diff --git a/Documentation/doc/Documentation/Third_party.txt b/Documentation/doc/Documentation/Third_party.txt index 7e315d25c1e..67036b472bd 100644 --- a/Documentation/doc/Documentation/Third_party.txt +++ b/Documentation/doc/Documentation/Third_party.txt @@ -69,8 +69,9 @@ For Visual C++ you can download precompiled libraries from `https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost-binaries/`. As there is no canonical directory for where to find \boost on Windows, -we recommend that you define the environment variable -`Boost_ROOT` (or `BOOST_ROOT`) and set it to where you have installed \boost, e.g., `C:/local`, or set `Boost_DIR` to the path of the directory containing the file `BoostConfig.cmake`, e.g.`C:/local/boost_1_80_0/lib64-msvc-14.3/cmake/Boost-1.80.0` (be careful of the case of `Boost_DIR`). +we recommend to use the config mode of CMake by defining the environment variable +`Boost_DIR` (case sensitive) to the path of the directory in your boost installation +containing the file `BoostConfig.cmake`, e.g.`C:/local/boost_1_80_0/lib64-msvc-14.3/cmake/Boost-1.80.0`. \subsection thirdpartyMP Multi Precision Number Type Library