翻译强力驱动I've installed the boost libraries on Linux Mint 12 using the command sudo apt-get install libboost-dev libboost-doc, which installs the default version available in the repositories. However, the project I have to do needs the 1.44 version of boost. How do I uninstall the default (current) version 1.46 and install 1.44?
I couldn't find the documentation on the boost website to install boost from the .tar.gz package.
You can uninstall with
apt-get --purge remove libboost-dev libboost-docDownload the package you need from boost website, extract and follow "getting started" instructions found inside index.html in the extracted directory.
Downgrade your boost version. I'm not familiar with Mint, but assuming it is deb-based, you can do:
apt-cache show libboost-devto see all installable version and install a specific version with
sudo apt-get install libboost-dev=1.42.0.1There are also convenience packages for the major boost versions:
sudo apt-get install libboost1.44-devAs @savamane wrote you can uninstall it with
apt-get --purge remove libboost-dev libboost-doc
Another suggestion to install the .deb packages as suggested here. (Download the one fitted for your architecture though).
For still supported distros, you can simply search for the package at the distributions at http://packages.ubuntu.com/. For example libboost-system1.46.1 can be found in under the precise -> Libraries tab.
For unsupported distros, there is still a chance to find them at http://archive.ubuntu.com/. For example can libboost-all-dev_1.40.0.1_amd64.deb be found in http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/b/boost-defaults/.
This is how you install a specific Boost version:
cd boost_1_54_0/ ./bootstrap.sh --with-libraries=atomic,date_time,exception,filesystem,iostreams,locale,program_options,regex,signals,system,test,thread,timer,log sudo ./b2 install