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Rajesh Kumar J
Rajesh Kumar J

Reputation: 4785

Boost c++ library install

I am not familiar with the usual build technique in linux I am using boost c++ library. Can any body guide me in installing and configuring boost c++ library. Thanks in advance

Upvotes: 27

Views: 85102

Answers (5)

Praveen
Praveen

Reputation: 198

Since fedora people are accumulating here. I drop my working solution for fedora 36.

using dnf

sudo dnf install boost-devel

Most parts of boost was working with that. I had some issues finding boost_python. So, I decided to compile it myself. Find other boost releases here.

wget https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release/1.78.0/source/boost_1_78_0.tar.gz
tar xvf ./boost_1_78_0.tar.gz
cd boost_1_78_0
./bootstrap.sh
sudo ./b2 --layout=versioned --build-type=complete address-model=64 install -j 16

Upvotes: 2

Neyroman
Neyroman

Reputation: 51

Rob Kennedy's answer is still valid except that is recommended now to install with ./b2 instead of ./bjam.

Upvotes: 3

Hong
Hong

Reputation: 1333

My environment is Linux Fedora 15. On it, one can easily install boost by typing,

$ yum install boost-devel

After installation, you'll find boost under /usr/include/boost/.

However, if you run,

$yum install boost

you'll only find .so of boost under /usr/lib/, like /usr/lib/libboost_timer.so.1.48.0.

Upvotes: 57

Chris Card
Chris Card

Reputation: 3266

depending on the Linux distribution you are using, you'll probably find boost is already built and packaged for you, e.g. on Fedora "yum install boost"

Upvotes: 2

Rob Kennedy
Rob Kennedy

Reputation: 163247

It's OK if you're not familiar with the usual build technique because Boost doesn't use the usual build technique. Follow the instructions in the "getting started" documentation. Make sure you read all the way to the bottom of the page. The link to the Unix-specific instructions is at the very, very bottom.

For most parts of Boost, installation is synonymous with unpacking the tarball into your preferred include directory. Other parts of Boost require compilation, so go to the Boost installation directory, run ./bootstrap.sh, and then run ./bjam install.

Upvotes: 14

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