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Boost is a set of libraries for the C++ programming language that provide support for tasks and structures such as linear algebra, pseudorandom number generation, multithreading, image processing, regular expressions, and unit testing.

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CMake cannot find libboost

There seems to be a LOT of CMake can't find Boost questions. However, I find none of the solutions worked for me. So perhaps I can print my details and see if someone can spot the issue? I am on ...
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Install old version of boost

I am trying to compile this program called Doppia and it requires an older version of Boost (somewhere around 1.54 - 1.55) however when I try to install it using sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev ...
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Boost files in /usr/lib/ still being found by cmake while non-existent

I am trying to install Boost 1.65 from source on Ubuntu 22.04. This is working fine, the libraries are installed into /usr/local/lib as expected. However, when I run CMake on my project using ...
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Uninstall boost library

I'm trying to uninstall boost library: sudo apt-get purge libbboost-dev Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package ...
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libboost_filesystem.so.1.71.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Following the indications found here. I'm trying to install Tile Server in Ubuntu 22.04 but I'm getting this error: raphy@pc:~$ sudo -u _renderd osm2pgsql -d gis --create --slim -G --hstore --tag-...
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Ubuntu Emergency Mode after Removal of Several Packages - App Armor Fails to Load Profiles

I was recently trying to install the Boost CPP libraries via sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev. It had ask to remove several packages, so I mistakenly said yes to that prompt. Only after did I ...
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Can't run application built using libboost 1.49 in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

I am trying to install an application that was developed in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. This application (I have not access to the source code) requires to have installed 'libboost_system.1.49'. Now I have to ...
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How to remove package libboost-system1.58.0? currently have unmet dependencies

I have boost library 1.58 installed from default repository and an older version installed from source. Now I wanna remove the boost 1.58. First I did was to remove the libboost-all-dev package, but ...
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upgrading code to a higher version of cpp

Started my carrier as c++ coder recently. I am working on a project to create docker image of my project. During compilation I am getting below Error continuously, tried multiple ways. the current ...
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Cmake cannot find boost_python and boost_numpy

I'm trying to install a software which requires Boost. So I downloaded boost by running this command wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.65.1/boost_1_65_1.tar.gz and then ...
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Is there a package manager that offers recent boost/clang/cmake versions AND creates references and env. variables? (18.04)

I need at least clang 7+, boost 1.77+, cmake 3.11+ on Ubuntu 18.04 and I am too dumb to install them manually because I do not know where to install, what to link and which env. variables to set. ...
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Should I remove libraries from lintian and x86_64-linux-gnu directory?

I have some libraries namely related to libboost. I would like to remove it completely. But, even after doing apt-get purge, some files are still present in directories /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu, /usr/...
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Unable to remove Boost library files? [duplicate]

I have done apt-get remove libboost-all-dev command. But, I can still see a directory /usr/include/boost. I want to remove everything related to Boost. How do I do this?
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Problem with sudo apt-get update -qq on boost 1.53 package [duplicate]

I am getting an error when I am trying to add boost 1.53 PPA. Let me show what I'm doing; adding repository: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:apokluda/boost1.53 -y updating the apt sudo apt-get update ...
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Shared Object Files not creating - Boost, Python, Ubuntu 18.04

System : Ubuntu 18.04. Python 3.8 is my global install, but I have multiple local installs of various versions of Python from 2.7, 3.4, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8 and 3.9. I have a project I am using with a boost ...
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How to uninstall completely BOOST 1.71

I am trying to remove completely Boost 1.71. I need to downgrade to a previous working library as from the version Boost 1.71 I am receiving 'boost::placeholders' has not been declared so I want to ...
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How can I make the C++ compiler support template for STLin order to install hpctoolkit?

