Installing Boost

Procedure

1. Use PuTTY to log in to the server as the root user.
2. Upload the Boost source package to the /path/to/BOOST directory.
3. Decompress the Boost installation package.

   cd /path/to/BOOST
   tar -xvf boost_1_58_0.tar.gz

4. Go to the directory generated after the decompression.

   cd boost_1_58_0

5. Modify the Boost source code.

   sed -ri 's/\-m64/\-mabi=lp64/g' `grep -Rl '\-m64'`

6. Perform the configuration.

   ./bootstrap.sh --prefix=/path/to/BOOST/boost_1_58_0/build --with-libraries=system,filesystem,serialization,program_options --with-toolset=gcc

7. Perform the compilation and installation.

   ./b2 install

8. Set the Boost environment variable.

   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/pat/to/BOOST/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH