Boost 1.65.1

Table of Contents

• Boost 1.65.1
  • Basic information
  • Tested on (Requirements)
  • Installation
  • Module
  • Resources
  • Author

Basic information

• Official Website: http://www.boost.org/
• License: Boost Software License - Version 1.0 - August 17th, 2003
• Installed on: Apolo II and Cronos
• Installation date: 10/11/2017

Tested on (Requirements)

• OS base: CentOS (x86_64) \(\boldsymbol{\ge}\) 6.6 (Rocks 6.2)

• Dependencies:

  • Intel Compile >= intel-17.0.1
  • Python >= 2.7.12
  • ICU >= 58.2

Installation

1. Download the desired version of the software (Source code - tar.gz)

   $ cd /home/mgomezzul/apps/boost/gcc/5.4.0
   $ https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.65.1/source/boost_1_65_1.tar.gz
   $ tar xf boost_1_65_1.tar.gz
   

2. After unpacking Boost, continue with the following steps for configuration and compilation:

   $ cd boost_1_65_1
   $ module load python/2.7.12_intel-2017_update-1
   $ module load icu/58.2_intel-2017_update-1
   $ sed -e '/using python/ s@;@: /usr/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION/3*/${PYTHON_VERSION}m} ;@' -i bootstrap.sh # Correción "Bug"
   $ cd tools/build
   $ sed -e '/using python/ s@;@: /usr/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION/3*/${PYTHON_VERSION}m} ;@' -i bootstrap.sh # Correción "Bug"
   $ ./bootstrap.sh
   $ sudo mkdir -p /share/apps/boost/1.65.1/intel-17.0.1
   $ sudo chown -R mgomezzul.apolo /share/apps/boost/1.65.1/intel-17.0.1
   $ ./b2 install --prefix=/share/apps/boost/1.65.1/intel-17.0.1
   $ export PATH=/share/apps/boost/1.65.1/intel-17.0.1/bin:$PATH
   $ cd ../..
   $ mkdir /tmp/boost
   $ b2 --build-dir=/tmp/boost address-model=64 toolset=intel stage --prefix=/share/apps/boost/1.65.1/intel-17.0.1 install
   

Module

#%Module1.0####################################################################
##
## module load boost/1.65.1_intel-17.0.1
##
## /share/apps/modules/boost/1.65.1_intel-17.0.1
## Written by Mateo Gómez-Zuluaga
##

proc ModulesHelp {} {
    global version modroot
    puts stderr "Sets the environment for using boost 1.65.1\
                \nin the shared directory /share/apps/boost/1.65.1/intel-17.0.1\
                \nbuilded with Intel Parallel Studio XE 2017 Update-1."
}

module-whatis "(Name________) boost"
module-whatis "(Version_____) 1.65.1"
module-whatis "(Compilers___) intel-17.0.1"
module-whatis "(System______) x86_64-redhat-linux"
module-whatis "(Libraries___) icu"

# for Tcl script use only
set         topdir        /share/apps/boost/1.65.1/intel-17.0.1
set         version       1.65.1
set         sys           x86_64-redhat-linux

conflict boost
module load intel/2017_update-1
module load icu/58.2_intel-2017_update-1
module load python/2.7.12_intel-2017_update-1


prepend-path    PATH                    $topdir/bin

prepend-path    LD_LIBRARY_PATH         $topdir/lib
prepend-path    LIBRARY_PATH            $topdir/lib
prepend-path    LD_RUN_PATH             $topdir/lib

prepend-path    C_INCLUDE_PATH          $topdir/include
prepend-path    CXX_INCLLUDE_PATH       $topdir/include
prepend-path    CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH      $topdir/include

Resources

• https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/building-boost-with-intel-c-compiler-150
• http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/cvs/general/boost.html
• http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_65_1/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html

Author

• Mateo Gómez Zuluaga
• Juan Pablo Alcaraz Flórez