I am new to Visual Studio. I have cloned a git project that needs Boost.Test.
When I try to install Boost with the NuGet console (inside MSVC) I get this error below although the package clearly exists.
Is this the correct way to install Boost to use in a Visual Studio C++ project?
PM> Find-Package boost
Id Versions Description
-- -------- -----------
boost {1.79.0} boost
boost_filesystem-vc140 {1.79.0} boost_filesystem-vc140. Compiler: Visual Studio 2015 Update 3.
boost_system-vc140 {1.79.0} boost_system-vc140. Compiler: Visual Studio 2015 Update 3.
boost_date_time-vc140 {1.79.0} boost_date_time-vc140. Compiler: Visual Studio 2015 Update 3.
boost_filesystem-vc120 {1.79.0} boost_filesystem-vc120. Compiler: Visual Studio 2013 Update 5.
boost_chrono-vc120 {1.79.0} boost_chrono-vc120. Compiler: Visual Studio 2013 Update 5.
boost_date_time-vc141 {1.79.0} boost_date_time-vc141. Compiler: Visual Studio 2017 15.9.45.
boost_system-vc120 {1.79.0} boost_system-vc120. Compiler: Visual Studio 2013 Update 5.
boost_thread-vc120 {1.79.0} boost_thread-vc120. Compiler: Visual Studio 2013 Update 5.
boost_system-vc141 {1.79.0} boost_system-vc141. Compiler: Visual Studio 2017 15.9.45.
boost_date_time-vc120 {1.79.0} boost_date_time-vc120. Compiler: Visual Studio 2013 Update 5.
boost_regex-vc140 {1.79.0} boost_regex-vc140. Compiler: Visual Studio 2015 Update 3.
boost_thread-vc141 {1.79.0} boost_thread-vc141. Compiler: Visual Studio 2017 15.9.45.
boost_chrono-vc141 {1.79.0} boost_chrono-vc141. Compiler: Visual Studio 2017 15.9.45.
boost_regex-vc142 {1.79.0} boost_regex-vc142. Compiler: Visual Studio 2019 16.11.11.
boost_log-vc140 {1.79.0} boost_log-vc140. Compiler: Visual Studio 2015 Update 3.
boost_random-vc140 {1.79.0} boost_random-vc140. Compiler: Visual Studio 2015 Update 3.
boost_regex-vc120 {1.79.0} boost_regex-vc120. Compiler: Visual Studio 2013 Update 5.
boost_filesystem-vc141 {1.79.0} boost_filesystem-vc141. Compiler: Visual Studio 2017 15.9.45.
boost_serialization-vc140 {1.79.0} boost_serialization-vc140. Compiler: Visual Studio 2015 Update 3.
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PM> Install-Package boost -Version 1.79.0
Install-Package : Project 'Default' is not found.
At line:1 char:2
+ Install-Package boost -Version 1.79.0
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Default:String) [Install-Package], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NuGetProjectNotFound,NuGet.PackageManagement.PowerShellCmdlets.InstallPackageCommand
PM>
