I install Boost 1.9 on my Mint 20.1 system. I folowed al the steps shown on the Boost web page. It appeared to install without errors. I also enter the three environment varibles per the instructions. Now when I try to install a program that needs Boost >1.83 it defaults to Boost 1.7. Why does the program (wsjt-x Ver 3.0) not see Boost 1.9? What can I do to make Boost 1.9 avalable to fill this dependecy? Thanks Marty McGlensey843-546-4822mmcglensey@yahoo.com
Martin McGlensey wrote:
I install Boost 1.9 on my Mint 20.1 system.
20.1 seems a bit old (and unsupported.)
I folowed al the steps shown on the Boost web page. It appeared to install without errors. I also enter the three environment varibles per the instructions. Now when I try to install a program that needs Boost >1.83 it defaults to Boost 1.7. Why does the program (wsjt-x Ver 3.0) not see Boost 1.9? What can I do to make Boost 1.9 avalable to fill this dependecy?
Well, first off, how are you trying to install wsjt-x? Second off... you have a system installation of Boost (presumably 1.71), which is a package installed via apt-get, in the system include directory. Trying to use another Boost version would be possible, but fragile, because it's very easy to end up with parts of one and parts of the other, which would cause interesting errors and malfunctions. Your best bet is to upgrade to a later Mint, which would have a newer Boost. Mint 21 is based on Ubuntu 22.04, which has Boost 1.74, but Mint 22 is based on Ubuntu 24.04 and would have Boost 1.83.
Peter, I'm trying to install the .deb GA version of wsjt_x. I will see what I have to do to update to Mint 22. Not in love with rebuilding the box, but I'l check it out. Thanks Marty McGlensey843-546-4822mmcglensey@yahoo.com On Monday, April 20, 2026 at 02:50:46 PM EDT, Peter Dimov via Boost <boost@lists.boost.org> wrote: Martin McGlensey wrote:
I install Boost 1.9 on my Mint 20.1 system.
20.1 seems a bit old (and unsupported.)
I folowed al the steps shown on the Boost web page. It appeared to install without errors. I also enter the three environment varibles per the instructions. Now when I try to install a program that needs Boost >1.83 it defaults to Boost 1.7. Why does the program (wsjt-x Ver 3.0) not see Boost 1.9? What can I do to make Boost 1.9 avalable to fill this dependecy?
Well, first off, how are you trying to install wsjt-x? Second off... you have a system installation of Boost (presumably 1.71), which is a package installed via apt-get, in the system include directory. Trying to use another Boost version would be possible, but fragile, because it's very easy to end up with parts of one and parts of the other, which would cause interesting errors and malfunctions. Your best bet is to upgrade to a later Mint, which would have a newer Boost. Mint 21 is based on Ubuntu 22.04, which has Boost 1.74, but Mint 22 is based on Ubuntu 24.04 and would have Boost 1.83. _______________________________________________ Boost mailing list -- boost@lists.boost.org To unsubscribe send an email to boost-leave@lists.boost.org https://lists.boost.org/mailman3/lists/boost.lists.boost.org/ Archived at: https://lists.boost.org/archives/list/boost@lists.boost.org/message/XFRPAAGM...
Peter, Looks like I'm going to do a clean install of thelatest Mint Cinnamon. No upgrades are available for 20.1. If I use timeshift to backup my system will it put the 20.1 back on the system? I only want to backup/restore the software on the pc. I thinnk the Mint software update saves a list of the installed app not the app its self. How woild you recomend I proceede? Marty McGlensey843-546-4822mmcglensey@yahoo.com On Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 11:22:21 AM EDT, Martin McGlensey via Boost <boost@lists.boost.org> wrote: Peter, I'm trying to install the .deb GA version of wsjt_x. I will see what I have to do to update to Mint 22. Not in love with rebuilding the box, but I'l check it out. Thanks Marty McGlensey843-546-4822mmcglensey@yahoo.com On Monday, April 20, 2026 at 02:50:46 PM EDT, Peter Dimov via Boost <boost@lists.boost.org> wrote: Martin McGlensey wrote:
I install Boost 1.9 on my Mint 20.1 system.
