Boost 1.66.0

Table of Contents

• Boost 1.66.0
  • 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: 19/02/2018

Tested on (Requirements)

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

• Dependencies:

  • GNU Gcc >= 5.5.0
  • OpenMPI >= 1.10.7
  • Python >= 2.7.14
  • ICU = 58.2

Installation

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

   module load python/2.7.14_intel-18_u1 gcc/5.5.0 openmpi/1.10.7_gcc-5.5.0 icu/58.2_gcc-5.5.0
   cd /home/mgomezzul/apps/boost/src/gcc-5.5.0/boost_1_66_0
   wget https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.66.0/source/boost_1_66_0.tar.gz
   tar xf boost_1_66_0.tar.gz
   

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

   mkdir -p /share/apps/boost/1.66.0/gcc-5.5.0_openmpi-1.10.7
   sudo chown -R mgomezzul.apolo /share/apps/boost/1.66.0/gcc-5.5.0_openmpi-1.10.7
   cd boost_1_66_0/tools/build
   ./bootstrap.sh
   /b2 install --prefix=/share/apps/boost/1.66.0/gcc-5.5.0_openmpi-1.10.7
   export PATH=/share/apps/boost/1.66.0/gcc-5.5.0_openmpi-1.10.7/bin:$PATH
   cd ../..
   b2 address-model=64 link=static,shared threading=multi toolset=gcc variant=release -j 16 -sICU_PATH=/share/apps/icu/58.2/gcc-5.5.0 -sICU_ROOT=/share/apps/icu/58.2/gcc-5.5.0 --prefix=/share/apps/boost/1.66.0/gcc-5.5.0_openmpi-1.10.7 stage install
   sudo chown -R root.root /share/apps/boost/1.66.0/gcc-5.5.0_openmpi-1.10.7
   

Module

#%Module1.0####################################################################
##
## module load boost/1.66.0_gcc-5.5.0_openmpi-1.10.7
##
## /share/apps/modules/boost/1.66.0_gcc-5.5.0_openmpi-1.10.7
## Written by Mateo Gómez Zuluaga
##

proc ModulesHelp {} {
    global version modroot
    puts stderr "Sets the environment for using Boost 1.66.0\
        \nin the shared directory \
        \n/share/apps/boost/1.66.0/gcc-5.5.0_openmpi-1.10.7\
        \nbuilded with gcc-5.5.0, OpenMPI-1.10.7, ICU-58.2\
        \nand python-2.7.14."
}

module-whatis "(Name________) boost"
module-whatis "(Version_____) 1.66.0"
module-whatis "(Compilers___) gcc-5.5.0_openmpi-1.10.7"
module-whatis "(System______) x86_64-redhat-linux"
module-whatis "(Libraries___) icu-58.2"

# for Tcl script use only
set         topdir        /share/apps/boost/1.66.0/gcc-5.5.0_openmpi-1.10.7
set         version       1.66.0
set         sys           x86_64-redhat-linux

conflict boost
module load python/2.7.14_intel-18_u1
module load icu/58.2_gcc-5.5.0
module load openmpi/1.10.7_gcc-5.5.0

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_INCLUDE_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_66_0/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html

Author

• Mateo Gómez Zuluaga
• Juan Pablo Alcaraz Flórez