Hi Volodya,

> - avoid putting boost sources in /usr/include - that directory is
> normally managed by package system of your OS
> - don't run build process with "sudo"

I have followed your advice and removed boost from include and unzipped it somewhere in my home directory. As I had been messing about with LD_LIBRARY_PATH to try and get Python working with the tutorial 'Hello world', I have put it back to where it should be.

root is happier as there is less space being taken up, and everything now works like a charm.

Thank you so much for your efforts,

Best wishes,

Alex

> To: boost-build@lists.boost.org
> From: vladimir.prus@gmail.com
> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 22:21:20 +0300
> Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Mismatched versions of Boost.Build engine and core
>
> On 10-Aug-16 7:56 PM, Alex Durie wrote:
> >
> > alex@alex-Lenovo-IdeaPad-Z500
> > /usr/include/boost_1_61_0/libs/python/example/tutorial $ sudo bjam
> >
> > and I am still getting the error ERROR: rule "READLINK" unknown in
> > module "link"
> > I have attached the terminal output of this as well in case it's instructive
>
> Alex,
>
> the above invocation appears to use bjam that you have installed in your
> system, and is rather old. I would suggest you use b2 that you've build
> from source, which is probably located at
>
> /usr/include/boost_16_0/b2
>
> It's not important for your problem, but in general, I would suggest
> that you
>
> - avoid putting boost sources in /usr/include - that directory is
> normally managed by package system of your OS
> - don't run build process with "sudo"
>
> The way you do it now makes it easy to accidentally do something
> undesirable to system directory.
>
> HTH,
> Volodya
>
>
>
>
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