20.1 seems a bit old (and unsupported.)
I folowed al the steps shown on the Boost web page. It appeared to install without errors. I also enter the three environment varibles per the instructions. Now when I try to install a program that needs Boost >1.83 it defaults to Boost 1.7. Why does the program (wsjt-x Ver 3.0) not see Boost 1.9? What can I do to make Boost 1.9 avalable to fill this dependecy?
Well, first off, how are you trying to install wsjt-x? Second off... you have a system installation of Boost (presumably 1.71), which is a package installed via apt-get, in the system include directory. Trying to use another Boost version would be possible, but fragile, because it's very easy to end up with parts of one and parts of the other, which would cause interesting errors and malfunctions. Your best bet is to upgrade to a later Mint, which would have a newer Boost. Mint 21 is based on Ubuntu 22.04, which has Boost 1.74, but Mint 22 is based on Ubuntu 24.04 and would have Boost 1.83. _______________________________________________ Boost mailing list -- boost@lists.boost.org To unsubscribe send an email to boost-leave@lists.boost.org https://lists.boost.org/mailman3/lists/boost.lists.boost.org/ Archived at: https://lists.boost.org/archives/list/boost@lists.boost.org/message/XFRPAAGM... _______________________________________________ Boost mailing list -- boost@lists.boost.org To unsubscribe send an email to boost-leave@lists.boost.org https://lists.boost.org/mailman3/lists/boost.lists.boost.org/ Archived at: https://lists.boost.org/archives/list/boost@lists.boost.org/message/AWFZJJ2S...
Martin McGlensey wrote:
Peter, Looks like I'm going to do a clean install of thelatest Mint Cinnamon. No upgrades are available for 20.1. If I use timeshift to backup my system will it put the 20.1 back on the system?
I don't know much about Linux Mint, so it's hard to say. But I wouldn't be surprised if your old software won't run on the latest Mint. And the .deb package you want to install won't run on your old Mint, so that's a bit of a pickle. Normally the easiest solution would be to keep the old machine on 20.1 and install the new Mint on a new one (until you install the appropriate new software versions on the new one so that you can switch to it permanently.) But I don't know whether this is an option in your case. Maybe someone else on this list who knows more about Linux Mint will be able to offer more substantial help.
On 22 Apr 2026 16:40, Martin McGlensey via Boost wrote:
Peter, Looks like I'm going to do a clean install of thelatest Mint Cinnamon. No upgrades are available for 20.1. If I use timeshift to backup my system will it put the 20.1 back on the system? I only want to backup/restore the software on the pc. I thinnk the Mint software update saves a list of the installed app not the app its self. How woild you recomend I proceede? I don't know much about Linux Mint and timeshift, but usually backup software allows you to select which directories you want to backup. Normally, you would backup application settings (e.g. /etc and ~/.config) and maybe the parts of your home directory you care about (e.g. ~/Documents). In case if you have to reinstall your system, you would restore the system settings, which means the application versions will remain as they were after the system reinstall, only their settings will be restored from backup. You will have to install applications anew after the clean system install, though.
However, I'm not sure a clean installation is your only option. Again, I haven't used Linux Mint, but from my Ubuntu and Debian experience, it should be possible to upgrade to a newer release, but only one major release at a time. Judging by this discussion: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=398556 you should be able to upgrade to 20.3 first, then to 21.1 (or maybe a later 21.x version, I don't know), and so on. If the update manager doesn't allow it, you might simply update apt settings to a newer (next major) release and perform the upgrade using apt. It is not guaranteed that nothing will break along the way, bit you should be able to keep all your settings and applications. If you do go with the upgrade route, do backup your files and settings anyway. This way, if anything goes wrong, you will still have the option of a clean install and restoring settings from the backup.
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