%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Boost-&boost-version; Boost Introduction to Boost Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries. &lfs71_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 and User Notes: Installation of Boost Install Boost by running the following commands as the root user: ./bootstrap.sh --prefix=/usr && ./b2 install threading=multi link=shared Command Explanations threading=multi: This parameter ensures that Boost is built with multithreading support. 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. Contents Installed Libraries Installed Directory libboost_chrono.so, libboost_date_time.so, libboost_exception.a, libboost_filesystem.so, libboost_graph.so, libboost_iostreams.so, libboost_locale.so, libboost_math_c99f.so, libboost_math_c99l.so, libboost_math_c99.so, libboost_math_tr1f.so, libboost_math_tr1l.so, libboost_math_tr1.so, libboost_prg_exec_monitor.so, libboost_program_options.so, libboost_python.so, libboost_random.so, libboost_regex.so, libboost_serialization.so, libboost_signals.so, libboost_system.so, libboost_test_exec_monitor.a, libboost_thread.so, libboost_timer.so, libboost_unit_test_framework.so, libboost_wave.so and libboost_wserialization.so /usr/include/boost