1. ./bootstrap.sh < getting started says to do this ./bootstrap.sh: line 188: ./tools/jam/src/build.sh: Permission denied 2. sh boostrap.sh Building Boost.Jam with toolset ... ./bootstrap.sh: line 220: ./bootstrap/jam0: No such file or directory tools/jam/src//bjam cp: cannot stat `./tools/jam/src//bjam': No such file or directory Detecting Python version... 2.5 Detecting Python root... /usr Unicode/ICU support for Boost.Regex?... /usr Generating Boost.Build configuration in project-config.jam... Bootstrapping is done. To build, run: ./bjam << again, incorrect ./bjam --help bash: ./bjam: No such file or directory 3. sh BUILD project-config.jam:10: syntax error at keyword in project-config.jam:11: syntax error at keyword { project-config.jam:13: syntax error at keyword } warning: No toolsets are configured. Here is BUILD (which I've used for many previous boost versions): bjam -sICU_PATH=/usr -sEXPAT_INCLUDE=/usr -sEXPAT_LIBPATH=/usr/lib64 -- layout=system threading=single,multi stage