Installation - Boost.GIL documentation

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# Installation

The latest version of Boost.GIL can be downloaded from https://github.com/boostorg/gil.

The Boost.GIL is a header-only library. Meaning, it consists of header files only, it does not require Boost to be built and it does not require any libraries to link against.

Note

The exception to dependencies-free rule of GIL is the I/O extension which requires client libraries implementing popular image formats like libpng, libjpeg, etc.

In order to use Boost.GIL, including `boost/gil.hpp` and telling your compiler where to find Boost and GIL headers should be sufficient for most projects.

## Compiling

The Boost.GIL library source code should successfully compile with any compiler with complete C++14 support.

Note

Boost.GIL requires C++14 compiler since ince Boost 1.80.

For the actual list of currently tested compilers, check results of the library CI builds linked from the README.md or inspect the CI services configuration files in the develop branch of the library repository.