Dear Boost user, while installing boost, i am getting many error messages as below, how to overcome these errors, please help me thanking you in advance Naveen Building the Boost C++ Libraries. Performing configuration checks - 32-bit : no - 64-bit : yes - x86 : yes - has_icu builds : no warning: Graph library does not contain MPI-based parallel components. note: to enable them, add "using mpi ;" to your user-config.jam - iconv (libc) : yes - icu : no - icu (lib64) : no - gcc visibility : yes - long double support : yes warning: skipping optional Message Passing Interface (MPI) library. note: to enable MPI support, add "using mpi ;" to user-config.jam. note: to suppress this message, pass "--without-mpi" to bjam. note: otherwise, you can safely ignore this message. Component configuration: - chrono : building - context : building - date_time : building - exception : building - filesystem : building - graph : building - graph_parallel : building - iostreams : building - locale : building - math : building - mpi : building - program_options : building - python : building - random : building - regex : building - serialization : building - signals : building - system : building - test : building - thread : building - timer : building - wave : building ...patience... ...patience... ...patience... ...patience... ...found 8697 targets... ...updating 824 targets... gcc.compile.c++ bin.v2/libs/iostreams/build/gcc-4.4.6/release/threading-multi/bzip2.o libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:20:56: error: bzlib.h: No such file or directory libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:31: error: ‘BZ_OK’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:32: error: ‘BZ_RUN_OK’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:33: error: ‘BZ_FLUSH_OK’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:34: error: ‘BZ_FINISH_OK’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:35: error: ‘BZ_STREAM_END’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:36: error: ‘BZ_SEQUENCE_ERROR’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:37: error: ‘BZ_PARAM_ERROR’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:38: error: ‘BZ_MEM_ERROR’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:39: error: ‘BZ_DATA_ERROR’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:40: error: ‘BZ_DATA_ERROR_MAGIC’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:41: error: ‘BZ_IO_ERROR’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:42: error: ‘BZ_UNEXPECTED_EOF’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:43: error: ‘BZ_OUTBUFF_FULL’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:44: error: ‘BZ_CONFIG_ERROR’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:48: error: ‘BZ_FINISH’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:49: error: ‘BZ_RUN’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp: In static member function ‘static void boost::iostreams::bzip2_error::check(int)’: libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:62: error: ‘BZ_OK’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:63: error: ‘BZ_RUN_OK’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:64: error: ‘BZ_FLUSH_OK’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:65: error: ‘BZ_FINISH_OK’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:66: error: ‘BZ_STREAM_END’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:68: error: ‘BZ_MEM_ERROR’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp: In constructor ‘boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::bzip2_base(const boost::iostreams::bzip2_params&)’: libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:80: error: expected type-specifier before ‘bz_stream’ libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:80: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘bz_stream’ libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp: In destructor ‘boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::~bzip2_base()’: libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:83: error: expected type-specifier before ‘bz_stream’ libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:83: error: expected ‘>’ before ‘bz_stream’ libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:83: error: expected ‘(’ before ‘bz_stream’ libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:83: error: ‘bz_stream’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:83: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:83: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘;’ token libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp: In member function ‘void boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::before(const char*&, const char*, char*&, char*)’: libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:88: error: ‘bz_stream’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:88: error: ‘s’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:88: error: expected type-specifier before ‘bz_stream’ libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:88: error: expected ‘>’ before ‘bz_stream’ libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:88: error: expected ‘(’ before ‘bz_stream’ libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:88: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:88: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘;’ token libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp: In member function ‘void boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::after(const char*&, char*&)’: libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:97: error: ‘bz_stream’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:97: error: ‘s’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:97: error: expected type-specifier before ‘bz_stream’ libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:97: error: expected ‘>’ before ‘bz_stream’ libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:97: error: expected ‘(’ before ‘bz_stream’ libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:97: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:97: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘;’ token libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp: In member function ‘int boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::check_end(const char*, const char*)’: libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:104: error: ‘bz_stream’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:104: error: ‘s’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:104: error: expected type-specifier before ‘bz_stream’ libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:104: error: expected ‘>’ before ‘bz_stream’ libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:104: error: expected ‘(’ before ‘bz_stream’ libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:104: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:104: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘;’ token libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp: In member function ‘void boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::end(bool)’: libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:118: error: ‘bz_stream’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:118: error: ‘s’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:118: error: expected type-specifier before ‘bz_stream’ libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:118: error: expected ‘>’ before ‘bz_stream’ libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:118: error: expected ‘(’ before ‘bz_stream’ libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:118: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:118: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘;’ token libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:121: error: ‘BZ2_bzCompressEnd’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:122: error: ‘BZ2_bzDecompressEnd’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp: In member function ‘int boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::compress(int)’: libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:128: error: expected type-specifier before ‘bz_stream’ libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:128: error: expected ‘>’ before ‘bz_stream’ libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:128: error: expected ‘(’ before ‘bz_stream’ libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:128: error: ‘bz_stream’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:128: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp: In member function ‘int boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::decompress()’: libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:133: error: expected type-specifier before ‘bz_stream’ libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:133: error: expected ‘>’ before ‘bz_stream’ libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:133: error: expected ‘(’ before ‘bz_stream’ libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:133: error: ‘bz_stream’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:133: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp: In member function ‘void boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::do_init(bool, void* (*)(void*, int, int), void (*)(void*, void*), void*)’: libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:144: error: ‘bz_stream’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:144: error: ‘s’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:144: error: expected type-specifier before ‘bz_stream’ libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:144: error: expected ‘>’ before ‘bz_stream’ libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:144: error: expected ‘(’ before ‘bz_stream’ libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:144: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:144: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘;’ token libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:161: error: ‘BZ2_bzCompressInit’ was not declared in this scope libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp:164: error: ‘BZ2_bzDecompressInit’ was not declared in this scope "g++" -ftemplate-depth-128 -O3 -finline-functions -Wno-inline -Wall -pthread -fPIC -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1 -DBOOST_IOSTREAMS_DYN_LINK=1 -DBOOST_IOSTREAMS_USE_DEPRECATED -DNDEBUG -I"." -c -o "bin.v2/libs/iostreams/build/gcc-4.4.6/release/threading-multi/bzip2.o" "libs/iostreams/src/bzip2.cpp" ...failed gcc.compile.c++ bin.v2/libs/iostreams/build/gcc-4.4.6/release/threading-multi/bzip2.o... ...skipped libboost_iostreams.so.1.52.0 for lack of bzip2.o... ...skipped libboost_iostreams.so.1.52.0 for lack of libboost_iostreams.so.1.52.0... ...skipped libboost_iostreams.so for lack of libboost_iostreams.so.1.52.0... gcc.compile.c++ bin.v2/libs/locale/build/gcc-4.4.6/release/threading-multi/posix/posix_backend.o common.mkdir bin.v2/libs/locale/build/gcc-4.4.6/release/threading-multi/std gcc.compile.c++ bin.v2/libs/locale/build/gcc-4.4.6/release/threading-multi/std/codecvt.o gcc.compile.c++ bin.v2/libs/locale/build/gcc-4.4.6/release/threading-multi/std/collate.o gcc.compile.c++ bin.v2/libs/locale/build/gcc-4.4.6/release/threading-multi/std/converter.o gcc.compile.c++ bin.v2/libs/locale/build/gcc-4.4.6/release/threading-multi/std/numeric.o gcc.compile.c++ bin.v2/libs/locale/build/gcc-4.4.6/release/threading-multi/std/std_backend.o gcc.compile.c++ bin.v2/libs/locale/build/gcc-4.4.6/release/threading-multi/util/gregorian.o gcc.link.dll bin.v2/libs/locale/build/gcc-4.4.6/release/threading-multi/libboost_locale.so.1.52.0 common.copy stage/lib/libboost_locale.so.1.52.0 ln-UNIX stage/lib/libboost_locale.so common.mkdir bin.v2/libs/math/build common.mkdir bin.v2/libs/math/build/gcc-4.4.6 common.mkdir bin.v2/libs/math/build/gcc-4.4.6/release common.mkdir bin.v2/libs/math/build/gcc-4.4.6/release/threading-multi common.mkdir bin.v2/libs/math/build/gcc-4.4.6/release/threading-multi/.. common.mkdir bin.v2/libs/math/build/gcc-4.4.6/release/threading-multi/../src common.mkdir bin.v2/libs/math/build/gcc-4.4.6/release/threading-multi/../src/tr1 . . . . . . . gcc.link.dll bin.v2/libs/program_options/build/gcc-4.4.6/release/threading-multi/libboost_program_options.so.1.52.0 common.copy stage/lib/libboost_program_options.so.1.52.0 ln-UNIX stage/lib/libboost_program_options.so common.mkdir bin.v2/libs/python common.mkdir bin.v2/libs/python/build common.mkdir bin.v2/libs/python/build/gcc-4.4.6 common.mkdir bin.v2/libs/python/build/gcc-4.4.6/release common.mkdir bin.v2/libs/python/build/gcc-4.4.6/release/threading-multi gcc.compile.c++ bin.v2/libs/python/build/gcc-4.4.6/release/threading-multi/numeric.o In file included from ./boost/python/detail/prefix.hpp:13, from ./boost/python/numeric.hpp:8, from libs/python/src/numeric.cpp:6: ./boost/python/detail/wrap_python.hpp:50:23: error: pyconfig.h: No such file or directory ./boost/python/detail/wrap_python.hpp:75:24: error: patchlevel.h: No such file or directory ./boost/python/detail/wrap_python.hpp:78:2: error: #error Python 2.2 or higher is required for this version of Boost.Python. ./boost/python/detail/wrap_python.hpp:142:21: error: Python.h: No such file or directory In file included from ./boost/python/object/pointer_holder.hpp:14, from ./boost/python/to_python_indirect.hpp:10, from ./boost/python/converter/arg_to_python.hpp:10, from ./boost/python/call.hpp:15, from ./boost/python/object_core.hpp:14, from ./boost/python/object.hpp:9, from ./boost/python/tuple.hpp:10, from ./boost/python/numeric.hpp:10, from libs/python/src/numeric.cpp:6: ./boost/python/instance_holder.hpp:34: error: ‘PyObject’ has not been declared ./boost/python/instance_holder.hpp:41: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘(’ token ./boost/python/instance_holder.hpp:45: error: ‘PyObject’ has not been declared In file included from ./boost/python/object/pointer_holder.hpp:21, . . . . .