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Uninstall boost and install another version

Asked 2011-12-08T11:30:55.450
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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.

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You can uninstall with

apt-get --purge remove libboost-dev libboost-doc

Download the package you need from boost website, extract and follow "getting started" instructions found inside index.html in the extracted directory.

answered 2011-12-08T11:43:36.703

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