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Mukit, Ataul
Mukit, Ataul

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Install Boost in Ubuntu

Go to directory and Use wget to download the Boost 1.69 source code:

cd /usr/local/src

sudo wget -O boost_1_69_0.tar.gz 

https://archives.boost.io/release/1.69.0/source/boost_1_69_0.tar.gz
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To verify the integrity of the downloaded file, check its size:

ls -lh boost_1_69_0.tar.gz
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The correct file size should be around 116 MB.

Extract the Archive

sudo tar -xvzf boost_1_69_0.tar.gz

cd boost_1_69_0/
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Boost's bootstrap setup:

./bootstrap.sh --prefix=/usr/
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Then build it with:

./b2
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