I'm on Ubuntu, and I want to install Boost. I tried with
sudo apt-get install boostBut there was no such package. What is the best way to install Boost on Ubuntu?
09 Answers
You can use apt-get command (requires sudo)
sudo apt-get install libboost-all-devOr you can call
aptitude search boostfind packages you need and install them using the apt-get command.
Get the version of Boost that you require. This is for 1.55 but feel free to change or manually download yourself:
wget -O boost_1_55_0.tar.gz
tar xzvf boost_1_55_0.tar.gz
cd boost_1_55_0/Get the required libraries, main ones are icu for boost::regex support:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential g++ python-dev autotools-dev libicu-dev libbz2-dev libboost-all-devBoost's bootstrap setup:
./bootstrap.sh --prefix=/usr/Then build it with:
./b2and eventually install it:
sudo ./b2 installInstalling Boost on Ubuntu with an example of using boost::array:
Install libboost-all-dev and aptitude:
sudo apt install libboost-all-dev
sudo apt install aptitude
aptitude search boostThen paste this into a C++ file called main.cpp:
#include <iostream>
#include <boost/array.hpp>
using namespace std;
int main(){ boost::array<int, 4> arr = {{1,2,3,4}}; cout << "hi" << arr[0]; return 0;
}Compile like this:
g++ -o s main.cppRun it like this:
./sProgram prints:
hi1Get the version of Boost that you require. This is for 1.55 but feel free to change or manually download yourself (Boost download page):
wget -O boost_1_55_0.tar.gz tar xzvf boost_1_55_0.tar.gz cd boost_1_55_0/
Get the required libraries, main ones are icu for boost::regex support:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install build-essential g++ python-dev autotools-dev libicu-dev libbz2-dev
Boost's bootstrap setup:
./bootstrap.sh --prefix=/usr/local
If we want MPI then we need to set the flag in the user-config.jam file:
user_configFile=`find $PWD -name user-config.jam` echo "using mpi ;" >> $user_configFile
Find the maximum number of physical cores:
n=`cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep "cpu cores" | uniq | awk '{print $NF}'`Install boost in parallel:
sudo ./b2 --with=all -j $n install
Assumes you have /usr/local/lib setup already. if not, you can add it to your LD LIBRARY PATH:
sudo sh -c 'echo "/usr/local/lib" >> /etc/ld.so.conf.d/local.conf'
Reset the ldconfig:
sudo ldconfig6
An update for Windows 10 Ubuntu Application via Subsystem (also works on standard Ubuntu):
You might have problems finding the package. If you do, never fear! PPA is here!
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:boost-latest/ppa
sudo apt-get updateThen run:
sudo apt-get install libboost-all-devYou can install boost on ubuntu by using the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install libboost-all-dev
First try the following:
$ sudo apt-get install libboost*You may get an error message similar to the following, like I did:
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.Then try install below package:
$ sudo apt-get install libboost-all-devNow you can create a a sample project utilizing Boost:
$ mkdir boost
$ cd boost/
$ cat > main.cpp &Install libboost-all-dev by entering the following commands in the terminal
Step 1
Update package repositories and get latest package information.
sudo apt update -yStep 2
Install the packages and dependencies with -y flag .
sudo apt install -y libboost-all-devNow that you have your libboost-all-dev installed source:
Actually you don't need "install" or "compile" anything before using Boost in your project. You can just download and extract the Boost library to any location on your machine, which is usually like /usr/local/.
When you compile your code, you can just indicate the compiler where to find the libraries by -I. For example, g++ -I /usr/local/boost_1_59_0 xxx.hpp.
