I've boost 1.55 from the debian repository. I'm trying to compile the below example of the 1.55 version (it's same as that of 1.57), but I get the following compile errors. Should I use some 'magic' compiler options, or what else is the reason for this grandious failure? $ g++ -Wall -std=gnu++11 option_groups.cpp -lboost_program_options option_groups.cpp: In function ‘int main(int, char**)’: option_groups.cpp:44:46: error: ‘class boost::program_options::typed_value’ has no member named ‘implicit’ ("help-module", value<string>()->implicit(), ^ option_groups.cpp:96:11: error: reference to ‘exception’ is ambiguous catch(exception& e) { ^ In file included from /usr/include/c++/4.9/new:40:0, from /usr/include/c++/4.9/ext/new_allocator.h:33, from /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/c++/4.9/bits/c++allocator.h:33, from /usr/include/c++/4.9/bits/allocator.h:46, from /usr/include/c++/4.9/string:41, from /usr/include/boost/program_options/errors.hpp:12, from /usr/include/boost/program_options/options_description.hpp:12, from option_groups.cpp:24: /usr/include/c++/4.9/exception:60:9: note: candidates are: class std::exception class exception ^ In file included from /usr/include/boost/throw_exception.hpp:43:0, from /usr/include/boost/any.hpp:26, from /usr/include/boost/program_options/value_semantic.hpp:12, from /usr/include/boost/program_options/options_description.hpp:13, from option_groups.cpp:24: /usr/include/boost/exception/exception.hpp:208:5: note: class boost::exception exception ^ option_groups.cpp:96:11: error: ‘exception’ does not name a type catch(exception& e) { ^ option_groups.cpp:97:17: error: ‘e’ was not declared in this scope cout << e.what() << "\n"; ^