Build-boost.md

    #!/usr/bin/env bash

install-boost.sh: Download Boost (version 1.65.1), build from source, install, and clean-up. Tested on Ubuntu. Dependencies:

• build-essential
• echo
• rm
• tar
• wget

    $> wget https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release/1.78.0/source/boost_1_78_0.tar.gz
    $> extract boost_1_78_0.tar.gz

Build Boost from source

    $> cd ./boost_1_78_0
    $> ./bootstrap.sh --show-libraries # /bootstrap.sh --prefix=/home/hroland/developpements/logslibs/ --show-libraries
    $> ./b2 toolset=gcc cxxflags=-std=gnu++17
    $> ./b2 install --prefix=/usr

Define BOOST_ROOT

    $> echo "export BOOST_ROOT=/usr/include/boost" >> ~/.profile

Clean-up

    $> cd ../
    $> rm -rf boost_1_78_0 && rm -rf boost_1_78_0.tar.gz

https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_78_0/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html

    $> ./bootstrap --prefix=$HOME

    $> ./b2 link=shared runtime-link=shared threading=multi,single variant=release \
                 debug-symbols=on toolset=gcc -a -q -j3 --layout=versioned architecture=power host-os=linux stage

    $> ./b2 link=shared runtime-link=shared threading=multi,single variant=release \
                 debug-symbols=on toolset=gcc -q -j3 --layout=versioned architecture=power host-os=linux install