How to install libboost_version1.59 or newer on Ubuntu16.04

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How can I install libboost1.59 ?

I have tried many methods to install it, but fail to update the version 1.58 on my Ubuntu 16.04 to the version 1.59.

Who can give me an effective method?

Did you try the get the boost version you want example ? — George Udosen, Commented Dec 11, 2016 at 3:58

Eliah Kagan · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-16 10:17:00Z

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To get the latest go to boost on SourceForge, then:

Download and extract with tar -xf boost_X_XX_X.tar.gz where XX is the version number, like tar -xf boost_1_62_0.tar.gz.
cd boost_X_XX_X

Get required libraries:

 sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install build-essential g++ python-dev autotools-dev libicu-dev libbz2-dev libboost-all-dev

Please note you can also get the version currently on your version of Ubuntu can be gotten at the libboost-dev package page on UbuntuUpdates.

Eliah Kagan

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answered Dec 11, 2016 at 4:19

George Udosen

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Thanks， I tried this method, it will install the version1.58 in required libraries libboost-all-dev, The libboost 1.58 comes with Ubuntu 16.04 system, so I re-build a ubuntu 16.10 version. Thanks for you help
– Gao Yuze
Commented Dec 12, 2016 at 1:17
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It seems that sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev still installs the most recent version of boost for the current Ubuntu version (boost 1.54 for Ubuntu 14.04), while the whole purpose of the above instruction is to install a newer version... How do I overcome this?
– Sergei Tikhomirov
Commented Mar 11, 2019 at 12:17
Great answer! Worked for me.
– john gonidelis
Commented Mar 1, 2020 at 12:31

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