href="http://www.python.org" target="_top">newer</a>. 71 </p> 72</div> 73<div class="footnotes"> 74<br><hr style="width:100; text-align:left;margin-left: 0"> 75<div id="ftn.building.requirements.f0" class="footnote"><p><a href="#building.requirements.f0" class="para"><sup class="para">[1] </sup></a> 76 Note that although we tested earlier versions of Boost.Python with Python 77 2.2, and we don't <span class="bold"><strong>think</strong></span> we've done anything 78 to break compatibility, this release of Boost.Python may not have been 79 tested with versions of Python earlier than 2.4, so we're not 100% sure 80 that python 2.2 and 2.3 are supported. 81 </p></div> 82</div> 83</div> 84<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> 85<td align="left"></td> 86<td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2002-2015 David 87 Abrahams, Stefan Seefeld<p> 88 Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 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