Re: unable to update boost version

From: Richard Hodges (hodges.r_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-09-24 06:43:15

You will need to download boost and build from source into a custom
directory.

Downloads here:

https://www.boost.org/users/download/

Then bootstrap and build:

$ ./bootstrap.sh
$ ./b2 —prefix=<destination-dir> variant=release install

On Thu, 24 Sep 2020 at 08:05, Shiladitya Porey via Boost-users <
boost-users_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Respected Sir/Madam,
>  I am running a code where the minimum required version of the boost
> package is 66. But the version of boost in my laptop is 65.  I tried the
> command
>
>> sudo apt install  libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-log-dev
>
> But it failed to update. Then I tried to download the package from the
> website and followed the instructions to install it. But still the version
> is still 65.
>
> Could you kindly help me, please?
>
> Thanking you,
>
> Sincerely,
> Shiladitya Porey
>
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