%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ boost Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries. &lfs70_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &boost-md5sum; Download size: &boost-size; Estimated disk space required: &boost-buildsize; Estimated build time: &boost-time; boost Dependencies Optional User Notes: Install boost by running the following commands as the root user: ./bootstrap.sh --prefix=/usr && ./b2 install link=shared link=shared: This parameter ensures that only shared libraries are created, except for libboost_exception and libboost_test_exec_monitor which are created as static. Most people will not need the static libraries, indeed most programs using boost only use the headers, but omit this parameter if you do need them. Installed Program Installed Libraries Installed Directory None libboost_{chrono, date_time, filesystem, graph, iostreams, locale, math_*, prg_exec_monitor, program_options, python, random, regex, serialization, signals, system, thread, unit_test_framework, wave, wserialization}.{so,a}, libboost_exception.a, libboost_test_monitor.a /usr/include/boost