I am trying to install hpctoolkit using Spack. In order to do that, I executed : git clone https://github.com/spack/spack.git cd spack/share/spack source setup-env.sh spack fetch -D hpctoolkit spack ...
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Boost install error

I had boost 1.65.1 and also 1.75 i unistalled boost by this command on ubuntu 18.04 sudo apt-get --purge remove libboost-dev But on my PC usr/local/include/boost in version.hpp in that file showing as ...
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CMake for UHD Library can't find Boost

I'm trying to build the UHD library (https://github.com/EttusResearch/uhd.git) on Ubuntu 20.04 and when I run cmake .. from host/build, I get this message: -- Checking for Boost version 1.58 or ...
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Which Ubuntu Boost Package includes the UUID library?

I am building a C++ program using cmake on Ubuntu and which uses the Boost UUID library. I could install the entire Boost suite using either sudo apt install libboost-dev or sudo apt install ...
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Install latest libboost and libraries in Ubuntu 18.04?

Ubuntu 18.04 comes with libboost1.65-dev. Thankfully, I am able to upgrade libboost (to version 1.69 or 1.70) using PPAs. However, these PPAs do not come with latest boost libraries such as chrono, ...
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Where is my boost lib file?

I am using boost. I installed it using sudo apt-get install. Now I am unable to find my boost lib file on my filesystem. I want to include the path of the lib in my Qt project. grepping is taking too ...
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Targetting Boost 32-bit While on 64-bit ubuntu?

Well i have libboost-all-dev installed, but i am trying to compile for 32-bit. I can't install libboost-all-dev:i386 either. g++ -lboost_filesystem main.cpp g++ -m32 -lboost_filesystem main.cpp The ...
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Trying to build with boost filesystem: relocation ... can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC

Ubuntu 18.04, boost 1.65, g++ 7.5.0, cmake 3.10.2, GNU make 4.1. Pretty much everything at the default version for ubuntu 18.04. I'm trying to port software that uses a number of different boost ...
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Installed newer version of Boost and now the system is confused

I needed to install a newer version of Boost (1.67) on my Ubuntu 14.04 but I have probably done it in the wrong way and now everything is broken. Some background and how my system came to where it is ...
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Reset Boost Installation

I have an Ubuntu 18.04 machine, which ships with a default Boost 1.65 version. A few months ago, I had installed Boost 1.72 version from Source. This is becoming very problematic since ROS (Robot ...
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Cmake Couldn't find boost

I ran cmake to compile BLender then I got this error: Couldnt find boost I have already installed libboost* 1.53 dev How can Cmake find boost? What should I add to Cmakelist.txt?
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bootstrap.sh not found error

I tried to install boost on Ubuntu 16.04 and when I run ./bootstrap.sh the following error happens all the time. samri@samri-Satellite-C55-C:~/boost$ ./bootstrap.sh ./bootstrap.sh: 1: ./bootstrap.sh: ...
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b2 doesn't recognize zlib

I have a hard time compiling some program. error: undefined reference to 'boost::iostreams::zlib::best_speed So I am trying to build boost 1.72.0 on Ubuntu 19.10 $ ./b2 Building the Boost C++ ...
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How to deal with 128bit variable in MinGW32 bit compiler on Qt?

I want to use the below equation in one of the code A = g^a mod p; //g raise to a modulus p. (something like 2^5 % 3) = 32%3 = 2 (This equation looks like Diffie Hellman algorithm for security) ...
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How to enable CPU Turbo-Boost in Ubuntu? [duplicate]

I'm having server with 9700K and want to enable turbo-boost to get 4.9 GHz. I've installed cpufrequtils and set performance mode. Via 'cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq' I'm ...
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cmake can't find boost

I'm trying to compile the software "TrinityCore". The process is explained quite thoroughly here: https://trinitycore.atlassian.net/wiki/display/tc/Linux+Core+Installation After installing the ...
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Running/Compiling binaries that require boost 1.58 on 18.04

I'm hoping that I won't have to rebuild a recent server that is running Ubuntu server 18.04... It's running great but there is one app that kicks out this error when I try to run it: error while ...
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Installing HHVM "The following packages have unmet dependencies"

Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created ...
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Two versions of libboost

I'm using ndnSIM simulator which needs a libboost to be installed, when I try to run any code, I got the following error: usr/local/lib/libns3-dev-emu-optimized.so: undefined reference to ns3::Queue::...
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Xenial (16.04) cannot find package libboost-all-dev

I have updated my system to 16.04 and installed a load of updates. I have had version 1.54 of boost libraries on my computer since November 2013. Today I rebuilt some code and it could no longer find ...
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Boost Latest Version Install via Apt-get

Why don't I get latest (>1.62) versions of boost when I try to download from apt-get install? sudo add-apt-repository ppa:boost-latest/ppa sudo apt-get update aptitude search boost I only see 1.55 ...
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Boost (C++ Libs) Installation in Ubuntu 18.04

I'm seeing errors when installing Boost on a clean Ubuntu 18.4 install. sudo apt install libboost-all-dev Gives output: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state ...
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Installing libboost-python-dev for python3 without installing python2.7

I am trying to install boost bindings for python3 on Ubuntu Xenial, but it pulls in whole python2.7 dependency tree. I do not want or need python2.7 on my system (Docker image). Is there a way to ...
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Set LD_LIBRARY_PATH correctly

I am using Docker with image of Ubuntu 16.04. I am using this docker to run: Import C++ classes in python with the help of boost.python Import matlab's python package in python with the help Matlab ...
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Cannot find boost-thread-mt library

I am compiling a program which requires boost-thread-mt library. I have installed libboost-all-dev using sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev but compiler says that it cannot find boost-thread-mt ...
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Changing the python version of libboost

On Ubuntu 14.04, I believe I have installed libboost through sudo apt install --no-install-recommends libboost-all-dev In my /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu I have the files libboost_python-py34 ...
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Create a DEB package with shared lib dependency and without requiring autoconf

I have a C++ project that I would to make available on launchpad. I have tried to follow every tutorial on the net on how to create a Debian package and they all assume that I have autoconf set up. ...
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How to build the Boost Python for both Python2 and Python3?

I was trying to build the Boost 1.65.1 for both versions of Python I use: ./bootstrap.sh --with-python=python2 --with-python=python3 However, the first instance of the --with-python option has been ...
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How to upgrade boost lib using apt-get?

I use ubuntu 11.04. My boost version: sam@sam:~/code/ros/pcl$ apt-cache showpkg libboost-all-dev Package: libboost-all-dev Versions: 1.42.0.1ubuntu1 (/var/lib/apt/lists/tw.archive.ubuntu....
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dpkg -L shows almost no files in apt libboost-all-dev package

I installed Boost library on my ubuntu 18 using apt: sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev however, I cannot find boost library files on my machine. When I try: dpkg -L libboost-all-dev the ...
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Installation of CliPP on Ubuntu 18.04

I am working on a C++ project and I want to include a JavaScript function (call JavaScript functions from C++) in my CLion project. I found the CliPP library that can do that, but the installation ...
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Boost installed via Boost.Numpy not compatible with newer version

I have installed Boost.Numpy on Boost 1.54 (libboost-all-dev) on Ubuntu 14.04. This version of Numpy installs the library in a structure that you can invoke it like this in C++: #include <boost/...
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Ubuntu 14.04 libboost-dev and libbost-all-dev are linked to 1.54 instead of 1.55 which is the newest available version

I am on Ubuntu 14.04 and installing libboost-dev and libboost-all-dev installs libboost1.54-dev and libbost1.54-all-dev respectively. I can also see that libboost1.55-dev and libboost1.55-all-dev are ...
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Boost.Numpy installed from source but is not working

I am on Ubuntu 14.04 and I have libboost-all-dev installed (Boost 1.54) and I need to install the Boost.NumPy library. I know that NumPy comes with Boost 1.64+ but I need to stick with 1.54 for now, ...