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 availa
sudo apt-get install libboost-dev libboost-doc
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