Ever since I started using boost on Windows with Visual Studio 2010 I just downloaded the binary package available on BoostPro as recommended by the boost documentation. I'm currently at Boost 1.51 and would like to upgrade to Boost 1.55. Now since BoostPro is no longer offering these packages, is there a substitute method to install the binary package or do I now need to build boost myself?
I see at http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_55_0/more/getting_started/windows.html the statement:
The most reliable way to get a copy of Boost is to download boost_1_55_0.7z or boost_1_55_0.zip and unpack it to install a complete Boost distribution
Will this be equivalent to the Boost Pro binaries I used to download or will this still require building stuff?
Then I also found http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost-binaries/. Overall I'm confused. Basically I'd like a simple installation like BoostPro used to offer if that is still available.