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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

it installs the latest version while

sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev=1.55.0.2

does not find any package. Is there any way to install an older version of a package without having to re-compile it?

Thank you.

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  • What version of Ubuntu are you using?
    – edwinksl
    Jun 27, 2016 at 16:53
  • I'm using Xenial
    – Wassim
    Jun 27, 2016 at 17:20
  • Ubuntu 14.04 has boost_1.54 : By adding deb [url] trusty main universe and deb [url] trusty-updates main universe to /etc/apt/sources.list, you can get the libboost-*1.54-dev packages (But not libboost-all-dev=1.54.0.1) . Note 1 : Run sudo apt-get update . Note 2 : All '1.54-dev' packages are visible in 'synaptic'.
    – Knud Larsen
    Jun 27, 2016 at 17:56
  • Possible duplicate of askubuntu.com/questions/787601/… or askubuntu.com/questions/353601/…
    – anonymous2
    Jun 27, 2016 at 19:27
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    I think compiling Boost from source is the most painless way to go forward. I would refrain from mixing packages from older Ubuntu versions.
    – edwinksl
    Jun 27, 2016 at 19:51

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You can search for the package on www.ubuntuupdates.org, e.g I needed this outdated library

https://www.ubuntuupdates.org/package/core/focal/main/base/libboost-program-options1.71.0

Furter down the page there are URLs, i.e. for the 64 bit version as a deb.

  1. wget <filename> that file to a local directory
  2. sudo apt-get -y install <debname>

And at least in my case a certain package demanding a slightly outdated libboost package (and not accepting the more recent one) was happy.

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