Problem Building Boost

[NickPaul]

Hey all. I'm trying to follow the instructions from http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_47_0/more/getting_started/windows.html and I'm having some trouble.

Firstly... I'm on windows xp using CodeBlocks 10.5 which has MinGw bundled with it.

I'm trying to get through section 5.3.1 from the site I mentioned above. I get stuck on the first step. If i just type bootstrap.bat in cmd I get an error in the log which says:

###
### "Could not find a suitable toolset."
###
### You can specify the toolset as the argument, i.e.:
###     .\build.bat msvc
###
### Toolsets supported by this script are: borland, como, gcc, gcc-nocygwin,
###     intel-win32, metrowerks, mingw, msvc, vc7, vc8, vc9, vc10
### 

So then I try: "bootstrap.bat mingw" and get the following output in the cmd screen:

Bootstrapping the build engine
In file included from command.c:17:
jam.h:88: No include path in which to find fcntl.h
jam.h:89: No include path in which to find stdlib.h
jam.h:90: No include path in which to find stdio.h
jam.h:91: No include path in which to find ctype.h
jam.h:92: No include path in which to find malloc.h
jam.h:94: No include path in which to find memory.h
jam.h:96: No include path in which to find signal.h
jam.h:97: No include path in which to find string.h
jam.h:98: No include path in which to find time.h

... LOTS MORE OF THIS STUFF

debug.h:10: No include path in which to find time.h
In file included from jam.c:107:
jam.h:88: No include path in which to find fcntl.h
jam.h:89: No include path in which to find stdlib.h
jam.h:90: No include path in which to find stdio.h
jam.h:91: No include path in which to find ctype.h
jam.h:92: No include path in which to find malloc.h
jam.h:94: No include path in which to find memory.h
jam.h:96: No include path in which to find signal.h
jam.h:97: No include path in which to find string.h
jam.h:98: No include path in which to find time.h
In file included from jam.h:577,
                 from jam.c:107:
debug.h:10: No include path in which to find time.h
In file included from jam.c:122:
strings.h:8: No include path in which to find stddef.h
In file included from jam.c:125:
output.h:10: No include path in which to find time.h
jam.c:581: No include path in which to find windows.h
gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `cc1': No such file or directory

Failed to bootstrap the build engine
Please consult bootstrap.log for furter diagnostics. 

The log file now contains:

###
### Using 'mingw' toolset.
###

C:\Program Files\Boost\boost_1_47_0\tools\build\v2\engine>if exist bootstrap rd /S /Q bootstrap 

C:\Program Files\Boost\boost_1_47_0\tools\build\v2\engine>md bootstrap 

C:\Program Files\Boost\boost_1_47_0\tools\build\v2\engine>gcc -DNT -o bootstrap\jam0.exe  command.c compile.c debug.c execnt.c expand.c filent.c glob.c hash.c hdrmacro.c headers.c jam.c jambase.c jamgram.c lists.c make.c make1.c newstr.c option.c output.c parse.c pathunix.c regexp.c rules.c scan.c search.c subst.c timestamp.c variable.c modules.c strings.c filesys.c builtins.c md5.c pwd.c class.c w32_getreg.c native.c modules/set.c modules/path.c modules/regex.c modules/property-set.c modules/sequence.c modules/order.c 

So it looks like it is finding the compiler executable right? (I've never really used the command line to compile stuff, codeblocks has taken care of that for me - except for my Java days). It just can't find the standard header files.

I really have no idea what is going on. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance,

Nick.