title: Installing Boost v1.70 in Visual Studio 2019 using Nuget
body: <p>I'm learning C++, some of the Boost libraries and VS2019 Community Edition. I'm currently reading through the Boost website's online material and the book <em>Learning Boost C++ Libraries</em>, trying to follow along.  I would like to update to 1.70.0 and figure out exactly why my code is building correctly.  I know, I know...if it's working why question it?  Well, the truth is I just don't understand why!</p>
  
  <p>I wasn't aware of Nuget and vcpkg prior to downloading and installing Boost 1.68.0 manually (BTW, there seems to be way too many ways of installing the libraries and it's quite confusing).  I have since deleted the original Boost installation directory and tried to install the Boost libraries through Nuget in VS2019.  This didn't appear to be successful (although I suspect vcpkg (see below) has something to do with it).  I was getting a single linker error (can't find the .lib file) which I eventually resolved (don't ask me how...it's a confusing story involving creating a new project and cutting/pasting my code.  Now it works; go figure).</p>
  
  <p>Currently, when I begin an #include directive () in my code I can see the path to the files which is buried under D:\...\vcpkg\installed\x86-windows\include\boost.  I've never used vcpkg directly so I have no idea why it's there.  The Property Pages for the project don't list the paths under <strong>C/C++ > Additional Include Directories</strong> or under <strong>Linker > Additional Library Directories</strong> so I haven't a clue from where the compiler and linker are getting the references.  There appear to be no packages installed under the Nuget UI.</p>
  
  <p>Ideally, I would like to start over with the Boost installation and use VS internal tools to do so.  I will probably have several different VS solutions as I explore Boost and would prefer Boost to be available to all future projects.  Is that possible?</p>
  
  <p>Any advice?</p>