Hi, Please could you specify the steps again and could you also give the details since I am a newbie both in Linux and Boost (when you skip sth that you think easy to understand is hard for me to track). I am sorry for asking again again the same question. So I think I will directly start from step 4 and proceed as given below(I numbered the steps please check it down.) Best Regards, Umut Tabak ========================================================================= To get boost you can use either, not both. Your Linux doesn't use rpms if its debian based, so use the tar ball (boost_1_33_1.tar.gz) and unpack it with "tar -xzf boost_1_33_1.tar.gz". Umut Tabak wrote:

Hi everbody,

I am trying to install boost and posted a message and got the reply

Download "boost-jam-3.1.11-1.i386.rpm" and "boost_1_33_1.tar.gz" from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586

1 #rpm -ivh /path/boost-jam-3.1.11-1.i386.rpm 2 #mv /path/boost_1_33_1.tar.gz /usr/local/src/ 3 #cd /usr/local/src 4 #tar -zxvf boost_1_33_1.tar.gz 5 #cd /usr/local/src/boost_1_33_1/tools/build/jam_src/ 6 #./build.sh 7 #cp bin.linuxx86/bjam ../../../ 8 #cd ../../../ 9 #./bjam "-sTOOLS=gcc" install

but the very first command rpm gives a conflict message with Debian files since I am using Ubuntu which is based on Debian or am I wrong?

Any comments will be appreciated.

Umut TABAK

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