How to install and run Boost 1.67.0 libraries for C++

… on Ubuntu 18.10

Download and Unpack

cd to the directory where you want to install Boost. I put my installation in /usr/local. Then issue this command which will download a compressed .tar version of the library:

wget https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.67.0/source/boost_1_67_0.tar.bz2 and wait.

Then issue this command to uncompress the file:

tar --bzip2 -xf /path/to/boost_1_67_0.tar.bz2 and wait.

Test program using Boost

Now it’s time to test if you were successful with the steps above! Create a .cpp file with any name, I chose example.cpp (how original). And paste the following code into the file:

#include <boost/lambda/lambda.hpp>
#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>
#include <algorithm>

int main()
{
    using namespace boost::lambda;
    typedef std::istream_iterator<int> in;

    std::for_each(
        in(std::cin), in(), std::cout << (_1 * 3) << " " );
}

Then build your program with:

c++ -I path/to/boost_1_67_0 example.cpp -o example

If no errors occur, test and run the program using:

echo 1 2 3 | ./example

Which should print 3 6 9.

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