Installing Boost

Use PuTTY to log in to the server as the root user.
Run the following command to install dependencies:
Cufflinks 2.2.1 requires that the Boost version be in the range of 1.47 to 1.55.
```
yum install -y xz-devel.aarch64 ncurses-devel.aarch64 bzip2-devel.aarch64 libicu.aarch64 libicu-devel.aarch64
```

Run the following commands to add the GNU environment variables:

export CC=`which gcc`
export CXX=`which g++`
export FC=`which gfortran`

Run the following command to decompress the installation package:
```
tar -xvf boost_1_55_0.tar.bz2
```
Run the following command to switch to the directory generated after the package is decompressed:
```
cd boost_1_55_0
```
Run the following command to run the bootstrap.sh script:
```
./bootstrap.sh
```
Run the following command to compile and install Boost:
```
./b2 --prefix=/path/to/BOOST install
```
Run the following command to check whether library files are generated in the lib directory of Boost:
```
ls /path/to/BOOST/lib
```
Run the following command to add Boost environment variables:
```
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/BOOST/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
```

Parent topic: Configuring the Compilation Environment