Any 'working' compile instructions for CMake on Windows?

[Former user]

I'm trying to solve an optimization problem in MatLab using GTSAM, which I feel grateful about.

But I can't get it to compile in CMake.

It keeps complaining it cannot find Boost.

I set its search path in CMakeLists.txt:

set(BOOST_ROOT /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/)
set(BOOST_INCLUDEDIR /usr/include/boost/)
set(BOOST_LIBRARYDIR /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/)
set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
set(Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED ON)

I am majoring in Mechanical Engineering, and configuring all this CMake, Boost, etc are pretty daunting.

This buggy compilation process is taking me days to get started with GTSAM. All I want to do is just use the library.

Can you please provide non-CS people like me with a working step-by-step instruction for getting started with GTSAM?

The instructions below just don't work.

https://bitbucket.org/gtborg/gtsam/src/c82fe1fde2fc988b6bde5e4798b66129bbb5da19/INSTALL?fileviewer=file-view-default

[Jing Dong]

Hi, are you compiling on native Windows (not cygwin or any virtual machine)? If yes please set the Boost relative CMake variables as actual paths in windows, like D:... Also please do not set the variables in CMakelists, but in CMakeGUI.

[Frank Dellaert]

Not many of us are windows users. If you figured out issues with the Readme files/instructions that can make life easier for others, please consider creating a pull request with changes.