title: Netbeans IDE 7.2.1: How to add the c++ boost library
body: <p>For my next assignment I require threading in C++ and have read that the boost library for threading works fairly well.  I've never added a custom library to Netbeans and was hoping someone could provide me some steps to follow in order to allow me to #include it and use it in my class.</p>
  
  <p>So far I've downloaded the following:
  Boost library from here: <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.52.0/" rel="noreferrer">http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.52.0/</a>
  (Not sure if it matters where I extract this too.. I'm assuming I need to set NetBeans to point at it somewhere within the properties of my package?)</p>
  
  <p>NetBeans 7.2.1 C/C++ Installer for Windows from here: <a href="http://netbeans.org/downloads/start.html?platform=windows&amp;lang=en&amp;option=cpp" rel="noreferrer">http://netbeans.org/downloads/start.html?platform=windows&amp;lang=en&amp;option=cpp</a></p>
  
  <p>Compiling with: MinGW</p>
  
  <p>Any help would be great.
  Thanks!</p>