Is there any way of installing the Boost pre-compiled binaries non-interactively from the command line?
Purpose is for automation of installing Boost onto Windows machines, but compiling from source takes a really long time.
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Setup executables have command line switches /SP-, /SILENT, /VERYSILENT, that disable installation messages.
/NOCANCEL is also worthy to note.
Run them with /? to get full list of supported options.
Use the following:
boost_1_72_0-msvc-14.2-64.exe /sp- /silent /suppressmsgboxes /norestart
if you need full automation you can suppress window mode with /verysilent and wait for process to finish by piping it into more
C:/path/to/boost_1_72_0-msvc-14.2-64.exe /sp- /verysilent /suppressmsgboxes /norestart | more
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