Install Boost library from source on CentOS 7.

centos.install.boost.md

Download Boost Library: http://www.boost.org (Choose the expected version)

wget https://cfhcable.dl.sourceforge.net/project/boost/boost/1.54.0/boost_1_54_0.tar.gz
wget https://phoenixnap.dl.sourceforge.net/project/boost/boost/1.58.0/boost_1_58_0.tar.gz
wget https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.64.0/source/boost_1_64_0.tar.gz
wget https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.65.1/source/boost_1_65_1.tar.gz
wget https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.67.0/source/boost_1_67_0.tar.gz
wget https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.68.0/source/boost_1_68_0.tar.gz
wget https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.69.0/source/boost_1_69_0.tar.gz

Unzip, Bootstrap and Install

tar -xzf boost_1_*
cd boost_1_*
./bootstrap.sh --prefix=/opt/boost
./b2 install --prefix=/opt/boost --with=all

b2 accepts -jN like make.

Where is boost installed after these commands?

Where is boost installed after these commands?

You can use the command line flag --prefix to manage installed location. In my example, it will be installed at /opt/boost/.

Thank you. :)

Good instruction. Great thx.

Some notes:
This needs to be run as root for installing it to /opt/boost
I needed to add a / to the the cd command.

tar -xzf boost_1_*
cd boost_1_*/
./bootstrap.sh --prefix=/opt/boost
sudo ./b2 install --prefix=/opt/boost --with=all

sudo ./bootstrap.sh
sudo ./b2 install --with=all

sudo ./bootstrap.sh
sudo ./b2 install --with=all

sudo works! Thanks!